Unit 1 AP® Environmental Science Resources
These are resources for Unit 1 of the Course and Exam Description for AP® Environmental Science . No one will do all of these items, because of the lack of …
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First week of AP® Environmental Science (Unit 0)
It is common to do introductory lessons or activities with students the first week or two in any class and in AP Environmental Science. Some teachers call this “Unit 0”. …
Tropospheric Ozone Virtual Picture Lab
I created this lab during the summer when tropospheric ozone is really high in the Los Angeles area. I used ozone test strips from Carolina Biological and took pictures at …
Coriolis Effect and Atmospheric Circulation Lab
I love it when I hear kids say “whoa”, or “wow” or “ohhhh, now I get it” during a lab. I recently did the “Coriolis Effect and Atmospheric Circulation” Carolina …
Human Population 5E Lab Using Cemetery Data Part II
This post discusses each part of the 5E Lab. For suggestions, materials and set of the Cemetery Lab, read Part I. Engage In a 5E, an Engage should be quick …
Human Population 5E Lab Using Cemetery Data Part I
400+ Original curated images to use as data for cemetery lab ($9.00) One of the most interesting labs in Regular or AP®Environmental Science is using cemetery data for human population …
Predator/Prey, Primary Productivity and Light in the Ocean Lab
I came across this lab from the Monterey Bay Aquarium called “Light in the Deep Sea” a few years ago when I taught Marine Science. I recently pulled it out …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
Everything Ecocolumns
My students’ favorite lab is building and taking care of Ecocolumns. This lab gives them practice in long-term data collection and a myriad of other essential topics in APES. Here …
Air Pollution Lab-Airborne Particulates
One of the best (and easy to implement) labs I do is an air pollution lab–airborne particulates lab (Click for student handout). I worked with a colleague at a neighboring …
Biomagnification Activity from the Monterey Bay Aquarium
I really like this biomagnification activity from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I discovered this activity in a Monterey Bay Aquarium workshop at a conference I attended a couple of years …
Air Pollution Videos
Sounds crazy, but a good air pollution documentary doesn’t exist to show to our students. Instead, there are many smaller videos that work well. I live in Southern California, and …
Water Quality Testing in the Lab
Water Quality Testing is essential for AP® Environmental Science students. Every released exam has water quality test questions. Water quality is usually covered in Unit 8, but some teachers cover …
Fecal Coliform Bacteria
Students need to understand fecal coliform bacteria. This is bacteria that comes from mammal waste and can be an indicator of a sewage spill, or something else that contaminates the …
Biological Oxygen Demand
I live in arid Southern California where surface water is scarce and it is impossible for my students to measure Biological Oxygen Demand in person. So, I filmed the process …