Dear Students,
Please complete all of the following assignments prior to the start of school (Fall 2014). You will be held responsible for all information and there will be an assessment on the following information. Keep all notes in a notebook (Cornell Notes) with a table of contents and a 3-ring binder (all handouts). Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns!
Please complete all of the following assignments prior to the start of school (Fall 2014). You will be held responsible for all information and there will be an assessment on the following information. Keep all notes in a notebook (Cornell Notes) with a table of contents and a 3-ring binder (all handouts). Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns!
APES Exam Resources
Botkin & Keller- Guided Reading Chapters
Instructions: Read the following chapters from Botkin & Keller: Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet- 8th Ed.
Please answer all questions completely- complete sentences, details, diagrams and examples. All answers must be written (by-hand). |
Watch the following videos and answer the guided viewing worksheets
Summary of Biogeochemical Cycles (keep for reference)
Virtual Salt Water Aquarium Activity (for fun!)
Ocean Acidification
Instructions: Watch the following videos and take notes regarding Ocean Acidification.
Read the following article regarding Ocean Acidification. Use the AVID Article Summary Format to take notes on the this article.
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Dead Zones
Instructions: Watch the following videos and take notes regarding Dead Zones.
Read the following article regarding Dead Zones. Use the AVID Article Summary Format to take notes on the this article.
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Mt. St. Helens- Back from the Dead
Instructions: Take notes on "succession" by watching the video to the right. Watch the film, "Mt. St. Helens- Back from the Dead" and answer the following questions on the guided viewing worksheet.
After watching, read the article, "An Earth Without People". Compare the ideas of succession between the article and the videos. (Create a Box T-Chart) Mt. St. Helens- Back from the Dead (see below)
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Nova: Mt. St. Helens: Back from the Dead
Assignment: Read the following article- "The Fish and the Forest". After reading, create a concept map that diagrams how bears and fish contribute to the global Nitrogen Cycle.
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Assignment: Read the following article- "The Ocean's Invisible Forest". After reading, create a concept map that diagrams how phytoplankton contribute to the global Carbon Cycle & Oxygen Cycles.
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