A.P. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CONTENT
POPULATIONS
SOILS AND AGRICULTURE
Soil Texture calculator
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/survey/?cid=nrcs142p2_054167 https://www.soils.org/files/about-soils/soils-overview.pdf
Soil Types https://www.soils.org/discover-soils/soil-basics/soil-types Soil Triangle http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/survey/?cid=nrcs142p2_054167 Short videos: soil and water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmo0FRAVgkM&feature=youtu.be Soil Society of America - Soil types
https://www.soils.org/discover-soils/soil-basics/soil-types HABER-BOSCH PROCESS - ARTIFICIAL NITROGEN FERTILIZERS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1_D4FscMnU FRESHWATER SYSTEMS AND RESOURCES
WATER TREATMENT PROCESS
https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=mf27W8SAMom5ggfp0p-oDw&q=water+treatment+plant+interactive&oq=water+treatment+interac&gs_l=psy-ab.1.1.0j0i22i30l2.2215.7366..9982...0.0..0.183.1693.21j2....3..0....1..gws-wiz.......0i131.y-1jx-XNkPY VIRTUAL WATER TREATMENT PLANT TOUR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2FmNrEmowE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS AND ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY
CASE STUDY: DOES THE MATRIX MATTER? TESTING THE INFLUENCE OF MATRIX TYPE ON BIRD RESPONSES TO FOREST FRAGMENTATION
http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/files/matrix.pdf SPECIES INTERACTION AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY
Does the Matrix matter? (Case Study about bird fragmentation)
http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/files/matrix.pdf CRASH COURSE ECOLOGY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZKIHe2LDP8&list=PLF7DgS63tpAUR0t5o-oxf9sFQ2VZsr3Ik&index=3 Primary succession https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6t88XiyFTU&list=UUVBzXXJ0frusfGPJJJx16Bg Ecological succession https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZKIHe2LDP8&list=PLF7DgS63tpAUR0t5o-oxf9sFQ2VZsr3Ik&index=3
FOUNDATIONS OF A.P. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Power Point Chapter 2
INTERACTIVE GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA
https://ncdenr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=0a7ccd9394734ff6aa2434d2528ddf12 ALL ABOUT PLATE TECTONICS
https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Plate-Tectonics http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html MASS WASTING SLIDEShttps://web.csulb.edu/depts/geology/facultypages/bperry/Mass%20Wasting/Types_of_Mass_Wasting.htm
http://www.pbase.com/dougsherman/mass_wasting https://opentextbc.ca/geology/chapter/15-2-classification-of-mass-wasting/ BEST INTERACTIVE PERIODIC TABLE
https://www.ptable.com/#Property/State CHEMISTRY REVIEW POWERPOINTS
PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND CELLULAR RESPIRATION
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Power Points Chapters 1 & 24
THE BASICS - SCIENTIFIC METHOD, METRIC SYSTEM, GRAPHING
GRAPHING
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First Quarter
Science and Sustainability; an introduction to Environmental Science (Ch.1) Sustainable Solutions (Ch.24) Freshwater Systems and Resources (Ch.15) (Interdisciplinary Unit focus) Earth's Physical Systems: Matter, Energy and Ecology (Ch.2) Evolution, Biodiversity and Population Ecology (Ch.3) Species Interactions and Community Ecology (Ch. 4) Environmental Systems and Ecosystem Ecology (Ch.5) Biodiversity and Conservation Biology (Ch.11) Second Quarter Environmental Ethics and Economics: Values and Choices (Ch.6) Environmental Policy: Decision Making and Problem Solving (Ch.7) Human Population Dynamics (Ch.8) Soil and Agriculture (Ch.9) Agriculture, Biotechnology and the Future of Food (Ch.10) Forests, Forest Management, and Protected Areas (Ch.12) Minerals and Mining (Ch.23) Third Quarter The Urban Environment: Creating Livable and Sustainable Cities (Ch.13) Environmental Health and Toxicology (Ch.14) Managing our Waste (Ch.22) Marine and Coastal Systems and Resources (Ch.16) Atmospheric Science and Air Pollution (Ch.17) Global Climate Change (Ch.18) Fourth Quarter Fossil Fuels, Their Impacts, and Energy Conservation (Ch.19) Conventional Energy Alternatives (Ch.20) New Renewable Energy Alternatives (Ch.21) The College Board weights topics on the exam as follows: · Earth Systems and Resources (10%–15%) · The Living World (10–15%) · Population (10%–15%) · Land and Water Use (10%–15%) · Energy Resources and Consumption (10%–15%) · Pollution (25%–30%) · Global Change (10%–15%) |