AP Exam / Review Resources to Review for the APES Exam What you use to review depends on your students and their needs. There is no …
Unit 7 Indoor Air Pollution using PocketLab Air I have a PocketLab Air device which I use to demonstration indoor air pollution–specifically particulate …
Unit 9 / Units Unit 9 Resources for AP Environmental Science These are resources for Unit 9 of the Course and Exam Description for AP® Environmental Science . No …
lab / Unit 7 Air Pollution Lab- Airborne Particulates for Distance Learning One of the best and easy-to-implement labs in my class is an air pollution lab. …
Unit 8 / Units Unit 8 Resources for AP Environmental Science These are resources for Unit 8 of the Course and Exam Description for AP® Environmental Science . No …
Unit 8 Diseases and Toxins Charts In Unit 8, students must know a lot! The Course and Exam Description for AP® …
Unit 7 / Units Unit 7 Air Pollution Resources AP®Environmental Science These are resources for Unit 7 of the Course and Exam Description for AP® Environmental Science . No …
Unit 6 / Units Unit 6 Energy Resources AP®Environmental Science These are resources for Unit 6 of the Course and Exam Description for AP® Environmental Science . No …
Unit 4 Soil Texture Labs that can be done at home or in class Soil testing is a great at-home lab for students who are distance learning or for …
Unit 5 / Units Unit 5 Resources AP®Environmental Science These are resources for Unit 5 of the Course and Exam Description for AP® Environmental Science . No …
Unit 4 Chemistry of Soil Video Lab This lab requires students to make claims and justify their claim as to which soil …
Unit 3 / Units Unit 3 Resources AP®Environmental Science These are resources for Unit 3 of the Course and Exam Description for AP® Environmental …
Unit 2 / Unit 3 At-Home Population Biology Lab Using String I developed this 5E lab during distance learning for my students to do at home …
Unit 2 / Units Unit 2 Resources AP®Environmental Science These are resources for Unit 2 of the Course and Exam Description for AP® Environmental Science . No one will do all of these items, because of the lack of time.
Methods & Lessons Online Class Community Builder: What do we have in common? I started teaching online last week due to the pandemic. Community building in an online …
Unit 4 / Units Unit 4 AP® Environmental Science Unit 4 in AP® Environmental Science is about Earth’s systems and resources. It is heavy …
CED / Unit 1 / Units Unit 1 AP® Environmental Science Resources These are resources for Unit 1 of the Course and Exam Description for AP® Environmental …
CED / Units First week of AP® Environmental Science (Unit 0) It is common to do introductory lessons or activities with students the first week or …
Textbooks Textbooks for AP Environmental Science This is my review of the recent editions of the three most popular texts for …
lab / Supplies Lab Supplies by CED unit in AP® Environmental Science Here is a list of some labs that are commonly done in AP® Environmental Science …
AP Classroom / Methods & Lessons Tips for using AP® Classroom AP® Classroom is a new, powerful tool that the College Board has provided for teachers …
lab / Labs For CED Units / Unit 7 Tropospheric Ozone Virtual Picture Lab I created this lab during the summer when tropospheric ozone is really high in the …
Flipped / Methods & Lessons Quick, Low-Tech Ways to Film Instructional Video I like to film quick, low-tech, no-editing instructional videos for students. Quick, because I’m a …
lab / Labs For CED Units / Unit 4 Coriolis Effect and Atmospheric Circulation Lab I love it when I hear kids say “whoa”, or “wow” or “ohhhh, now I …
Ecocolumns / Uncategorized Container Seeds in Ecocolumns This year, I had packets of donated seeds that my students used in ecocolumns. Two …
lab / Supplies A Review of Pasco’s Wireless Sensors I used some of Pasco’s wireless sensors in my classroom over the past two years …
lab / Supplies A Review of Vernier Sensors I recently tried a few of Vernier’s GoDirect Wireless Sensors with my high school students …
lab / Supplies / Uncategorized A Review of Hanna pH Meters I recently tested three of Hanna’s pH Meters in my high school science lab. Hanna …
