• What is Environmental Science?• Answer: It is the relationship / impact of

humans on the environment. • How does it differ from Environmental Studies?• Answer: Environmental Studies looks at

solutions, APES just examines the impact and how the Earth as well as humans are affected.

AP Environment Science

• What is your reaction to this slide?• What do you notice?

Do Now

1. Look up on the internet, the Thayer Method. Know it and be able to do it for next class2. Read Chapter 1. Be prepared to team teach using the Thayer Method any three to five sections contained in chapter 13. First five vocab words are to be defined and ready for some sort of quiz on Friday.

1.Carrying Capacity2.Eutrophication3. The Clean Water Act of 19724. Ecosystem5. Barometric Pressure

Homework

• What are five things you notice about this picture on the next slide?

• Either look on the next slide or above the board.

New Activity

New Activity

Is there an upside down in space? Typical Orientation of the Earth, meaning what you are use to seeing.

New Activity

• The purpose of the class is to prepare you to sit for the AP exam in May.

• This is a college level class, meaning this is the type of work load that you could expect when you enter college.

• Essay assignment

About the class

• What is President Obama’s Energy Plan? Write it down

• If you do not know for sure, then what do think his plan is? Write it down

• What is Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney’s Energy Plan? Write it down

• If you do not know for sure, then what do think his plan is? Write it down

Essay

• What is President Obama’s Energy Plan?• Greater Alternative Energy development• Provide avenues to consumers with

options• Use existing resources• Raise fuel efficiency (primarily MPG)

Essay

• What is Mr. Romney’s Energy Plan?• Regulatory Reform• Increasing Production (oil, coal, natural

gas)• Research and Development• Energy Independence by 2020.

Essay

• Where did I find Romney & President Obama’s plans?• Are they do-able? How would you

know?• Look at other sources to confirm such as

the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) which is a non-partisan organization that crunches numbers & budgets.

Where was this all from?

• 1. More details next time for the essay.• 2. Look up on the internet, the Thayer

Method. Know it and be able to do it for next class

• 3. Read Chapter 1. Be prepared to team teach using the Thayer Method any three to five sections contained in chapter 1

• 4. First five vocab words are to be defined and ready for some sort of quiz on Friday.

Wrap up