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Environmental Science

AP Environmental Science Class

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AP Environmental Science Class

Date Added to MERLOT:: January 23, 2012
Created by:: Harriet Mathews
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Collection Content

From Silent Spring to Silent Night (Presentation)

Effects of Atrazine on Frogs 2007
Connecting Concepts: Ecology/Population Dynamics 3: Elephant Population Growth (Case Study)

Good link back to Teacher Manual which leads to other virtual labs in all of Biology!
Nitrogen Cycle (Tutorial)

great quiz
Mission: Biomes (Tutorial)

Mission Biomes is written for younger students, but the links are great to get data on precipitation per year etc. for... More
Sustainable Agriculture (Online Course)

Five Modules
Story of Stuff (Presentation)

Link to chat with the author over 1 hour long. Introduces several books and websites related to sustainable living. ... More

Link to chat with the author over 1 hour long. Introduces several books and websites related to sustainable living. The concept of a Happiness Index as a ratio of health and welfare over use of resources. She proposes the stregthening of a citizen 'muscle' which may have atrophied over the personal consumer muscle which may be overworked. Solving problems by using sharing engenders community.
Business and Sustainable Development (Reference Material)

Mostly Canadian and British examples; however, companies and sectors are also included
NASA AND TEACHERS GO GREEN: Green Teacher Magazine (Reference Material)

Great Eel Grass Activity for children included
Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future (Tutorial)

Lesson to design a sustainable city in six modules Major World Cities information Interactive city game
Breeds of Livestock (Reference Material)

Debate: feeding grain to livestock deprives calories from the human population.
Gymnosperm Database (Collection)

Age of trees a zoocentric concept!
Connecting Concepts: Ecology/Population Dynamics 1: Exponential Growth (Simulation)

Excellent tutorial on population growth using zebra mussels
Connecting Concepts: Ecology/Population Dynamics 2: Logistic Growth (Tutorial)

Similar to exponential growth model with Zebra mussels
SWAS-VTSSS Program (Reference Material)

Every AP Environmental Student needs to know how to study the health of a stream :)