lab / Labs For CED Units / Unit 3 Human Population 5E Lab Using Cemetery Data Part II This post discusses each part of the 5E Lab. For suggestions, materials and set of …
lab / Labs For CED Units / Unit 3 Human Population 5E Lab Using Cemetery Data Part I One of the most interesting labs in Regular or AP®Environmental Science is using cemetery data …
lab / Labs For CED Units / Uncategorized / Unit 1 Primary Productivity and Light in the Ocean Lab I came across this lab from the Monterey Bay Aquarium called “Light in the Deep …
Content Ideas / Methods & Lessons / Strategies / Units Content Delivery Ideas Focusing on skills and science practices is super important in a science class whether its …
Flipped / Flipped Classroom / Methods & Lessons How I Structure My Flipped Class My “flipping” method has evolved over the past 3 years. This is my current approach …
AP Exam / Methods & Lessons / New APES Teachers / Review Sample Grading and Points This is a sample of how I grade in AP® Environmental Science. As a teacher, …
lab / Labs For CED Units / Unit 9 Tree Rings and Climate Lab Tree rings are a good way to study past and present climate. They are proxy …
AP Exam Resources for the AP® Environmental Science Exam Read about the AP® Exam in these various posts. You can also find out the …
lab / Labs For CED Units Labs For Each Unit in AP® Environmental Science This is a list of labs with links that I do for each unit in …
CED / Math / Science Practices / Students AP® Environmental Science Math Review Practice Problems These are practice problems to prepare for the math on the AP® Environmental Science Exam. …
AP Exam / For Students / Students Tips and hints for the AP® Environmental Science exam These are tidbits of important information and some common student errors that many students make …
AP Exam / For Students / Students FRQ tips for the AP®Environmental Science Exam These are some basic guidelines for writing FRQs. For help with math, read “What students …
AP Exam / For Students / Students AP® Environmental Science math for students for the 2019 exam. This is the basic information you need about APES math on the AP® Exam. Read …
AP Exam / Review What Do Students Think is Best for AP Exam Review? I survey my students every year after the AP Exam, because I want to improve …
Content Ideas / Methods & Lessons / Unit 7 Air Pollution Chalk Drawings One way to help students memorize the 3 atmospheric processes they need to know for …
Methods & Lessons / New APES Teachers February = AP® Exam Pacing Check In February, I like to plan the rest of the year up to the AP® …
lab / Labs For CED Units / Unit 8 Toxins 5E Lab Two important topics in APES are combined for this 5E–Serial dilution Lab and LC50 Lab. …
lab / Unit 5 Trees, Forestry and Deforestation 5E Take students outside to measure trees, discover ecosystem services of trees and forests, develop math …
lab / Labs For CED Units / Unit 2 Island BioGeography Theory 5E Lab The Theory of Island Biogeography is a nice 5E lab using inexpensive materials (funnels, beans …
Ecocolumns / lab Finishing and Assessing EcoColumns Finishing EcoColumns is a sad, but necessary part of EcoColumns. Students become very attached to …
Content Ideas / Methods & Lessons / New APES Teachers Binders to Collect Work I want my students to save certain papers during the year and use later as …
Methods & Lessons / New APES Teachers / Uncategorized The Great APES Booklet I give students “The Great APES Booklet” at the beginning of the year and tell …
Content Ideas / Methods & Lessons / New APES Teachers Favorite Films for Environmental Science Many new teachers want to know which APES films or environmental documentaries are the best. …
Methods & Lessons / New APES Teachers Getting to Know Your Students A “Getting to know you” survey or questionnaire the first week of school is not …
Math / Methods & Lessons / Science Practices APES Math Strategy That Really Works (Updated in July 2019 to reflect the new AP® calculator policy) The million dollar question …
AP Exam / Methods & Lessons / Prepare Peer Grading FRQs using Google Forms and Spreadsheets by Katy Sturges Implementing FRQ Peer Grading in the Classroom Guest writer: Katy Sturges, APES teacher from Texas …
