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Unit #1 Intro to APES
The Lorax
Happy Fishing Game
The Human Footprint
Story of Stuff
The Ivory-Blled Woodpecker
Unit #2 Biomes, Biogechemical Cycles, Energy and Succesion
Cycling Web Quest
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Carbon Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
Ocean Acidification Lab
Nitrogen Pasport
Dangers of Ocean Acdification
Fertilizing the sea activity
The Ocean's Invisible Forest
The Fish and The Forest
Enriching the Sea to Death
Dissolve Oxygen and Primary Productive lab
Chapter 3: Guided Reading
Terrestrial Biomes
Aquatic Ecosystems
Response to Viedo Blog
An Earth Without People
Mt, St. Helens-Back from the Dead
Phytoplanketon Lab Write up
Ecological Succesion Notes
Ecological Succesion Activity
Wetlands Article
Life in the Ocean
Intro to the world of biomes
Unit #3 Ecosystem, Food webs, Biodiversity
Biodiversity Hotspot
Unit 3 study guide
Ecosytem Worksheet
Borneo Story
Deer Lab
Natural Selection
Communties
Preadator & Prey
Populations
Food for though
Prolific Afterlife of Whales
Galapogos Island
Reproductive Isolation and Speciation
Exponetial growth
Logistic Growth
Biodiversity
Ecosytem on the brink
How big is my population
Gorrillas in the mist
Comapting Biodiversity
Something's Fishy-Population Study Lab
R and K selection
Endangered Animals
Unit #4 Wildlife Management, Fisheries and Enviromental Conservation
APES in a box: Endangered Species
Fish Harvesting Techniques
Which Species to Save?
On the termination of species
Can Sustainable Management Save Tropical Forests?
Biodiversity- Deforestation Notes
Saving the Honeybees
Conservation of people
Endangered Species & Invasive Species
Bushmeat
Rangelands, Grasslands and Parks
Mapping the National Parks
Case Study: Corridors
Unit #5 History, Laws and Econmics of the Enviroment
Guided Viewing
"Silent Spring" Response
Botkin & Keller
Chapter 7
Environmental Justice, External Costs, Cost-Benefit Analysis, the Story of Broke Notes
The Omnivore's Dilemma Part 1
Economics in a Full World
Unit #6 Human Populations and Urban Environments
Chapter 4 Guided Reading
Human Population Guided Viewing
4 stages of demographic transition
Chapter 27 Guided Viewing
Population, Poverty and the Local Environment
Human Population Grows Up
Chapter 28 Guided Viewing
Collaspe: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Urban heat islands activity
Urban Heat Island Effect Guided Viewing
Unit #7 Waste Risk and Toxicology
Kermit or Kermette? Case Study
Chapter 10 Guided Reading
Toxicology Basics Notes
Toxins in Your Hair
Toxic Mercury Pollution
Lung Toxicology Promblem
Toxicology Promblem
The story of cosmetics
The story of electronics notes
Radioactive Smoke Article
Tuna for lunch case study
Home Hazardous Waste- Audit
Toxics In Your Neighborhood
Everyday exposure to toxic pollutants
Risk Survey
Chapter #23 guided reading
Lead Shot Toxicity in Trumpeter Swans
Solid and hazardous waste notes
Arsenic drinking water article review
Omnivore's Dilemma Chapter 2 discussion questions
Lead Poisoning
BPA and Human Health Effects
Fast Food Wasteland Assignment
Excessive product packaging article review
Recycle city
plastic bags
InterActive incinerator activity
Anatomy of a landfill
Landfill activity
Landfills-Energy
scrapes: bpa and human health effects
scrapes: Everyday Exposure to Toxic Pollutants
Addicted to plastic
DECIBEL DILEMMA ARTICLE REVIEW
THE DANGERS OF PLASTIC BAGS
THE RESCUE WORKER'S DILEMMA
Omnivore's Dilemma Chapter 2 discussion questions
LD-50 Lab
Unit#8 Water Pollution and Water Issue Oceanography
Gas Land
Virtual water testing lab #1
Virtual water testing lab #2
Using Invertebrates for Water Indicators
Bioremediation
Wading in waste article review
Poison in the rockies
Water Pollution Notes
Wastewater treatment activity
Fracking
chapter 19
Article: Wading in Waste
Water quality index
Mountain Top Removal webquest
Clean energy from filthy water article review
Chapter 18 guided reading
Water footprint calculator
Personal water use inventory
Water diversions webquest
Down go the dams article review
Facing the freshwater crisis
Unthe Horse and the Urban Environment
Blue gold
Unit #10 Agriculture Forestry and Land Management Soil
chapter 11 GR
soil profile notes
Phosphorus- A Looming Crisis
The Soil Triangle notes
The Omnivore's Dilemma chapter #4
Dirt! Summary
APES: Harvest of Fear GR
Guess What's Coming to Dinner?
