APES 2017-2018
Unit 1: Introduction to APES/ Sustainability/Earth’s Resources
Topics Covered: population and global problems
Chapters of book: 1, 24
Test 1: September 26 & 27
Projects / Assignments: COURSE INTRODUCTION and ECO FOOTPRINT
(Home Audits) Tragedy of the Commons;Presentations
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Unit 2: The Living World: Ecology / Biogeochemical Cycles / Animals
Topics Covered: N, P, S, C cycles, evolution, biodiversity, animal interactions, endangered species, wildlife
Chapters of book: 2, 3, 4, a little bit of 5, 11, 13 review 8
Test: November 16 &17
Quiz December 13 &14
Project / Assignments: MY COMMUNITY ECOLOGY and covered in FOOD SYSTEMS
(Quadrant Lab; Endangered Species Brochure / Presentations; Unit 2 Packet)
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Mini unit 3: Population: Human Population/Environmental Ethics & Economics / Policy Making
Topics Covered: population demographics; Environmental Ethics, Economics & Policy
Chapters of book: 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11
Quiz: March 5-(3A/7)-6
Project / Assignments: covered in FOOD SYSTEMS, OCEAN IN ACTION and ECO FOOTPRINT
Assignments: (Canvas Population Control; Power of the Pyramids & Unit 3 Review Sheet)
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Unit 4: Land and Water Use: Agriculture/ Food Sources / Pesticides / Toxicology / Soil
Topics Covered: Agricultural uses; Pesticides; Food Sources; Soil (composition, formation, pollution); disease
Chapters of book: 9, 12, 13, 14
Midterm Test: January 17 & 18 (revised) only chapter 9 and ECO FOOTPRINT and MY COMMUNITY ECOLOGY
Test: March 16 &19
Project / Assignments: FOOD SYSTEMS and covered in Project MY COMMUNITY ECOLOGY
(My 24 Hour Calorie Count / Estimating Carrying Capacity; Estimating Bioaccumulation of
DDT in a Lake; Disease Detectives; Unit 4 Packet of activities)
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Mini unit 5: Water Use: Water Management
Topics Covered: water resources & pollution, aquatic biomes
Chapters of book: 15
Quiz 1: October 4 & 5
Quiz: March 8 & 9
Test: March 26 & 27
covered in Project ECO FOOTPRINT and covered in FOOD SYSTEMS and Project OCEAN IN ACTION
Project / Assignments: (Cooper River FRQ; Personal Water Audit)
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Unit 6: Pollution: Land Management / Solid Waste Management / Earth Science/ Mining
Topics Covered: Solid Waste options; Earthquakes,etc Land resources & conservation; Mining
Chapters of book: 7, 22, 23
Test 2: October 17 & 18
covered in Project ECO FOOTPRINTand covered in FOOD SYSTEMS and Project OCEAN IN ACTION
Project / Assignments: ( Canvas eWasteland ; Canvas: Soil Properties virtual lab; Garbology / Personal Trash Audit;
Unit 3 Packet)
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Mini unit 6 continued: Energy Resources and Consumption: Energy
Topics Covered: renewable / nonrenewable resources; energy calculations; energy production
Chapters of book: 18, 19, 20, 21
Quiz 2: October 10 & 11
covered in Project ECO FOOTPRINT
Project / Assignments: (Personal Energy Audit; Energy Discussion; Unit 6 Packet)
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APES All Laws and Acts
Test 2: April 9 & 10
Test 1: March 9 &12
covered in Project OCEAN IN ACTION, covered in FOOD SYSTEMS and covered in Project ECO FOOTPRINT
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Unit 6 continued 2: Global Change: Air and Marine Systems
Topics Covered: the oceans, atmosphere, air quality, acid precipitation, indoor air pollutants, global warming,
greenhouse effect.
Chapters of book: 16, 17, 18
Test: June 4 & 5
Project / Assignments: GLOBAL CLIMATE SUMMIT
(Unit 7 Packet; Ozone Chemistry; Weather activity)
Unit 8: Review for the AP exam
Topics Covered: go back to anything we missed throughout the year; practice exam; strategies for taking the
AP exam. (May 7- May 9 – review sessions will be available after school all week!)
2nd Mock AP Exam: April 19 & 20 (100 multiple choice section) and April 16 & 17
(4 free response section)
Final Mock AP Exam: April 30 & May 1 (100 multiple choice section) and April 23 & 24
(4 free response section)
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AP Exam: Thursday, May 10, 2018 12:00 noon!! CMS will be paying for AP Exams this year! All students are expected to take the AP Exam in place of a teacher-made final exam. Failure to take the AP exam will result in student taking my final exam, which will count as 20% of their total grade for the course. Students who take the AP Exam will have their final grade calculated as follows: Semester 1 = 50%, Semester 2 = 50%
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*Adapted from and credit to Diane Shell **This syllabus will change as necessary throughout the year**