APES Unit 11
 Food, Soil, and Pest Management

Final Review Test 5/2

 

Date

Do in Class

W/Th

Homework

·   Environmental Issues – Hard copy

Videos

·   Empty Oceans, Empty Nets

·   Aquaculture

·   Diet for a New America

·   Land of Plenty, Land of Want

F 3/14

Unit 10 MC and FRQ (Math based - also see reading and videos)
M 3/17

PowerPoints

·  Eating Disorders
T 3/18

Videos

·  Empty Oceans, Empty Nets

·  Aquaculture

·  Diet for a New America

·  Land of Plenty, Land of Want

W/Th

“Ten Things Kids want to know about Farming”

How Diet Effects Natural Resources and Land Use

Free Range Studios available Podcast on iTunes

·   Grocery Store Wars

·   Meatrix

·   Meatrix 2

·   Meatrix 2½

F 3/21

Videos

·  Empty Oceans, Empty Nets

·  Aquaculture

·  Diet for a New America

·  Land of Plenty, Land of Want

M 3/24

Discuss Homework

“Super Size Me”

T 3/25

PowerPoints

·   Farm Facts

·   Food Resources

W/Th

·   Finish “Super Size Me”

·   How Diet Effects Natural Resources and Land Use

·   Unit 11 Quiz/Game

F 3/28

Unit 11 MC and FRQ (Math based – also see reading and videos)

 

Reading

Need to Know

Turn in

Online Video

Textbook

·   Chapter 13

Online

·   BioEnergy Information from Perdue

·   Web Notes on Biochemistry 

·   Roles of the 16 Essential Nutrients in Crop Development 

·   Soil, Environmental Literacy 

·   Food, Environmental Literacy 

·   Crops, Environmental Literacy 

·   Genetic Modification, Environmental Literacy 

·   Food Supply, Environmental Literacy 

·   Livestock, Environmental Literacy 

·   Pest Control, Environmental Literacy 

·   Roles of 16 Essential Nutrients in Crop Development, 

Unit 11 Outline

Unit 11 Glossary

·   Chapter 13

 

Formative

Unit Quiz

Test 3/25

Final Review Test 5/2

Homework

Unit 11 Study Guide – Server

 

Pesticides – Server

Pests – Server

Plant – Server

Plant Nutrients – Server

Calculating Carrying Capacity  – Server

Assessment of Cholesterol and Fat in Diet – Server

 

Classwork

How Diet Effects Natural Resources and Land Use -  Hardcopy

 

Soils of the World

GoVeg.com Undercover Investigation of raising livestock

Organic Farming: Conserving Top Soil

Flood: Farming and Erosion

GMO Corn

Should We Grow GM Crops?

Super Salmon (TD – 5m) 

Earth Revealed: Running Water I: Rivers, Erosion and Deposition (Annenberg - #19)

 

 

 

AP Requirements for Laboratory Investigation:

1.      How does this lab relate to the environment?

2.      Develop and conduct well-designed experiments.

3.      Utilize appropriate techniques and instrumentation.

4.      Analyze and interpret data, including appropriate statistical and graphical presentations.

5.      Think analytically and apply concepts to the solution of environmental problems.

6.      Make conclusions and evaluate their quality and validity.

7.      Propose further questions for study.

8.      Communicate accurately and meaningfully about observations and conclusions.