These are resources for Unit 6 of the Course and Exam Description for AP® Environmental Science . No one will do all of these items, because of the lack of time. Choose the ones that best serve your students, lab equipment and what seems fun to you!
Most of the resources linked here are free and can be found on a different post on my website, or the link takes you directly to the website with that resource. I do have links to some paid items from various locations for your reference as many teachers like to see those options too.
Note: If using a phone or tablet, you will need to scroll to the right to see the entire chart with all the resources.
| Topic | Activities/Alternate Content Ideas (Most can be filmed for distance learning) | Videos | Labs | Articles | Ideas for Distance Learning Labs | |
| 6.1 | Renewable vs. Nonrenewable Resources | Identifying Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources | How Green are Electric Vehicles? NY Times article | |||
| 6.2 | Global Energy Consumption | NOVA Power Surge with worksheet | Electricity 5E Lab with Kill-A-Watt Meters (YouTube video with data) | Calculating My Carbon Footprint-HHMI | ||
| 6.3 | Fuel Types and Uses | NOVA Treasures of the Earth: Power with worksheet | How Does Your State Make Energy-NYTimes with worksheet | |||
| 6.4 | Distribution of Natural Energy Resources | Switch Energy Videos | Exploring Regional and Local Renewable Energy Sources Virtual Lab | |||
| 6.5 | Fossil Fuels | Energy Diagrams Doodle Notes | ||||
| 6.6 | Nuclear Power | Half Life Math as a part of Energy Math | 20 Things you didn’t know about Nuclear | |||
| Chernobyl Sketch Notes | ||||||
| 6.7 | Energy from Biomass | Carolina: Biomass to Biofuel Lab | ||||
| BioRad: Biofuel Enzyme Reactions Kit | ||||||
| 6.8 | Solar Energy | PV Data and Math | NOVA Saved by the Sun with worksheet | Solar Cookers (I wait until after the AP Exam) | Sacrificing the Desert to the Save the Earth | NOVA Energy Virtual Lab |
| Vernier Go Direct with PV Cells | Solar Power Energy Estimation Virtual Lab | |||||
| Vernier Solar Thermal Exploration Kit-Experimental Design | ||||||
| 6.9 | Hydroelectric Power | Energy Diagrams Doodle Notes | Make a dam-at home lab | |||
| 6.10 | Geothermal Energy | Lab 11 in AP® Classroom | ||||
| 6.11 | Hydrogen Fuel Cell | Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car Demo | ||||
| 6.12 | Wind Energy | Energy Chart | Wind Energy Lab-Vernier | Bird deaths down 70 percent after painting wind turbines | Design a windmill-at home lab | |
| 6.13 | Energy Conservation | Energy Math | Electricity 5E Lab with Kill-A-Watt meters Also Energy Efficiency Lab (Lab 10) in AP® Classroom | How Green are Electric Vehicles? NY Times article |
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