The following links show some "green living" tips, review information for AP
exam, and some articles I would like for you to read and analyze for
homework.
Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC)
http://www.seac.org
City of Dallas website for Living Green
http://www.greendallas.net
Making a Compost
http://www.compostguide.com
Review Tutorials for AP Environmental Science
http://www.hippocampus.org
Ecological Footprint Quiz
http://www.myfootprint.org
Article Analysis Assignment due Dec. 5 (Fri)
You may type or handwrite the assignment.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=that-burger-youre-eating-is-mostly-corn
California's Water Diversion
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/california.html
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
http://www.tceq.com/
Peak Oil Clock
http://sydneypeakoil.com/peak_oil_clock/
world population clock
http://www.breathingearth.net/
Website providing metric conversion math activities
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_272_g_4_t_4.html?open=instructions&from=topic_t_4.html
Colleges and Universities AP Policy
http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/apcreditpolicy/index.jsp
Natural Gas Drilling in North Texas
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/082210dnmetdallasdrilling.2afe907.html
Powerpoint presentation showing effects of marine life
consumption of plastic bags and bottles
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080506/MULTIMEDIA02/80505016
Invasive Species list
http://www.issg.org/database/species/search.asp?st=100ss&fr=1&sts=#SpeciesList
video showing world human population numbers proportional to a
community of 100 people
http://www.miniature-earth.com/index.html
Short video explaining how photovoltaic cells generate electricity
http://www.thefutureschannel.com/dockets/science_technology/solar_power/index.php
Peak Oil -- "How will you ride the slide?"
Video about how we have reached our peak in readily accessible
oil reserves and what are we going to do now that we're on the
downslide in terms of accessible oil reserves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulxe1ie-vEY
Surface Ocean Currents description (oceanography)
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Water/ocean_currents.html
New York Times Interactive Climate Change Timeline
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/12/07/science/20091207_CLIMATE_TIMELINE.html
Animation explaining how photovoltaic cells generate electricity
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/solarpanel.html
National Geographic "Forces of Nature" Simulations of Volcanoes,
Earthquakes, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/
Wall Street Journal article -- "New study sees dissipating oil
spill"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704125604575449690602451532.html
Article over the invasive species, Asian carp, impact on the
Great Lakes in the Midwest
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-asian-carp-hearing-0824-20100823,0,455181.story
Lexus Team Eco-challenge Competition
http://www.scholastic.com/lexus/
"The Lorax" video on Google Videos
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6650219631867189375#
Newseum website showing the front page stories of newspapers
across the U.S. and the world
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/
"Mining the Truth on Coal Supplies
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/100908-energy-peak-coal/
"Paving way to bike-friendly Dallas is urban planner's task"
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/091210dnbusbikeplanner.2b632cb.html
Website showing a world map of population demographics
http://www.worldmapper.org/animations/wm01to02.html
Website showing overlays of major national and world events
http://howbigreally.com/
Quiz to determine your environmental worldview
http://quizfarm.com/quizzes/quiz/madohuf/what-is-your-environmental-worldview/
Versatile Unit Converter website
http://www.cberthod.homepage.bluewin.ch/vuc/converter.html
Article: "Fears over Modified Salmon Voiced"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/20/AR2010092006257_2.html
Drought withers lush farmland in Syria (New York Times article)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/world/middleeast/14syria.html?_r=1
8 touches of "Shrek" glass hazard for kids (due to cadmium)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_bi_ge/us_cadmium_shrek
City of Dallas Drinking Water Quality Report
http://www.dallascityhall.com/dwu/water_quality_reports.html
"Sterile moths wipe out cotton pests" article
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101107/full/news.2010.585.html
"Cost of Green Power Makes Projects Tougher Sell" article
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/science/earth/08fossil.html?_r=1
Grim Outlook for Grizzlies in Yellowstone Park article
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-grizzly-20101107,0,7571250.story
AP Testing Format for all exams
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/AP_Exam_Format.pdf
Using Montreal Protocol to Combat Global Warming -- article
