AP Environmental Science 1 & 2 : Fall 2018 - Spring 2019
Green New Deal Articles
-Video: AOC in Congress
-Article 1 (Pro) - Scientists Must Speak Up for the Green New Deal
-Article 2 (Con) - The Green New Deal is Anti-Democratic (Replaced previous article)
Earth Science 1 Syllabus
Grading Policy
Topic 01: Tragedy of the Commons?
Readings:
(see presentation for assigned reading)
-Hardin - The Tragedy of the Commons
-Cox - No Tragedy On the Commons
(only the highlighted sections are mandatory reading)
-Marx - Expropriation of the Agricultural Population from the Land
-Williams - Are There Too Many People?
(read all of these texts!)
-Monbiot - The Tragedy of the Enclosure
-McFadden - A Nobel laureate's warning on the Net's shared resources
Presentations:
-Introduction - The Tragedy of the Commons
-No Tragedy On the Commons (Cox)
-Marx - Expropriation of the Agricultural Population from the Land
Video Archive
- Zebra Mussels: A Case Study on the Hudson River
- Mechanism of the Seasons
- Spaceship Earth: An Animated Documentary about How the Earth Works
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What Is the Tragedy of the Commons?
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Marx's Capital & Surplus Value
- Simpsons - Invasive Species in Australia
- Simpsons - Invasive Tree Lizard
- Ecological Succession
- Succession on Mount St. Helens
- Norman Borlaug & the Green Revolution
- The Mythology of the Green Revolution
Topic 3: Nutrient Cycles & Climate Change
Geology & Soil
-Web Resource - The Geologic Time Scale
02) Dynamic Earth
-- > Evidence for Continental Drift
--> Plate Tectonics
--> Earthquakes
03) Minerals
04) Rocks
05) Mining and Ores
