Haynes Academy for Advanced StudiesAPES Syllabus 2017-2018

Teacher: K.Coogler Textbook: Environmental Science for AP – Friedland and Relyea

CONTACT INFORMATON: Phone: 837-8300 Planning: 2nd Period – 9:10-10:40 (Fall Semester)

3rd Period – 10:40-12:10 (Spring Semester)

Email: Karen.coogler@jppss.k12.la.us OR Karen.coogler@gmail.comWiki: http://haynes.jpschools.org/school-wikis/haynes-wiki/mrs-cooglers-wiki/

COURSE DESCRIPTION The AP® Environmental Science course is a full-year course designed to be the equivalent of a one-semester, introductory college course in environmental science. Unlike most other introductory-level college science courses, environmental science is offered from a wide variety of departments, including geology, biology, environmental science, chemistry, math, and geography. The AP Environmental Science course has been developed to be like a rigorous science course that stresses scientific principles and analysis and includes a laboratory component; as such, it is intended to enable students to undertake, as first-year college students, a more advanced study of topics in environmental science or, alternatively, to fulfill a basic requirement for a laboratory science and thus free time for taking other courses. In both breadth and level of detail, the content of the course reflects what is found in many introductory college courses in environmental science.

The goal of the course is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, to identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and human-made, to evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, to examine alternative solutions for resolving and/or preventing them, and to develop and focus their own political perspective.

***Students will be expected to read the textbook and be willing to work both inside and outside of class on assignments.

COURSE OUTLINE:

(This is tentative and may be modified at any time.)

Unit 1 Introduction to Environmental Science: Chapters 1 & 2 This unit serves as a review of laboratory safety and procedure. Remediation

and practice in the use of the scientific method. It also includes an introduction to analytical analysis and orientation to course specific instrumentation. Local issues of concern to students Biology/Chemistry/Math review, Study skills/Test taking strategies, Maintaining a Lab/Field Notebook, Maintaining a class binder.

Unit 2 The Living World: Chapter 3, 4 & 5 This unit introduces the concepts of food webs, ecosystems, and major

biogeochemical cycles of the world. It will explain global climate patterns and tours the major terrestrial and aquatic biomes. It will describe the process of evolution by natural selection and traces the evolution of pesticide and drug resistance.

Unit 3 Biological and Human Population: Chapters 6 & 7 This unit explores how populations of species interact with each other in

ecological communities and the factors that determine the growth of biological and human populations. It specifically addresses how human population growth is affected by natural factors, as well as by human choices and behavior.

Unit 4 Earth Systems and Resources: Chapter 8 & 9 This unit looks at the physical Earth and the various systems and resources

that affect humans including plate tectonics, rock weathering, and the distribution of Earth’s resources. It also explores water resources and the processes that influence water distribution and access.

Unit 5 Land Use: Chapters 10 & 11 This unit Discusses land classifications and the variety of uses for public and

private lands. It will examine agriculture and aquaculture and how they affect the environment.

Unit 6 Energy Recourses and Consumption: Chapters 12 & 13 This unit conceders the nonrenewable fossil fuels and radioactive fuels, and

explores the reasons for energy demand as well as the conventional ways that we supply it. Examines the various renewable energy sources that are currently or may become part of our energy portfolio. It also analyzes the impacts of both positive and negative of all energy choices.

Unit 7 Pollution: Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17

This unit explores how the major pollutions and wastes adversely affect our water and air. Solid waste generation and the choices for solid wastes disposal. It also looks at the leading human health risks stemming from common diseases, newly emerging diseases, and pollution.

Unit 8 Global Change and a Sustainable Future: Chapter 18, 19 & 20 This unit examines the conservation of biodiversity and builds on the

biological foundations presented in previous units. How human activities have produced greenhouse gases that have warmed Earth and affected a wide variety of organisms. The subject of sustainability as it relates to global change, economics, and equity is also discussed in this unit.

REQUIRED SUPPLIES: PLEASE DO NOT BRING ME HAND SANITIZER! WE WILL USE

SOAP AND WATER TO WASH OUR HANDS. AP Environmental Exam Crash Course Review Book $8 on Amazon 3 Ring Binder Pack of college-ruled Loose Leaf (Turned in to Coogler) Package of Dividers Index Cards 3×5 ruled (Turned in to Coogler) Kleenex (Turned in to Coogler) Roll of Paper Towels (Turned in to Coogler) Clorox Wipes (Turned in to Coogler) Composition Book (To be kept in class) Writing Utensils (Pens/pencils – I don’t care what color as long as I can read it) Highlighters Black Sharpie (Turned in to Coogler) $15 Lab Fee

AP EXAM The exam will consist of 100 multiple-choice questions (60%) and 4 Free-response questions; 1 document-based, 1 data-based and 2 synthesis questions (40%). 90 minutes is allotted for each section. NO CALCULATOR PROMITTED!

You are expected to take the exam, which will exempt you from taking the last test and give you an “A” on your last test.

If you choose not to take National AP Exam, you will take an AP Exam in my classroom – same time; same difficulty. It will count for you Exam Grade.

Date of APES Exam: Thursday, May 10th, 2018 at 12pm.

ASSESSMENTS: Student grades are determined every nine weeks by the total number of points earned from the following categories:

Unit Tests : Students can expect a test approximately every two to three weeks. Tests will be thorough and if you wait until the end of the unit to begin studying, you will not accomplish all you are capable of doing. I will usually give you a week's notice before a test.

