APES Workshops

This is a great activity that can be adapted to any major river. I have done this with students of all ages. A great way to introduce Non-Point Source Pollution. I have used this demonstration with all age groups and it has a powerful impact.

This was a good video to show the impacts of a nuclear disaster. I use this video to show several major concepts. The dangers of nuclear power, if not maintained, as well as ecological succession. Class discussion will follows on what will happen in the future to this site as well as to the plants and animals that live and feed in Chernobyl.

This is a good short video to explain Fracking to students. Fracking can be challenging to teach. This short TED-Ed video provides an introduction to this type of extraction. Discussion questions are provided to help guide students misconceptions.

This is a good activity to use before and after students go to a stream to assess the macro-invertebrates and their toleration levels. I find this resource beneficial when discussion water quality and ecology. If you are able to take students to a stream, this could be used as an introduction to what they can see. If a stream is not available, then this can be used to teach students what is in a stream and what they can tolerate.

I use this site to teach both Envirothon teams about Soils. I use this for APES students on how to read a soils map, as well the soil science basics.

This is an excellent demonstration for soil erosion. Soil erosion can be a difficult concept for students to understand. This visual demonstration allows students to see and experience erosion and various erosion factors. Follow-up designs could entail how to reduce erosion and design experiments for the ideas.

I find this a teaching tool for endangered species with discussion following about the effects of DDT on Eagles. I will show the Eagle pairs beginning in Feburary and weekly until the "babies" fly from the nest. We will also have discussions if the eggs do not hatch and why that happened.

This is a great visual for my students on the absence of water in parts of the world. Tremendous discussion following this short clip. In a water rich area, this video clip made a tremendous impact on my students views of water resources.

Good online source of images (and UPDATES) from the original book.

In the rural town where I teach, a TESLA chargint station has been installed this summer. During this school year, I plan to use this map to teach and discuss charging stations and alternative fuel vehicles.

I find this a good video to show to help students to better understand Endagered Species and their impacts. This short clip explains population and impacts on protecting endangered species. This is a powerful way to connect several concepts that are difficult understand how they impact one another.

Use this site when explaining the Carbon Cycle and how the Ocean is a Carbon sink.

I use this site for Net Primary Productivity. I like the animations. Also great for the images. This recent image shows the recent iceberg shed that is the size of Delaware. Students can see in real time what is going on around the world.

Given to me by our Spanish teacher. I show this to all my classes! Helps build empathy, which seems lacking today. Great discussions. Helps students think beyond their small part of the world.

Part 3. The ending is disturbing to my students, they realize how we can never clean up this mess... we must stop using the plastic. They all start bring stainless water containers to class from this point. No more plastic water bottles in class!!

Part 2.

Caution!! Foul language alert!! I really like the science in this video.. This ship captain has been visiting this part of the ocean for 30 plus years, so, I like the visuals and his input. The scientist on board is also very good. However, I get release forms signed by parents before showing these videos because the language is offensive to me. My students say it's not a big deal. I still mute the really foul parts :) An eye opener about plastic!

Part 2. I recently found this site with the same video. Great for Air and Water Pollution.