Should We Grow GM Crops?
Engineer a Crop
Michael Pollan (Bundle Together)
APES in a BOX (Integrated Pest Management) & (Biological Pest control)
CAFO Contamination
Soil lab
Article: Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?
Unit #9 atmosphere air pollution and greenhouse effect
Chp 20 PPT & Notes
Development of the Atmosphere
Carbon Cycle & Greenhouse Effect-Online
A plant to keep Carbon in Check
Ozone- Online Assigment
Chp. 21 PPT & Notes
Smog Activity
An Inconvenient Truth
China-India Rivalry a Sign of Global Menace
Beyond El Nino
The Greenhouse Hamburger
The Oceans and the Weather
Unit #11 energy (fossil-fuels and alternative energy sources)
The Arctic Oil & Wildlife Refuge
Chapter #14-15 Guided Reading
Energy efficiency Notes
Crude: the incredible journey of oil
Home Energy Audit
APES in a Box (Natural Gas, Coal, Oil Shale and Tar Sands, Oil, Charcoal)
GR chp 16-17
The Rise of Renewable Energy
The False Promise of Biofuels
APES in a Box (Energy from Biomass, It's All About the Turbines, Geothermal, Hydroelectric, Nuclear, Solar and Wind Power)
Energy Chart
Climate Change Project
Unit #12 Sustainability the power of one
Omnivore's Dilemma Chapter #5
Omnivore's Dilemma Chapter #6
Notes
Chapter 1: Justifications for Preserving the Environment
Chapter 2 Notes
Chapter 6 Notes
Chapter 5
Key stones species
Chapter 8
srcAPES
Articles
When trying to sell lots of stuff 'designed for the dump' makes sense
It is a key strategy for the company to make our electronics
'Designed for the dump'-Making stuff to be thrown away quickly
Today's electronics are hard to upgrade, easy to break, and impractical to repair
Moore's Law- Gordon Moore said that electronics designers could double processor speed every 18 months
Bosses of these designers got Moore's Law all twisted up
They thought that every 18 months, we have to throw away our electronics and buy more
This is causing a global toxic emergency
Many of our gadgets are made from thousands of materials shipped from around the world
Workers make the products with toxic chemicals like PVC and flame retardants
This usually happens in far off places
IBM studies show that workers making computer chips had 40% more miscarriages
Same thing is happening all around the world
Disposal is what we think of as the end of an electronics life
Toxics in, Toxics out- All electronics are waiting to release toxic chemicals when we throw them away
Some are slowly releasing toxic chemicals as we use them
Old televisions have about 5 pounds of lead in them
E-waste goes to landfills or is shipped across the world for someone else to recycle it
Thrown out electronics are poisoning families in other countries taking apart these electronics
Each year we make 25 million tons of e-waste
Get dumped, burned or recycled
Problems of electronics are created by the companies ignore environmental costs
It is all about externalizing the true cost
Instead of paying to make facilities safe, workers are with their health
Instead of paying to redesign using fewer toxics, villagers pay losing their clean drinking water
Externalizing costs allow companies to keep 'design for the dump'
Companies get the profits while everyone else pays
Making companies deal with e-waste is called extended producer responsibility or product take back
This would cause companies to create electronics that are longer lasting, less toxic and more recyclable
Take back laws are popping up all over Europe and Asia
Many cities and states in US are passing similar laws
These laws need to be protected and strengthened
Don't export the 'recycling'
Choose greener products
Choices in store are limited to choices by designers and policy makers
Companies should be creating electronics that are designed to last.