Labs/Field Component : This course as a strong laboratory and fieldcomponent. The main objective of this is to allow students to learn through first hand observation. It is imperative that students be able to integrate the information that they are learning in class into “real world” applications. At least one class period a week will be spent doing labs both inside and outside of the classroom. There will be several labs that run for multiple weeks.

Lab Reports : Students write one formal report every nine weeks on anexperiment they have designed. These reports include an abstract, introduction, background, hypothesis, procedure, observations, data tables, and graphic representation of data, analysis, and conclusions. Other minor lab write-ups allow students to make critical observations and sharpen their analytical skills. Criteria to be given next week.

Quizzes : You will have weekly vocabulary quizzes and they will be cumulative. Quizzes (other than vocabulary) may be from 5 to 50 points and may be announced OR unannounced.

Presentations: Occasionally, student working in groups are required to present on an assigned topic. Some examples of student presentation include biomes, endangered animals, hazardous pollutants, and alternative energy.

 

Projects : Students will also be responsible for completing multiple projectthroughout the course of the year. In some cases, students may work in groups and at other times they may work independently. 

  Homework Assignments : Students will be given assignments to complete at

home. This may be something as simple as writing vocabulary cards, worksheet, reading the current unit content and answering textbook questions, reviewing lecture notes, readings and case studies, lab write-ups, and essays. Students will be responsible for completing this.

scrAPES – Environmental Science in the News: Scrapbook Project – 12 relevant, current environmental science articles. Criteria will be given next week.

WRITING ASSIGNMENTS:One of the most essential skills for a student who graduates high school is the ability to communicate properly through writing. This includes using proper grammar, spelling, formatting, organization skills, etc. Writing assignments will be given periodically in addition to the written lab reports. These may include, but will not be limited to: questions and answers, summaries or reflections on readings, essay questions, and current event summaries.

FIELD TRIPS: TBA

GRADING POLICY:Points will be assessed for all student work including labs, practicals, homework assignments, worksheets, quizzes, chapter exams, class participation and individual projects, case studies, research, etc. Letter grades will be determined by percentages of total points per the following school-wide grading scale. A 100-93B 92-85C 84-75D 74-67F 66-50

Major Assessments – 50% Minor Assessments – 30% Participation – 20%

o FINAL GRADE: 1ST Marking Period – 37.5% 2nd Marking Period – 37.5% Final Exam – 25%

ATTENDANCE: I will be taking attendance EVERYDAY. Please be on time. There is no substitution for being in class. But in the event you need to be absent, it is up to you to make up any work you missed. It is the student’s responsibility to get the missed work. Therefore, you must find out what assignments you missed immediately upon your return. Make-up work is to be turned in at the BEGINNING of class on the designated due date. IF YOU ARE ABSENT FOR A TEST, THE MAKE-UP MAY BE A DIFFERENT TEST/DIFFERENT FORMAT.

LATE WORK:All work is expected to be turned in on the due date. I DO NOT TAKE WORK THAT IS LATE. If you have an extenuating circumstance, please see me.

EXTRA HELP : If you need extra help, please see me to schedule a suitable time. DO NOT WAIT until the day of or the day before an assignment is due to seek help

ACADEMIC HONESTY:Cheating of ANY form will not be tolerated. Academic honesty is expected in all classes at Haynes Academy. Cheating will not be tolerated. Violations of academic honesty include, but are not limited to, copying, allowing someone to copy your paper, using cheat sheets, using technology to transmit or receive information with the intent to commit academic dishonesty, plagiarizing, and self plagiarizing.

Just as there is no such thing as just "stealing a little" there is no such thing as "cheating a little". Cheating is copying one answer or 100 answers or allowing a friend to copy one answer or all your answers.

Follow these two rules and you will not have problem with cheating in APES:

1. Do your own work in and out of class.

2. Do not give your work to another student for any reason - no matter what they might promise. If another student is too lazy to do their work why put your grade in jeopardy by giving it to them. Just Say No!

Generally speaking cheating is turning in work that is not entirely your own or giving another student your work.

Violations of academic honesty will be handled according to the Student Handbook.

The following is a list of expected student behaviors in order to complete this course successfully: Read the material assigned! This course will require a moderate to heavy reading load. You will be required to be able to engage in class conversations about the material read prior to and outside of class. Take careful, legible notes during lecture. Sixty percent of test and exam questions will come from readings and lecture notes. Study all material covered that day for at least 20-30 minutes each night. Write down any questions about content you are unsure about or don’t understand. ASK QUESTIONS!!!!!!!

CLASSROOM POLICIES & PROCEDURES: CELL PHONES WILL BE PICKED UP AT THE BEGINNING OF

CLASS EVERY DAY. IF NEED, YOUR CELL PHONES WILL BE GIVEN BACK TO YOU FOR RESEARCH ONLY.

Students are expected to show respect for themselves, the instructor, their classmates, school property and the property of others.

Come to class on time and prepared. Do not talk when someone else is talking. Students are responsible for equipment, software and textbooks they use

during class. Students will be required to pay for school property that is lost or damaged.

No writing on or destroying the desks, chairs, tables, textbooks, or anything of JPPSS (Haynes) property.

I will sign a student’s agenda upon request to go to the bathroom or to complete urgent business. Any student who abuses this policy may lose the privilege.

Follow all rules laid out in the Haynes Handbook.

*Please note that this syllabus may be altered at any time during the year as the need arises.

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