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 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

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

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

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 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.

This includes a Google slide presentation with the standards, Notes, and practice questions for each section of Unit 5: Land and Water Use. 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 4: Earth Systems and Resources. 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 2: Biodiversity. These notes are aligned and based on the AP classroom Videos, so they are focused on College Board expectations.

Class: Earth and Space Science Unit 3 - Mountains, Valleys, and coasts. HS-ESS2-5: Plan and conduct an investigation of the properties of water and its effects on Earth materials and surface processes. This is lesson 2 in a unit titled Mountains, Valleys, and Coasts. This unit focuses on weathering and erosion and how our landscape has formed throughout the earth's history. This Lesson Includes: A google slides presentation to practice identifying different types of weatheringA lab practicing an

This lesson is lesson #6 In the Unit "Climate" Objective: Students will be able to describe trends in the climate and vital signs of sea level rise, arctic ice sheets, and global temperature. This lesson includes: A web quest worksheet to help students practice looking at graphs and trends in climate data.Related 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 Leve

This lesson is lesson #1 in Unit 4: Water Objective: Students will be able to identify where most of their water usage cones from as well as understand the difference between direct and indirect water use. This lesson includes: Google slides with instructions and prompting questionsA worksheet for students to use a website to calculate their water footprint.Related Products from this Unit.1 - Water Footprint Webquest2 - Why Water & Water Cycle3 - Topographic Maps: Notes4 - Geography of CA5 - Rai

6-6 Reducing Urban Runoff:This is lesson six in the unit "Urban Geoscience". At this point students will have a good understanding of issues with urban runoff and locations around campus where urban runoff is a problem. This lesson will teach the students different strategies to increase infiltration and reduce runoff while allowing them to practice the information they learned through a project where they propose a solution to a runoff problem on campus. This purchase includes:Google Slides