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/09/science/earth/09montreal.html?_r=1
water footprint calculator
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/freshwater/water-footprint-calculator/
Freshwater information presented by National Geographic
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater
Obama's Administration CAFE Standards
http://environment.about.com/od/environmentallawpolicy/a/obama-sets-new-fuel-efficiency-standards.htm?p=1
Article "Extra Calcium and Vitamin D aren't needed"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/health/30vitamin.html?_r=1
"The Day They Parachuted Cats on Borneo" powerpoint story
http://www2.visalia.k12.ca.us/eldiamante/science/biology/powerpoints/Borneo.pdf
website of Earth Science Topics
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html
PDF files of plant nutrients
http://www.rainbowplantfood.com/agronomics/efu.htm
"Minerals found in consumer devices help finance civil war in
Congo" -- article
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/13/AR2010121304571.html
"Bugs, beetles, and borers put U.S. forests at risk" -- article
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/12/AR2010121203431.html
"California air regulators approve carbon trading plan" -- article
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-1217-climate-cap-trade-20101217,0,562122.story
NASA website examining temperature, land ice, sea ice, and carbon
dioxide annual changes
http://climate.nasa.gov/
"Spill report: It could happen again"
'Failure of management' and regulators given blame for disaster --
Houston Chronicle article
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7367856.html
"Smoking Causes Damage in Minutes" -- article
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12193602
Food Environmenta Atlas
http://maps.ers.usda.gov/foodatlas/
"One Oil Pipeline? Too many for Texas" -- article
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-keystone-pipeline-20110124,0,40309.story
"A chemical conundrum: How dangerous is dioxin?" article
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/28/132368362/a-chemical-conundrum-how-dangerous-is-dioxin
City of Dallas "Recycling Program"
http://www.timetorecycle.com/residential/program_details.asp?citycode=1085
"The New School of Fish" article
http://www.sanfranmag.com/story/the-new-school-of-fish
"New U.S. diet guidelines urge less salt, more dairy" -article
http://yourlife.usatoday.com/fitness-food/diet-nutrition/story/2011/01/New-US-diet-guidelines-urge-less-salt-more-dairy/43092924/1?csp=34news
"A Scientist, His Work and a Climate Reckoning" -- article about
Dr.
Charles Keeling and his extensive
research about increased carbon dioxide concentration linked to
global climate change
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/science/earth/22carbon.html?_r=1&hp
Wildlife Disease Information website
http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/index.jsp
EPA's National Priorities List
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/index.htm
E.P.A. Plans New Limits on Toxic Chemicals in Drinking Water for
perchlorate
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/science/earth/03epa.html?_r=1
Chromium-6 - the Erin Brockovich Chemical -- Is widespread in
U.S.
tap water
http://static.ewg.org/reports/2010/chrome6/html/executive-summary.html
Switch to geothermal energy improves heating and cooling, and
saves
money
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/31/AR2011013104862.html?sid=ST2010030103456
Chernobyl nuclear plant shelter faces cash woes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12335595
Registration for AP exam (Mr. Villa can only accept a money
order,
cashier's check or cash -- exact amount)
http://www.TotalRegistration.net/AP/441814
The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 list of hazardous air
pollutants
F:\Original list of hazardous air pollutants Technology Transfer Network Air Toxics Web site US EPA.mht
"Microbes Mopped Up After Spill
Bacteria Swiftly Devoured Methane Unleashed Into the Gulf of
Mexico,
Study Says" -- article
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703730704576065942040672186.html?mod=WSJ_Energy_leftHeadlines
Mass tree deaths prompt fears of Amazon 'climate tipping point'
Scientists fear billions of tree deaths caused by 2010 drought
could see vast
forest turn from carbon
sink to carbon source
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/feb/03/tree-deaths-amazon-climate
School of Earth and Science Exploration at Arizona State
University website
-- contains lesson plans on current issues such as Haiti and Chile
earthquakes, BP Deepwater Oil Spill
& El Nino/La Nina
events
http://sese.asu.edu/teacher-resources
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration El Nino/La Nina
resources
http://www.education.noaa.gov/Weather_and_Atmosphere/El_Nino.html
Animations of El Nino and La Nino Weather Patterns
http://esminfo.prenhall.com/science/geoanimations/animations/26_NinoNina.html
U. S. proposes aquaculture guidelines
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11041/1124442-115.stm
Time's up for toxic town of Picher, Okla.
