Curriculum » NC Standard Course of Study & aligned resources
Advanced Placement Earth and Environmental Science
Goal 1, Objective 1.01
Resources aligned to this objective
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- StreamWatch
- This lesson is intended as a long term project to determine the overall health of a stream or wetland. Students identify seasonal changes that occur within the ecosystem, ideally with a minimum of bimonthly or monthly monitoring.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By B. Carl Rush.
Lesson plans on the web
- About a tree: The life and work of Emerging Explorer Mark Olson
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students learn about National Geographic Emerging Explorer Mark Olson's efforts to identify extinct or nearly extinct plants and the reasons for the plant losses. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Alarming frogs: The life and work of emerging explorer Tyrone Hayes
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students learn about the ways National Geographic Emerging Explorer Tyrone Hayes uses a combination of laboratory and field study to learn about changes in frogs' appearances as they relate to chemical contamination of water. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Dangers of radiation exposure
- The purpose of this lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to learn about sources of high-energy radiation and calculate student exposure to ionizing radiation over the past year. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Estuaries: Finding the balance
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students examine the conflict between development and the environment, and the attempt to find a sound compromise. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Sun & skin
- In this lesson from Science NetLinks, students discuss what they already know about the impact sun exposure has on their skin and what they typically do to protect themselves, if anything. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7–12 Healthful Living Education and Science)
- Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Two threats to African wildlife
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students investigate two of the most serious threats to African wildlife today: habitat destruction and hunting/poaching. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science and English Language Arts)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Water resources in Asia: Change and challenges
- This Xpeditions lesson uses China's water issues as case studies to examine the delicate balance between using resources to improve the standard of living for citizens and preserving resources to protect natural biodiversity and environment. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provider: National Geographic
