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  • AP Exam
    • AP Classroom
      • Tips for using AP® Classroom
    • For Students
      • FRQ tips for the APES Exam
      • Tips and hints for the APES exam
      • Math for students for the 2019 exam
    • Prepare
      • Peer Grading FRQs using Google Forms and Spreadsheets by Katy Sturges
      • APES Exam and Bloom’s Taxonomy/Depth of Knowledge
      • Using and Teaching FRQs in Science
      • FRQs and Peer Grading
    • Review
      • Sample Grading and Points
      • What Do Students Think is Best for AP Exam Review?
      • AP® Released Exams, Score Predictions, & the Final Exam “Curve”
      • 6 Week Study Plan for the AP® Environmental Science Exam
  • CED
    • Science Practices
      • Math
        • APES Math
        • APES Math Strategy That Really Works
        • Math Differentiation in Science
        • LD-50 Graph and Math Practice
        • AP® Environmental Science Math Review Practice Problems
      • Text Analysis
    • Units
      • Unit 1
      • Unit 2
      • Unit 3
      • Unit 4
      • Unit 5
      • Unit 6
      • Unit 7
      • Unit 8
      • Unit 9
  • Labs
    • Ecocolumns
      • Building
        • Building the Aquatic Chamber in Ecocolumns
        • Things Go Wrong in Ecocolumns-and its OK!
        • Bugs, Worms, and Leaf Litter…..O my! (Adding detritivores to EcoColumns)
        • Cutting and Filling Ecocolumns
        • EcoColumns: Solving Dissolved Oxygen issues with aquatic chamber holes
      • Data and Tips
        • Everything Ecocolumns
        • Group Data Analysis
        • Planting Seeds in EcoColumns, Taking Soil Data and Setting Up Data Charts
        • EcoColumns: Taking Aquatic Chamber Data
        • Ecocolumns: Taking Terrestrial Chamber Data
        • How to use a pH Probe in Ecocolumns
        • How to use Nitrate and Nitrite Test Strips for EcoColumns A
        • Rapitest Digital Analyzer Instructions
      • Objectives and Assessing
        • Finishing and Assessing EcoColumns
        • 10 Scientific Concepts Learned from Ecocolumns
        • Building EcoColumns NSTA 17 Presentation
      • Supplies
        • Buying Supplies for Ecocolumns
        • Ecocolumns with a Small Budget and with a Big Budget
        • Container Seeds in Ecocolumns
    • Labs For AP Environmental Science
    • Supplies
  • Methods & Lessons
    • Strategies
    • Flipped
    • Textbooks
    • New APES Teachers
    • Content Ideas
  • Content Quiz
    • Question Bank Bundle – All Units
    • Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 9
    • Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 8
    • Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 7
    • Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 6
    • Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 5
    • Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 4
    • Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 3
    • Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 2
    • Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 1
  • AP Exam
    • AP Classroom
      • Tips for using AP® Classroom
    • For Students
      • FRQ tips for the APES Exam
      • Tips and hints for the APES exam
      • Math for students for the 2019 exam
    • Prepare
      • Peer Grading FRQs using Google Forms and Spreadsheets by Katy Sturges
      • APES Exam and Bloom’s Taxonomy/Depth of Knowledge
      • Using and Teaching FRQs in Science
      • FRQs and Peer Grading
    • Review
      • Sample Grading and Points
      • What Do Students Think is Best for AP Exam Review?
      • AP® Released Exams, Score Predictions, & the Final Exam “Curve”
      • 6 Week Study Plan for the AP® Environmental Science Exam
  • CED
    • Science Practices
      • Math
        • APES Math
        • APES Math Strategy That Really Works
        • Math Differentiation in Science
        • LD-50 Graph and Math Practice
        • AP® Environmental Science Math Review Practice Problems
      • Text Analysis
    • Units
      • Unit 1
      • Unit 2
      • Unit 3
      • Unit 4
      • Unit 5
      • Unit 6
      • Unit 7
      • Unit 8
      • Unit 9
  • Labs
    • Ecocolumns
      • Building
        • Building the Aquatic Chamber in Ecocolumns
        • Things Go Wrong in Ecocolumns-and its OK!
        • Bugs, Worms, and Leaf Litter…..O my! (Adding detritivores to EcoColumns)
        • Cutting and Filling Ecocolumns
        • EcoColumns: Solving Dissolved Oxygen issues with aquatic chamber holes
      • Data and Tips
        • Everything Ecocolumns
        • Group Data Analysis
        • Planting Seeds in EcoColumns, Taking Soil Data and Setting Up Data Charts
        • EcoColumns: Taking Aquatic Chamber Data
        • Ecocolumns: Taking Terrestrial Chamber Data
        • How to use a pH Probe in Ecocolumns
        • How to use Nitrate and Nitrite Test Strips for EcoColumns A
        • Rapitest Digital Analyzer Instructions
      • Objectives and Assessing
        • Finishing and Assessing EcoColumns
        • 10 Scientific Concepts Learned from Ecocolumns
        • Building EcoColumns NSTA 17 Presentation
      • Supplies
        • Buying Supplies for Ecocolumns
        • Ecocolumns with a Small Budget and with a Big Budget
        • Container Seeds in Ecocolumns
    • Labs For AP Environmental Science
    • Supplies
  • Methods & Lessons
    • Strategies
    • Flipped
    • Textbooks
    • New APES Teachers
    • Content Ideas
  • Content Quiz
    • Question Bank Bundle – All Units
    • Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 9
    • Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 8
    • Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 7
    • Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 6
    • Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 5
    • Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 4
    • Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 3
    • Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 2
    • Content Quiz Question Bank – Unit 1

Category: AP Exam

Resources to Review for the APES Exam
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 one best way to review for the AP® Environmental Science Exam. What you choose to do …

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Tips for using AP®  Classroom
AP Classroom / Methods & Lessons

Tips for using AP® Classroom

AP®  Classroom is a new, powerful tool that the College Board has provided for teachers and students this year. I used many aspects of the program with my students this …

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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, you must find what works for you and your own students, school and community! It …

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Resources for the AP® Environmental Science Exam
AP Exam

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 …

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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 on the AP Environmental Science exam. Make sure you are studying your notes, textbook and/or …

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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 need to know about the math for the AP Environmental Science Exam” Make sure you …

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AP Exam / For Students / Students

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.

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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 my practice and adjust for needs the following year. For review ideas, read this post. …

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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 In the summer of 2008, after completing my first year of teaching only Biology, I …

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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 exams and released exams as practice or as a final exam before the AP® Exam. …

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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 we work on skills and practice exams in class.  Read about different ways to review …

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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 questions, but never took to the time to actually count how many were in a …

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Using and Teaching FRQs in Science
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 Questions (FRQs). These are short answer questions, not essays, and have special strategies that are …

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AP Exam / Methods & Lessons / Prepare

FRQs and Peer Grading

Peer Grading FRQS Peer grading free response questions is a great way to 1. Teach kids how the questions are graded by the national readers and how picky and precise …

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