AP Environmental Science Homepage,

Santa Catalina School

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Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park in California (left, center), Limekiln State Park (right)

Useful links: Your textbook's website

Environmental Literacy Council (Highly Recommended Site)

Link to Apes Course Data Sheet APES course data sheet

Link to APES Course Syllabus APES syllablus 2002-3 College Board APES site


Unit 1

Link to unit 1 assignment sheet Unit 1

Link to Readings (Jared Diamond) Worst Mistake

Link to Readings (Julian Simon) Life on Earth is getting better

How to create a web page of your own Create a web page

Summary of Environmental Laws Laws

Unit 1 Economics Websites

Basic Economic Indicators

economics quiz

economics learning modules

Environmental Literacy Website- economics

Environmental Economics and sustainable development

Economic incentives for improving the environment

GDP vs GPI

Unit 2: Energy and Matter Flow California Energy Crisis

Nuclear Science- discussions of atomic structure, alpha, beta, gamma decay, nuclear fusion, nuclear fission

Unit 3 Ecology and Ecosystems The 'red list' of threatened species produced by the IUCN (world conservation union)

Readings

Burning Needs

Restoring Natural Landscapes

both of the above readings come from the Nature Conservany's magazine, May/June 2001 and July/August 2001

Marine Life Photos

Local Flora PowerPoint


UNIT 4 Population, Toxicology and Risk Assessment READINGS Pros and Cons of Genetic Engineering of Crops

Living on a Lifeboat by Garrett Hardin

A Non-Bearing Account by Noel Perrin

Pitcairn Island by Jared Diamond

Top 20 Hazardous Substances

Cleanser Alternatives

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


Unit 5: The Earth, Soils, Agriculture, Pesticides, Solid and Hazardous Waste http://www.soils.agri.umn.edu/academics/classes/soil3125/doc/labunts.htm Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry- has Hazaradous Waste section
Unit 6: Aquatic Ecology, Water Resources, Water Pollution, Aquatic Biodiversity Coriolis Effect (Site 1)

Coriolis Effect (Site 2)


Unit 7: Air, Air Pollution, Climate, Climate Change and Ozone Depletion

Global climate Change sites

global warming map

US National Assessments of Climate Change Impacts

forest inventory and analysis

Energy Information Administration (US Department of Energy)

Harvard University's Global Climate Change Site


Other Sites of Interest Links- including Student Websites!

Evolution vs Creationism

environmental science news links 1998-2000

Ms. Struckman's Environmental Science Down Under!

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Elephant seals at Ano Nuevo.

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Monarch Butterfly, Mule deer, Ano Nuevo

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Pacific Grove Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary

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More Links- including student sites on: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, Alice Hamilton, Rachel Carson, Aldo Leopold, Ellen Swallow Richards, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Soil Conservation Act, the OPEC oil embargo, the CITES treaty, the Montreal Protocols, the Kyoto Accords, the Superfund, and Energy

Links- including Student Websites!

note: the above links to material above link only works when my computer is on; I will try to remember to leave it on to facilitate your access...

More interesting links...

Waimea Canyon, Kauai intro

Napali Coast, Kauai intro

Nene (endangered native Hawaiian goose) intro

Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal intro

Spider, Kauai intro

Rainbow, Napali Coast, Kauai intro

From inside a sea cave, Napali Coast, Kauai intro

Wedge-tailed Shearwater grooming her offspring, Kauai intro