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      • FRQ tips for the AP®Environmental Science Exam
      • Tips and hints for the AP® Environmental Science exam
      • AP® Environmental Science 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”
      • Review for the AP® Exam
      • 6 Week Study Plan for the AP® Environmental Science Exam
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    • Science Practices
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        • 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
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      • Unit 3
      • Unit 4
      • Unit 5
      • Unit 6
      • Unit 7
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      • 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
  • AP Exam
    • AP Classroom
      • Tips for using AP® Classroom
    • For Students
      • FRQ tips for the AP®Environmental Science Exam
      • Tips and hints for the AP® Environmental Science exam
      • AP® Environmental Science 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”
      • Review for the AP® Exam
      • 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

Category: Ecocolumns

The ecocolumns lab is a valuable longitudinal lab and a cornerstone to the course. It is a highlight for students and likely the first and most enduring thing they hear about my class before deciding to sign up.

Container Seeds in Ecocolumns
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Container Seeds in Ecocolumns

This year, I had packets of donated seeds that my students used in ecocolumns. Two …

Ecocolumns / lab

Finishing and Assessing EcoColumns

Finishing EcoColumns is a sad, but necessary part of EcoColumns. Students become very attached to …

Everything Ecocolumns
Ecocolumns / Unit 1

Everything Ecocolumns

My students’ favorite lab is building and taking care of Ecocolumns.  This lab gives them …

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 …

Ecocolumns / lab

10 Scientific Concepts Learned from Ecocolumns

Ecocolumns can teach the kids A LOT of scientific concepts if you are purposeful with …

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! …

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: …

Ecocolumns / ecocolumn_videos / lab

Building EcoColumns NSTA 17 Presentation

Ecocolumns / ecocolumn_videos / lab

EcoColumns: Solving Dissolved Oxygen issues with aquatic chamber holes

Ecocolumns / ecocolumn_videos / lab

EcoColumns: Taking Aquatic Chamber Data

Ecocolumns / ecocolumn_videos / lab

Ecocolumns: Taking Terrestrial Chamber Data

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 …

Ecocolumns / lab

How to use a pH Probe in Ecocolumns

Ecocolumns / lab

How to use Nitrate and Nitrite Test Strips for EcoColumns A

Ecocolumns / lab / Supplies

Rapitest Digital Analyzer Instructions

Ecocolumns / instructional_video / lab

EcoColumns Part 4

Ecocolumns / ecocolumn_videos / lab

EcoColumns Part 3: Flushing and Unclogging

Ecocolumns / ecocolumn_videos / lab

EcoColumns Part 2: Filling with Soil, Sand, and Gravel

Ecocolumns / ecocolumn_videos / lab

EcoColumns Part 1: Cutting the Bottles

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 …

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