Methods & Lessons / Textbooks Using Mastering in an AP® Class I’ve been using the “Mastering Environmental Science” companion website for Environment: The Science Behind the Stores …
Methods & Lessons / Textbooks Pacing Calendar and Curriculum Plan for Withgott I use Withgott and LaPosada’s Environment, the Science Behind the Stories, 5th edition for AP® Environmental …
Flipped / Flipped Classroom / Methods & Lessons Flipped Classroom-Reflections and Changes for Year 2 I recently finished the second year of a flipped classroom for AP® Environmental Science and …
Ecocolumns / Unit 1 Everything Ecocolumns My students’ favorite lab is building and taking care of Ecocolumns. This lab gives them …
lab / Supplies Supplies In AP® Environmental Science, we don’t have any mandatory labs, but there are a few …
AP Exam / Methods & Lessons / Review AP® Released Exams, Score Predictions, & the Final Exam “Curve” One way to prepare students for the AP® exam is to have them take practice …
lab / Supplies APES Lab Supplies Part 2: Other Recommended Labs The labs on this post tend to be popular, because they cover a lot of …
lab / Supplies APES Lab Supplies Part 1: Essential Labs A question new AP® Environmental Science teachers ask is “What supplies do I need?” or …
lab / Labs For CED Units / Unit 7 Air Pollution Lab-Airborne Particulates One of the best (and easy to implement) labs I do is an air pollution …
AP Exam / Methods & Lessons / Review Review for the AP® Exam Part of our challenging profession is to determine what teaching strategies to use for our …
lab / Labs For CED Units / Unit 8 Biomagnification Activity from the Monterey Bay Aquarium I really like this biomagnification activity from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I discovered this activity …
AP Exam / Methods & Lessons / Review 6 Week Study Plan for the AP® Environmental Science Exam Reviewing for the AP®Exam is important. My students review content and knowledge at home while …
Content Ideas / instructional_video / Methods & Lessons / Unit 7 Air Pollution Videos Sounds crazy, but a good air pollution documentary doesn’t exist to show to our students. …
lab / Labs For CED Units / Unit 8 Water Quality Testing in the Lab Water Quality Testing is essential for AP® Environmental Science students. Every released exam has water …
instructional_video / lab / Labs For CED Units / Unit 8 Fecal Coliform Bacteria Students need to understand fecal coliform bacteria. This is bacteria that comes from mammal waste …
instructional_video / lab / Labs For CED Units / Unit 8 Biological Oxygen Demand I live in arid Southern California where surface water is scarce and it is impossible …
lab / Uncategorized Protected: Trees Please! 5E There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
CED / Math / Science Practices / Uncategorized Math Differentiation in Science Students in science classes often have differing math abilities and its difficult to cover math …
CED / Math / Methods & Lessons / Science Practices APES Math There are many ways to practice AP® Environmental Science (APES) math. As a teacher, you …
Content Ideas / instructional_video / Methods & Lessons / Unit 4 Teaching El Nino Students and many teachers struggle with El Nino. Being in California, we have an advantage …
Content Ideas / instructional_video / Methods & Lessons / Unit 8 Notable Diseases Students in AP® Environmental Science need to know several of the notable or “infamous” diseases. …
Content Ideas / instructional_video / Methods & Lessons / Unit 8 Notable Toxins Students have to know several important toxins for the AP® Environmental Science Exam. These are …
CED / Content Ideas / instructional_video / Math / Methods & Lessons / Science Practices / Unit 8 LD-50 Graph and Math Practice Students can use this worksheet to practice graphing LD-50 data. This is an important skill …
instructional_video / lab / Labs For CED Units / Unit 1 GPP/NPP Virtual Lab I don’t always have time for students to do a lab. Every day is precious. …
lab / Labs For CED Units / Unit 5 Soil Salinization Lab One of the most common (and important!) labs in AP® Environmental Science is the Soil …
Ecocolumns / lab Things Go Wrong in Ecocolumns-and its OK! Things will go wrong in ecocolumns, they always do. And that’s part of the magic …
