Smiths Science Class

This product covers AP Environmental Science Topics: 3.6 - Age Structure Diagrams3.7 - Total Fertility Rate3.8 - Human Population Dynamics3.9 - Demographic Transition Doubling Time This purchase includes: Instructions for the project. I use this as a unit long project in which students research different components of the demographics after I teach the topic each day. They submit it at the end of the unit. A rubric for gradingA Google document for students to compile their research. This docum

This includes a Google slide presentation with the standards, Notes, and practice questions for each section of Unit 6: Energy Resources and Consumption. These notes are aligned and based on the AP classroom Videos, so they are focused on College Board expectations.

This includes a Google slide presentation with the standards, Notes, and practice questions for each section of Unit 1: Ecosystems. These notes are aligned and based on the AP classroom Videos, so they are focused on College Board expectations.

This lesson is lesson #3 in the unit "water" Objective: students will be able to read and interpret both regular and topographic maps using the legend and the key. This lesson includes: Google slides presentation about reading mapsGuided Notes to go with the google slidesRelated Products from this Unit.1 - Water Footprint Webquest2 - Why Water & Water Cycle3 - Topographic Maps: Notes4 - Geography of CA5 - Rainshadow: Notes & CA mapping activity6 - Water Terminology: Notes & CA mapping activity7

This includes a Google slide presentation with the standards and practice questions for each section of Unit 9: Global Change. These notes are aligned and based on the AP classroom Videos, so they are focused on College Board expectations.

This purchase includes: A background information page including 7 different stakeholder groups representing pro and anti green revolution interestsA prep document for students to work together to prepare for the debateA list of all of the stakeholder groups. I usually cut them out and have students choose out of a hat.A document for students to reflect after the debate.This is typically a 2 day lesson (90 minute class periods) in which I lecture on the Green Revolution and downsides to modern ag

This product is a bundle of all of the notes for the entire year of AP Environmental Science. The slides follow the College Board CED adopted in 2019.

Included in this purchase: A math practice worksheet focused on:Population Growth RatesDoubling Time% Change in populationAn Answer Key

This lesson is lesson #5 In the Unit "Climate" Objective: Students will be able to describe how the albedo of the earth is changed due to sea ice melting. Students will also be able to differentiate between positive "reinforcement" and negative "regulating" feedback loops. This lesson includes: A lab where students look at the albedo of dark and light surfaces.Google slides about experimental variables, albedo, and feedback loops. guided notes to go with the Google slides.Related Products in th

This product contains resources for a debate on whether or not nuclear energy is a viable solution for the future and whether or not we should put more funding towards it. This purchase includes: A background information page including 7 different stakeholder groups representing pro and anti nuclear interestsA prep document for students to work together to prepare for the debateA list of all of the stakeholder groups. I usually cut them out and have students choose out of a hat. A document for

A bundle of products from the unit "Urban Geoscience". This unit focuses on urban heat islands and urban runoff. These are resources I use in a High School Earth and Space Science class. Much of the work is scaffolded to help both Students in Special Education and English Learners.

This is a bundle of all of the assignments and projects from the unit on climate and climate change. Products in this Unit:1 - History of Earth's Atmosphere2 - Carbon Cycle3 - Climate Data Analysis4 - The greenhouse Effect5 - Albedo and Feedback Loops6 - Climate Vital Signs7 - Sea Level Rise Lab8 - Reducing Greenhouse Gases9 - Study Guide

This lesson is lesson #1 in Unit 5: Climate Objective: Students will be able to describe the atmospheric changes in oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout earth's history as well as explain how and why oxygen forms in the atmosphere. This lesson includes: In a web quest and graphing activity, students will graph the history of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the earth's atmosphere and major biological and geological events that influenced the atmosphere. I usually print the graph on large 11 x 17 pa

This includes a Google slide presentation with the standards, Notes, and practice questions for each section of Unit 7: Atmospheric Pollution. These notes are aligned and based on the AP classroom Videos, so they are focused on College Board expectations.

6-4 Reducing Urban Heat IslandsThis is the 4th lesson in the "Urban Geoscience" unit. This lesson focuses on strategies to reduce urban heat islands with a lecture and a project for students to practice with their new knowledge. Each group will build a "cool roof" on a piece of cardboard then test it to see how well it works outside. This product includes: A google slides presentation with ways to reduce urban heat islandsGuided/scaffolded notes to go with the lecture (Good for SPED and ELD)A

This purchase includes: Some basic Google Slides to give a background about what biomes are and the key components that differentiate biomes. This follows section 1.2, "terrestrial biomes," in the APES curriculum. Instructions for a project where students in groups make and give presentations about biomes. A rubric to grade the student presentations. A guided notes sheet for students to take notes on the key information from the different biomes.

This contains the 4th and 5th lessons in a unit called Oil, Gas, and Coal. Included in this product are: An interactive rock cycle game where students move throughout the room as minerals in the rock cycleAn online simulation with worksheet to help them understand the rock cycleA formative assessment/practice worksheet about the rock cycleA final assessment on the rock cycle in the form of a comic strip. Related Products: 1 - Basics of Chemistry 2 - Minerals & Mineral ID3 - Identifying Minerals

This is the third lesson in a series called "oil, gas, and coal" that dives into the rock cycle and the formation and extraction of fossil fuels. This lesson includes: A google slide presentation about properties of minerals and how to test themGuided notes that coincide with the google slidesA lab activity where students practice identifying minerals. **This lab uses a specific and ancient Wards rock/mineral kit. You may need to edit the lab for the minerals that you have available**A dichotom

This activity covers information from AP Environmental Science sections 4.4: Earth's Atmosphere & 4.5: Global Winds. Students will blow up a balloon and draw the different layers of the atmosphere and global winds to practice with both of these concepts.

This includes a Google slide presentation with the standards, Notes, and practice questions for each section of Unit 8: Aquatic and Terrestrial Pollution. These notes are aligned and based on the AP classroom Videos, so they are focused on College Board expectations.