Content Delivery Ideas
Focusing on skills and science practices is super important in a science class whether its an AP® or a regular class. But students still need content and essential knowledge. What …
Author: Kristi Schertz
How I Structure My Flipped Class
My “flipping” method has evolved over the past 3 years. This is my current approach for a flipped class. For reference, I teach on a traditional schedule of 55 minutes …
Sample Grading and Points
This is a sample of how I grade in AP® Environmental Science. As a teacher, you must find what works for you and your own students, school and community! It …
Tree Rings and Climate Lab
Tree rings are a good way to study past and present climate. They are proxy indicators of climate change, but can be used to study other climate events as well. …
Resources for the AP® Environmental Science Exam
Read about the AP® Exam in these various posts. You can also find out the basics of the APES exam on this College Board website. Read to find out various …
Labs For Each Unit in AP® Environmental Science
This is a list of labs with links for each unit in the Course Exam and Description. There are many more great labs that APES teachers do. I chose these …
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AP® Environmental Science Math Review Practice Problems
These are practice problems to prepare for the math on the AP® Environmental Science Exam. If you are stuck on some problems, watch math help videos. They are: https://youtu.be/_zVClg1mtig https://youtu.be/_I7JBAQ7qSM …
Tips and hints for the AP® Environmental Science exam
These are tidbits of important information and some common student errors that many students make on the AP Environmental Science exam. Make sure you are studying your notes, textbook and/or …
FRQ tips for the AP®Environmental Science Exam
These are some basic guidelines for writing FRQs. For help with math, read “What students need to know about the math for the AP Environmental Science Exam” Make sure you …
AP® Environmental Science math for students for the AP® exam.
This is the basic information you need about APES math on the AP® Exam. Read this post for some practice problems.
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 my practice and adjust for needs the following year. For review ideas, read this post. …
Air Pollution Chalk Drawings
One way to help students memorize the 3 atmospheric processes they need to know for the AP® Exam is to have them draw. Research indicates that sketching or drawing information …
February = AP® Exam Pacing Check
In February, I like to plan the rest of the year up to the AP® Exam. Pacing is crucial and while kids may complain about going too fast through content, …
Toxins 5E Lab
Two important topics in APES are combined for this 5E–Serial dilution Lab and LC50 Lab. The lab papers needed for this lab can be found on this google drive folder. …
Trees, Forestry and Deforestation 5E
Take students outside to measure trees, discover ecosystem services of trees and forests, develop math skills, deforestation and sustainable forestry in the “I Love Trees 5E” Lab. If you are lucky …
Island BioGeography Theory 5E Lab
The Theory of Island Biogeography is a nice 5E lab using inexpensive materials (funnels, beans and poster paper) that not only teaches students an important concept, but also helps develop …
Finishing and Assessing EcoColumns
Finishing EcoColumns is a sad, but necessary part of EcoColumns. Students become very attached to their ecocolumns, but they start to degrade after about 6-8 weeks. Plants begin to run …
Binders to Collect Work
I want my students to save certain papers during the year and use later as they study for the AP® Exam. These papers include labs, charts, handouts, some notes and …
The Great APES Booklet
I give students “The Great APES Booklet” at the beginning of the year and tell kids to keep as reference. I find these booklets are better than a syllabus to …
Favorite Films for Environmental Science
Many new teachers want to know which APES films or environmental documentaries are the best. We all have different opinions, but here are some of the most commonly shown films …
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