King's A.P. Env Sci

Topic outline

• General
  

  General

  Welcome to Mrs. King's A.P. Env Sci (APES)

   

  • Intro Material

  • Tidepool Website URL
  • Natl Sci Fndn (NSF) articles URL
  • NY Times Green Blog URL
  • Union of Concerned Scientists website URL
  • A.P. Env Sci UNITS File
  • Easter Island demise - rats, humans or both? File
  • Footprint calculator for countries URL
  • 40 Environmental Milestones URL
  • Course Resources

  • Hippocampus - covers all topics with short videos URL
  • What Free REsponse Booklet looks like URL
  • grants for promoting sustainable college campus URL
  • LIVE BEAR CAM URL
  • nat geo - environment URL
  • scientific american - environment URL
  • Environmental Protection Agency - EPA URL
  • Energy Star site URL
  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change URL
  • climate site URL
• Topic 1
  

  Topic 1

  Math Help!   

  • Quantitative Skills Ch 1 File
  • Quant skills Ch 2 File
  • Quant Skills ch 5 File
  • Percent Change File
  • dimensional analysis practice online URL
  • Percent goodies URL
  • metric conversion online practice URL
  • advanced metric conversions URL
  • comparing fractions and decimals URL
  • long division practice URL
  • long division can be done different ways (tutorial) URL
  • Snork's long division (game format) URL
  • harvest hootenanny (multiplication and farming game) URL
  • Scientific Notation Practice URL
  • More scientific notation URL
  • nmsi math review # 1 URL
  • nmsi math review # 1 URL
  • nmsi # 2 URL
• Topic 2
  

  Topic 2

  Unit 1 - Earth Systems and Resources

  • Earth's Time Scale File
  • How does Earth's crust move? URL
  • subduction and volcanoes URL
  • Infrastructure improvements increased survival in Chile URL
  • Japan earthquake and tsunami 2011 URL
  • Plate Tectonics - nat geo video (iceland) URL
  • plate tectonics notes File
  • Soils - Online Reading URL
  • Soil Texture Test - % sand - silt - clay URL
  • nematodes in soil URL
  • Soil microbes - all different kinds! URL
  • How to read a soil triangle URL
  • Great Glacier Info from USGS URL
  • Calculate a dripping faucet URL
  • Pepsico protects water URL
  • The Atmosphere - Online Reading URL
  • Hurricanes and Global Warming - Online Video URL
  • Atmosphere and Weather basics URL
  • Global nature of wind URL
  • Ocean currents - names worldwide (just for fun) URL
  • Ocean currents-thermohaline circulation URL
  • Atmosphere and Weather Lecture 1 File
  • Desalination plant in California URL
  • solar panels could bring rain to african deserts? URL
  • Phosphorous and compost in africa URL
• Weather tutorials
  

  Weather tutorials

  good visuals

  • Earth sci and heat circulation overview URL
  • warm fronts and cold fronts URL
  • jet streams URL
  • Upwelling URL
  • Best upwelling explanation URL
  • Normal (non El Nino) conditions URL
  • "Normal" Eastern pacific upwelling URL
  • el nino and australia visual and info URL
  • Typical Global Weather Effects for an ENSO URL
  • Good Short summary of El nino effects URL
  • Much more info on jet streams URL
  • Cause of hurrican storm surge URL
  • How a Hurricane Forms URL
  • Video of Hurricane Katrina URL
• Topic 4
  

  Topic 4

   Unit 2 The Living World

  • piping plover i.d. and info URL
  • Frozen Frogs URL
  • biomes webquest URL
  • Biomes (terrestrial) powerpoint File
  • Biomes - aquatic File
  • Energy Flow (GPP - NPP) - Online Reading URL
  • NPP Webquest File
  • Brown Bear Salmon Cam - Live coverage URL
  • When Did Different Life Forms Appear on Earth? URL
  • Cycling of Matter Reading URL
  • Water cycle Video URL
  • Biogeochemical Cycles in Ecosystems - Online Reading URL
  • Cycling of Elements Video URL
  • Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorous Cycles Video URL
  • Carbon Cycling and Earth's Climate - Online Reading URL
  • Sulfur Cycle - Online Reading URL
  • Global Carbon Cycle - Online Reading URL
  • Atmospheric Oxygen - Online Reading URL
  • Nitrogen cycle powerpoint File
  • The Water Cycle, food chains and DDT Video URL
  • biodiversity hotspot background info URL
  • Biodiversity Hotspots - Africa and Worldwide URL
  • Biodiversity Reading URL
  • Anole lizard speciation URL
  • Do Animals have consciousness - Ted talk URL
• Topic 5
  

