Our APES (A.P. Environmental Science)      Topic Progression

~ subject to adaptation ~

Current info from the AP course College Board web site

TEXTBOOK: Friedland and Relyea. Environmental Science for AP. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman and Company, 2015.

*** APES Unit Correlation with our textbook ***

FIRST SEMESTER

QUARTER 1
(UNITS 1 & 3 assigned in AP Classroom and Albert.io)

Chapter 1: Studying the State of Our Earth
Chapter 2: Environmental Systems
Chapter 3: Ecosystem Ecology

Chapter 6: Population and Community Ecology
Chapter 7: The Human Population


QUARTER 2
(UNITS 5 & 8 assigned in AP Classroom and Albert.io)

Chapter 8: Earth Systems (Soil)
Chapter 11: Feeding the World

Chapter 11 extension: Pesticides

Chapter 9: Water Resources
Chapter 14: Water Pollution

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Some activities and resources:

• Albert.io
• AP Classroom
• Notes with discussion and supplements
• Case studies
• Science current event articles
• Vocabulary
• Book assignments
  
• In-depth look at various web sites, such as the EPA and various UN programs
• References to classic and contemporary literature: Ishmael, Silent Spring, The Grapes of Wrath, The Jungle, etc.
• Labs and mini-labs: teamwork involving hypothesizing, measuring, graphing, inferring, simulations, models, equipment, etc. These come from many sources: the AP curriculum, books, internet, workshops, colleges, colleagues, and my own archives.
• Formal labs and lab reports
• Ongoing AP test practice and test-taking tips
• Past FRQ questions and scoring rubrics
• Tests and quizzes
• Presentations
• Topic video/video clips
• Internet research
• Virtual field trips
• Supplementary graphic organizers such as concept maps and foldables
• Making posters or drawings
• Word root - prefix - suffix analysis
• Peer teaching/coaching
• Guest speakers