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AP^* Environmental Science Classroom Lecture Series

Comprehensive lesson guides for effective classroom instruction.  Complete with lecture notes, numerous diagrams and animations, charts and graphs, photographs, and processes.  These CD-ROMs follow the entire course content for AP Environmental Science as specified by the College Board.  This lecture series can be used as a complete lesson plan, concept review or for individual student/small group study.  5 Titles available covering the entire course.

• Earth's Systems & Resources
• Human Population Dynamics
• Land & Water Use
• Pollution
• Global Change

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Earth's Systems & Resources Topics include:  the flow of energy, energy units and measurements, energy conversions, hydrological cycle, carbon cycle, fossil fuel resources and use, sulfur cycle, nitrogen cycle, phosphorus cycle, geological time scale, plate tectonics, volcanism, global weather, global climate, organism adaptations, populations, communities, exponential growth, carrying capacity, energy transfer, ecological succession, evolution, natural selection, extinction, rock cycle, soil formation, ENSO, Coriolis effect, keystone species, Aquatic biomes, Edge effects, terrestrial biomes, biodiversity, ecological pyramids, food webs, trophic levels, as well as the history, origin, evolution, composition, and structure of the atmosphere.  

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Human Population Dynamics Topics include:  global distribution of human populations, history, population numbers and statistics, reproduction strategies, doubling times, demographics, birth rates, death rates, resource use, carrying capacity for local, regional and global, population histograms, cultural and economic influences.

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Land & Water Use Topics include:  agriculture, Green Revolution, human nutritional requirements, genetic engineering, deforestation, irrigation, sustainable agriculture, forestry, old growth forests, forest fires, forest management, national forests, range lands and their management, overgrazing, desertification, ground water issues, ocean circulation, soil conservation and industrial revolution.  

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Pollution Topics include:  Air Pollution (primary and secondary, major air pollutants, measurement units, smog, acid deposition/causes and effects, heat islands, temperature inversions, indoor air pollution, remediation and reduction strategies, clean air act) Noise Pollution (sources, effects, control measures) Water Pollution (types, sources, causes and effects, cultural eutrophication, ground water pollution, maintaining water quality, water purification, sewage treatment and septic systems, clean water act) Solid Wastes (types, disposal and reduction)  Impacts on the Environment and Human Health (environmental risk analysis, acute and chronic effects, dosage, response relationships, air pollutants and smoking) Types of Hazardous Wastes (treatment and disposal, cleanup of contaminated sites, biomagnification) Controlling Pesticides (costs and benefits of pesticide use, integrated pest management)

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Global Change Topics include:  formation of stratospheric ozone, ultraviolet radiation, causes of ozone depletion, effects of ozone depletion, strategies for reducing ozone depletion, greenhouse effect and gases, Global warming impacts and consequences, reducing climate change, habitat loss, overuse, introduced species, endangered and extinct species, conservation maintenance, economic impacts (cost/benefit analysis, sustainability, marginal costs), energy conservation, energy efficiency, CAFE standards, hybrid electric vehicles, mass transit, renewable energy (solar electricity, hydrogen fuel cells, biomass, wind energy, small scale hydroelectric, ocean waves and tidal energy, geothermal), transportation infrastructure (federal highway system, canals and channels, road less areas), land conservation options (preservation, remediation, mitigation, restoration, sustainable land use strategies), globalization, world bank, tragedy of the commons, relative laws and treaties related to the above topics.