  Topic 5

  Unit 3 - Population

  • Worldwide demographics - fun with stats - Tedtalks URL
  • World population video - 5 mins URL
  • BBC article - rich vs poor and population growth URL
  • What's the Best Country for Raising Kids? URL
  • Atlantic Monthly opinion essay on immigration URL
  • Forced sterilization in India URL
  • China's Lost Girls - 45 min video URL
  • Population math # 1 File
  • Ted Talk - population and religion URL
  • Answers to population math sheet #1 File
  • Population Math #2 File
  • Pop math #2 answers File
  • Population Math packet File
  • Population math packet ANSWERS File
  • demographic transition URL
• Topic 6
  

  Topic 6

  Unit 4 - Land And Water Use

  • Ranching on Public Land - Challenges - Video URL
  • Competition for Globally Warmed Arctic Resources URL
  • big bag fishing URL
  • local fisherman testifies at hearing URL
  • Restaurants serve mislabelled fish URL
  • Ted Talk - 4 fish we eat URL
  • History of New England Fisherman and Government-Globe article URL
  • fish farm in belfast maine URL
  • Fishing Articles suggested by LOCAL organization URL
  • bait fish article URL
  • Ted Talk - DESERTIFICATION URL
  • IPM - Integrated Pest Management URL
  • Food Facts Powerpoint File
  • King Corn movie worksheet File
  • Head of NOAA resigns URL
  • Mine Tailings Dam Failure URL
  • Mining for copper in Alaska URL
  • Natural Resources Investment Group URL
  • Wetland Restoration Description URL
  • restoration of massachusetts rivers URL
  • Restoring Marshes in iraq #1 URL
  • Restoration of Marshland in Iraq #2 URL
  • Russia and the Arctic's resources URL
  • Brownfields letter to editor by an LSP (licensed site professional) URL
  • it's our city - let's fix it - ted talk URL
  • Oceanic Oases - watch first 45 mins URL
  • coyote movie URL
  • turning pools into gardens with aquaculture worldwide! URL
  • Will we protect Boston's wetlands or build on them? URL
  • salmon video URL
  • Zoning the Ocean Ted Talk URL
  • gentrification URL
  • cashmere goats and land use in mongolia URL
  • Land Use and Florida Panthers URL
  • NYC Amtrak yard to affordable housing and parks or NIMBY! URL
  • Covid Pandemic and Food Supply URL
• Topic 7
  

  Topic 7

  Midterm

  • Midterm Review 1 File
  • Midterm Review 2 File
  • climatographs URL
  • build a biome game URL
• Topic 8
  

  Topic 8

  Unit 5 - Energy

  • UCal resources - Energy unit URL
  • U.S. Energy Security and Water - Challenges We Face URL
  • Bill Gates 15 minute Energy lecture URL
  • Energy conversion problems File
  • Bias in Nuclear Articles? File
  • homesick for chernobyl slideshow URL
  • Peak Oil Video - 30 mins URL
  • Wall street journal alternative energy possibilities URL
  • Energy Problems File
  • Energy Problems - Answers File
  • Floating Wind Turbines URL
  • Wind-Europe shallow - NO. Amer DEEP? URL
  • Wind Energy-good general info URL
  • Wind-Scientif American article URL
  • Wind on youtube-floating turbines URL
  • Hydropower URL
  • Hydropower URL
  • Hydropower II URL
  • Hydropower at a glance URL
  • Dam removal in Maine and salmon runs URL
  • Coal Pros! URL
  • Clean Coal URL
  • Coal Waste URL
  • Coal basics URL
  • Oil Drilling Procedures URL
  • oil refining youtube URL
  • New England oil refineries close-prices rise URL
  • Fracking Regulations - Likely! URL
  • Fracking - NPR Broadcast URL
  • Fracking-Pathways to Dialog File
  • Nat'l Gas Fracking and groundwater URL
  • Fracking Explained by a Duke U prof URL
  • natual gas wells with an intro by Al Haig URL
  • Fracking negatives URL
  • Fracking harms eyes URL
  • FRACKING- Nat'l Public Radio investigates URL
  • Flaring off of natural gas a waste in fracking for shale URL
  • Natural Gas Industry - Their Side of Story URL
  • How Geothermal works URL
  • Geothermal - 3 kinds URL
  • Geothermal slide show - I want it at my house! URL
  • How geothermal forms/can be used URL
  • geothermal URL
  • Nukes deserve a look! URL
  • Massachusetts Nuclear Plant Too Old? VIDEO URL
  • Natural Gas - we all NEED it - for now File
  • NUKES - Union of Concerned Scientists URL
  • nuclear waste remains on site URL
  • Solar URL
  • Wind - how it works URL
  • windmills - floating URL
  • Hydrogen Fuel Cell company URL
  • wind farm off cape cod URL
  • Tar Sands Spill in Kalamazoo, Michigan URL
  • Nuclear Meltdown in Japan URL
  • Biofuel in florida URL
  • Energy Probs #1 with answers File
  • Energy Probs # 2 - like # 1 without answers! File
  • Energy problems # 2 - ANSWERS File
  • Energy problems # 3 ! File
  • Energy Probs # 3 answers page 1 File
  • Energy probs #3 anwers p. 2 File
  • Energy Probs 4 "Primer" File
  • Fission/nukes ppt File
  • Geothermal-Union Concerned Scientists URL
  • BIOFUEL COMPANY IN WALTHA, MA URL
  • MASS gOVT PROGRAMS FOR BIOFUELS URL
  • MARKETING COMPANY FOR BIOFUELS IN D.C. URL
  • gas car to florida vs electric (and other fuel conversions) URL
  • natural gas being imported URL
  • env justice and solar panels URL
  • town takes down wind turbines URL
  • China, India and other nations explore METHANE HYDRATES URL
  • Tidal Energy - could Gloucester do this? URL
  • exxon mobile researches algae URL
  • Boston CEOs now want wind turbines! File
• Topic 9
  