The EPA is tearing down what's left of Picher, Okla., a town that
has paid a
heavy price in toxic
pollution and cave-ins since its heyday as a lead mining center --
article
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-demolished-town-20110215,0,5996111.story
3 States Challenge Federal Policy on Storing Nuclear Waste --
article
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/nyregion/16nuke.html?_r=1
Soaking Up the Sun to Squeeze Bills to Zero -- article
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/science/15building.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
Dumped drugs lead to resistant microbes
A continual discharge of antibiotic-contaminated water has
created a hotspot
of bacterial antibiotic
resistance in an Indian river -- article
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=dumped-drugs-lead-to-resistant
Extreme Storms and Floods Concretely Linked to Climate Change? --
article
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/01/110116-climate-change-greenhouse-gas-floods-storms-water/
Hudson River Fish Evolve Toxic PCB Immunity -- article
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/02/110217-hudson-river-pcb-fish-evolution-water/
A Field Guide to Common Insects in Texas produced by AgriLife
Extension of
Texas A&M University
System
http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/
NY Times article -- "Regulation Lax as Gas Wells' Tainted Water
Hits Rivers"
/www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/us/27gas.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha23
"Third explosion rocks Japanese nuclear plant" -- article
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_EARTHQUAKE_NUCLEAR_CRISIS?SITE=TXDAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-03-14-22-32-14
NY Times Interactive Map of earthquake and tsunami off the
eastern coast of Japan
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/11/world/asia/maps-of-earthquake-and-tsunami-damage-in-japan.html
EPA proposes regulating mercury from coal plants -- article
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/nation-world/nation/20110316-epa-proposes-regulating-mercury-from-coal-plants.ece
environmental short-clip videos
http://science360.gov/files/
National Park Service website depicting pictures, characteristics
and
historical facts on some national
parks
http://www.nature.nps.gov/views/layouts/Main.html#/Views/
Texas fights EPA rule that targets pollution from its power plants
http://www.dallasnews.com/business/headlines/20110630-texas-fights-epa-rule-that-targets-pollution-from-its-power-plants.ece
What Science is Telling Us about Climate Change? by National
Science Foundationa
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/degree/carbon.jsp
Japan earthquake: before and after photos
http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm
PBS Frontline video: "Heat"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/view/
"Silence of the Bees" -- documentary delineating how the "colony
collapse
disorder" is causing the
honeybee population to decline
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/silence-of-the-bees/video-full-episode/251/
U.N. Forecasts 10.1 Billion People by Century’s End -- NY Times
article
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/world/04population.html?_r=2&scp=7&sq=human%20population&st=cse
World Population Prospects (the 2010 Revision)
http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm
Crude Conundrum
Canada’s Tar Sands Are Dirty, Dangerous … and Managed by Awfully
Nice Folks.
Does that Make
them Ethically Just? -- article
http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/eij/article/crude_conundrum/
Website that examines "Global Warming & Climate Change
skepticism"
http://www.skepticalscience.com/
PANASONIC PRESENTS: EASTER ISLAND UNDERWORLD by National
Geographic
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/3829/Overview#tab-Overview
Graph Paper Templates
http://www.printablepaper.net/
Mineral Institute Information Website -- shows how clothes, cars,
and
household items are made of
various types of minerals
http://www.mii.org/
"Hadley Cell that keeps Sahara dry also responsible for Dallas-
Fort Worth's
desert-like heat" -- Dallas Morning News article
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20110810-hadley-cell-that-keeps-sahara-dry-also-responsible-for-dallas-fort-worth_s-desert-like-heat.ece?ssimg=238754#ssStory238760
Understanding the Complete Meltdown at Fukushima Unit 1 -- shows
a diagram of
how the nuclear power plant works
http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/05/understanding_the_complete_mel.html
Tragedy of the Commons by Garrett Hardin
http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/TragedyoftheCommons.html
How prices are determined? a slideshare presentation
explaining "supply and
demand"
http://www.slideshare.net/fasttrack101/how-are-prices-determined-presentation
Environment and the Economy Activities
http://www.fte.org/teacher-resources/lesson-plans/eelessons/
Heat, drought not enough to push Dallas-area residents into
voluntary
conservationa
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/dallas/headlines/20110903-heat-drought-not-enough-to-push-dallas-area-residents-into-voluntary-conservation.ece?ssimg=255202#ssStory255203
"Encyclopedia of Earth" is an electronic reference about the
Earth, its
natural environments, and their interaction with society. The
Encyclopedia is
a free, expert-reviewed collection of articles written by
scholars,
professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review
each other's
work. The articles are written in non-technical language and are
useful to
students, educators, scholars, professionals, as well as to the
general public.
