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Mr. P. Krekorian - AP Environmental Science / Biology |
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APES summer Assign.AP Environmental Science Summer Assignment Mr. Krekorian Directions: This packet contains several parts. Each part must be completed and turned in on the first day of school. Please be neat and type your work/responses when possible. All responses should be in paragraph form. The summer assignment will count as your first test grade. http://teacherweb.com/VA/KempsvilleHighSchool/MrPKrekorian/index.html Assignment 1 Go to the above web site and explore the different headings and links. Make sure you check out the required service hours page. E-mail me by either from the home page "mailbox" or at: pkrekorian@cox.net tell me who you are, why you want to take, and what you want to get out of AP Environmental Science. Get this completed by July 31th and receive 5 extra credit point on your summer assignment. Assignment 2 Read the article “The Tragedy of the Commons” by Garrett Hardin. http://dieoff.com/page95.htm Type a two or three page, double-spaced, summary/response to the article. Try reading and summarizing each section. The article may be obtained from one of the links at the above web site. Assignment 3 Answer “The Tragedy of the Commons” questions on the T of the C. link.
Assignment 4 Read a book from the following listed below or from your own choosing with my approval. (Just e-mail me the title of the book and I will reply ASAP) Write a book report. (Summary and response) “A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail)” by Bill Bryson The Beast in the Garden: A Modern Parable of Man and Nature by David Baron “My Side of the Mountain” By Jean Craighead George Jean Craighead George (Author) › Visit Amazon's Jean Craighead George PageFind all the books, read about the author, and more.See search results for this author Are you an author? Learn about Author Central A Sand County Almanac, by Aldo Leopold Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn Maiden Voyage, by Tania Aebi The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman Field Notes From a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert, Our Ecological Footprint by Wackernagel and Rees Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappe Other books to choose from: The Burning Season – Andrew Revkin A Sand County – Aldo Leopold Desert Solitaire – Edward Abbey Walden Pond – Henry David Thoreau The song of the Dodo – David Quammen Of Wolves and Men – Barry Lopez Deep Ecology – Artie Kness Tracing the Vanishing Frogs: An Ecological Mystery – Kathryn Phillips The Naturalist – E. O. Wilson Cadillac Desert – Mark Reisner Wolves of Isle Royale – Rolf Peterson Night of the Grizzlies – Jack Olsen Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer Encounters with the Archdruid – John McPhee The control of Nature – John McPhee The heat is on – Ross Gelbspan Our Stolen Future – Theo Colburn Riddle of the Ice – Myron Arms Witness the Nature – Linda Lear Living Downstream – Susan Steingraber The Orchid Thief – Susan Orlean The Monkey Wrench Gang – Edward Abbey The Earth in Balance – Al Gore Ocean Warrior – Paul Watson Desert Year – Joseph Krutch Wolves of Denali – Adolph Marie Never Cry Wolf – Farley Mowat And the Rivers Turn to Blood – Rodney Barker Confessions of an Eco Warrior – Dave Foreman Looking for Longleaf: the fall and rise of an American forest – Lawrence Earley
Important: Make sure you look at the website because it contains information such as the Ten, (10)per semester, Service Hour requirements.
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