lab / Labs For CED Units / Unit 6 Electricity 5E using Kill-A-Watt Meters Updated Spring 2019! This year, I revised my Kill-A-Watt lab with a lot more math, …
lab / Labs For CED Units / Unit 5 / Units Tragedy of the Commons 5E A great way to teach Tragedy of the Commons is with a “fishing” activity. There …
lab / Labs For CED Units / Unit 9 Ocean Acidification Experimental Design Lab Students learn not only about the effects of increasing acidity in the ocean on marine …
Ecocolumns / lab 10 Scientific Concepts Learned from Ecocolumns Ecocolumns can teach the kids A LOT of scientific concepts if you are purposeful with …
lab / Methods & Lessons / Supplies Where to Find Science Grants and Other Funding When I was beginning science teacher 20 years ago, a very wise science education professor …
Ecocolumns / lab Ecocolumns with a Small Budget and with a Big Budget Sometimes new teachers panic when they see all the shiny probes, grow lights and data …
Ecocolumns / lab Building the Aquatic Chamber in Ecocolumns After two weeks of draining your ecocolumns, its time to build the aquatic chamber. DO …
Ecocolumns / lab Ecocolumn Fish–“O Happy Day!” After weeks of your students being excited about getting a fish, today is the day! …
lab / Labs For CED Units / Unit 1 Owl Pellet Dissection-Trophic Levels and Energy Loss Owl pellet dissection is used to teach ecology topics such as food webs, biomass pyramids …
Ecocolumns / lab Bugs, Worms, and Leaf Litter…..O my! (Adding detritivores to EcoColumns) Adding worms is almost as much fun as getting a fish! (NO FISH for two …
Ecocolumns / lab Planting Seeds in EcoColumns, Taking Soil Data and Setting Up Data Charts On the second day of building ecocolumns, students add seeds and begin taking data. (This …
Ecocolumns / lab Cutting and Filling Ecocolumns Students thoroughly enjoy building ecocolumns. Building usually takes 2 full class periods (50-55 min). The …
Ecocolumns / lab / Supplies Buying Supplies for Ecocolumns Students thoroughly enjoy building ecocolumns. The supplies here are for an ecocolumn with three chambers: …
Flipped / Flipped Classroom / Methods & Lessons Communicating “Why I flipped” to Students and Parents (or Admins) I believe explaining WHY I do something in class is important for students. While they …
AP Exam / Methods & Lessons / Prepare APES Exam and Bloom’s Taxonomy/Depth of Knowledge I’ve always told people that the AP® Exam has a lot of higher order thinking …
AP Exam / Methods & Lessons / New APES Teachers / Prepare Using and Teaching FRQs in Science Students in an AP® Environmental Science class need to know how to write Free Response …
AP Exam / Methods & Lessons / Prepare FRQs and Peer Grading Peer Grading FRQS Peer grading free response questions is a great way to 1. Teach …
Methods & Lessons / New APES Teachers / Strategies 10 Tips for Teaching Large AP® Classes in High School Teaching large classes can be daunting in any subject, but especially in a college-level AP® …
Methods & Lessons / New APES Teachers / Strategies To AP® or Not to AP®…What does the Research Say? What does the research really say about taking an AP® class? Over the years, I’ve …
Methods & Lessons / New APES Teachers 15 Things a new AP® teacher should know Being a new AP® teacher is exciting and daunting! It will be a tough year …
Flipped / Flipped Classroom / Methods & Lessons Research About Flipping the Classroom I recently led a couple of workshops about Flipped Classrooms for a technology institute. (Discalimer: …
Ecocolumns / ecocolumn_videos / lab EcoColumns: Solving Dissolved Oxygen issues with aquatic chamber holes
Ecocolumns / ecocolumn_videos / lab Building EcoColumns Part 5 Making the Aquatic Chamber This video describes how to build the Aquatic Chamber. Remember, DO NOT build this chamber …
Flipped / Flipped Classroom / Methods & Lessons Why and How I Flipped this Year Why I decided to Flip I decided to do a full flip in 2016/2017 out …
Content Ideas / Methods & Lessons / Strategies / Textbooks Sticky Note Methodology I developed this method over a decade ago and it one of the main things …
Ecocolumns / lab / Labs For CED Units / Methods & Lessons / New APES Teachers Group Data Analysis At the end of Ecocolumns, my students graph their data and answer questions as a …