http://www.eoearth.org/
Carbon cycle Interactive Activity
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/carbon_cycle.html
National Geographic Magazine -- Special Series: 7 Billion
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/7-billion
Environmental News Network
http://www.enn.com/
GeographyIQ is an online world atlas packed with geographic,
economic,
political, historical and cultural information.
http://www.geographyiq.com/index.htm
Toxic Algae Bloom in Lake Erie -- images of the algae -- Oct. 5,
2011
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=76127&src=iotdrss
APES Soil Productivity Lab Results for 2nd period
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V2u35yYbwS3kZdQnp9-ceCdI-tnltvUVjoHkeA7WyjA/edit
APES Soil Productivity Lab Results for 8th period
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BGu2QpLV5JyRu1JUkmit5J8jA3AEiKr6laEmYlOY40M/edit
Allianz knowledge website -- provides information about world
human demographics
http://knowledge.allianz.com/?1560
Real time World Statistics
http://www.worldometers.info/
Bison Plan could remove 360 animals -- AP
http://hosted2.ap.org/txdam/54828a5e8d9d48b7ba8b94ba38a9ef22/Article_2011-11-20-Bison%20Slaughter/id-fe0e8811784d4664991dbfae3cf26edb
Greenhouse gases soar; no signs warming is slowed
http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20111121-greenhouse-gases-soar-no-signs-warming-is-slowed.ece
Natural Resources Conservation Service
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/home
NASA satellites find Texas aquifers at record low
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEXAS_DROUGHT_NASA_MAPS?SITE=TXDAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
"If Trees Could Talk...A Curriculum in Environmental History"
website
http://www.foresthistory.org/Education/Curriculum/index.html
Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network -- website
http://cleanet.org/index.html
USDA-- NRCS (National Resources Conservation Services website
-- has a listing of all 50 states soil characteristics
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/home
Skin Deep Cosmetics Database -- Environmental Working Group
http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/
Descriptions and global views of water vapor, sea surface
temperature, carbon monoxide, fire, and etc.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/GlobalMaps/
Population Demographics on the Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org/
NASA: Climate Change May Bring Ecological Changes - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-387&cid=release_2011-387
City of Dallas -- Water Utilities website
http://www.dallascityhall.com/dwu/water_utilities.html
U.S. Energy Information Administration Website -- shows the weekly price of
crude oil, natural gas,
and coal and future projections of these nonrenewable sources of energy
http://www.eia.gov/
Fracfocus -- a website that describes the hydraulic fracturing process and
discloses chemicals used
in the fracturing process
http://fracfocus.org/
"Zombie" Fly Parasite Killing Honeybees" -- news article
http://news.yahoo.com/zombie-fly-parasite-killing-honeybees-230200867.html
Monterrey Bay Aquarium -- Fishing Methods
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/sfw_gear.aspx?c=ln
"Is Gray Water the Answer to Conserving Dallas-Ft.Worth's Water Supply?" --
article by Dallas News
http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/home-and-gardening/headlines/20120222-is-gray-water-the-solution-to-conserving-dallas-fort-worth-s-water-supply.ece
NASA's "Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Plant" webpage
http://climate.nasa.gov/