  Topic 9

  Unit 6 - Pollution

  • Hurricane Florence floods manure lagoons in NC URL
  • he's cleaning up the great pacific garbage patch! URL
  • cape cod nitrogen pollution - where does it come from? URL
  • BP Oil Spill Articles by Propublica URL
  • NY Times investigates CWA violations URL
  • Dolphins in Gulf (post BP Oil Spill) URL
  • wastewater treatment plant gets an upgrade! URL
  • Sewers of The World ( a few) URL
  • steven colbert - fish in potomac and bpa URL
  • endocrine disruptors NY Times article URL
  • Glacier Bay underwater sound clips URL
  • noise pollution kills whales newsweek article URL
  • why do whales make noise article URL
  • water pollution Questions File
  • Air Pollution - LICHENS URL
  • Air Pollution Online Quizlet (quiz yourself!) URL
  • Air Pollution Questions File
  • Ted talk-toxins (short) URL
  • Hydrofracking - interview with Duke professor URL
  • Fracking - EPA tests water in pennsylvania URL
  • Fracking with a few more details URL
  • nukes info site (japan) URL
  • Blowing up Railroad Bridges is Green? URL
  • Waste Business Journal Link URL
  • Wastewater Treatment Plant DATA SHEET File
  • recycling myths-nat geo URL
  • Fire retardants - firefighters say BAN THEM! URL
  • Should we keep Coal Plant Mercury limits in place? URL
  • Craft beer cleans its wastewater URL
  • air pollution review URL
  • malaysia ships back plastic URL
  • Air Pollution in Pakistan URL
  • Rolling Stone article - The Plastic Problem URL
• Topic 10
  

  Topic 10

  Unit 7 - Global Change

  • Arctic Communities Affected by Climate Change URL
  • New york Times - climate URL
  • Good Summary with pictures/graphs from NAC URL
  • Royal Society Summary of Global Warming URL
  • Global Warming Data Website URL
  • Clouds will counteract Greenhouse gases? URL
  • Poles are melting (Which one is melting more?) URL
  • governor baker - how to spend global warming funds URL
  • Nespresso helps coffee growers with climate change URL
  • Mayor Walsh's Plan to Develop Boston URL
• Topic 11
  

  Topic 11

  Endangered Species Links

  • Kmodo Dragon URL
  • Black Rhino URL
  • tigers URL
  • piping plovers URL
  • right whale URL
  • Mountain Gorillas URL
  • gray wolf #1 URL
  • gray wolves #2 URL
  • tigers URL
  • golden lion tamarin-success! URL
  • polar bear URL
  • polar bears URL
  • Polar Bears and global warming URL
  • Polar bears URL
  • Lions as ecotourism and improving ecosystem URL
  • Gorilla success story URL
• Topic 12
  

  Topic 12

  REVIEW Resources

  • Species-related terms and concepts (invasives and others) URL
  • Bozeman Science Videos for entire course! URL
  • 5 page review File
  • Unit 1 Weather/Earth science Review File
  • weather-biomes-soil succession URL
  • Weather and Climate review URL
  • More weather review URL
  • Earth Sci-Rocks-Mining (by E. Gilmore) URL
  • Pop-Agroforestry URL
  • Ecology URL
  • Common Air Pollutants URL
  • Chemical Formulas and equations of Air pollution URL
  • BubbaBrain Review #2 (many review sheets) URL
  • general review # 3 URL
  • general review # 4 URL
  • Review #5 - Env Laws URL
  • General Review #6 URL
  • General REview # 7 URL
  • General Review #8 URL
  • Review # 9 URL
  • LEGISLATION Jeopardy Game (1 or 2 players) URL
  • Hippocampus EARTH SCIENCE and many other topics URL
  • Environmental Timeline (important events), NY Times URL
  • Environmental Laws - comprehensive list URL
  • Energy Primer (from Colleg Board's A.P. Env Sci site) URL
  • Apes Math Review URL
  • Apes Chem Review URL
  • APES TEST Questions Website URL
  • ACTUAL FRQ's from EXAMS with ANSWERS! URL
  • Math Review File
  • Get your ap test score online this summer! URL
  • Various Colleges' AP credit Criteria URL