Ms. Laura Branch
Ernest Righetti High School Science
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APES Exam Review
APES Exam--Test Taking Strategies!
Laws, Laws & More Laws APES Exam Review
AP Environmental Science Word List
APES Chemistry Review
10 APES Chemical Terms You Need to Know for the AP Exam
Environmental Movement Leaders
20 Important Things to Know About Water
20 Important Things to Know About Biodiversity
A Brief History of the Human Race
APES Assignments--First Semester
Unit 1--Intro to Environmental Science--8/12/14 through 9/3/14
Article--Easter Island's End
PPT 1--Introduction to Environmental Science
PPT 2: Amboseli National Reserve, Kenya; A Story of Change
PPT 3--Birds at Mono Lake
PPT 4--Wild Missouri River
PPT 4.5--Salinity & Pycnal Inflows
Salinity Lab
PPT 6--Geology History & Mass Extinctions Through Time
Geologic Timescale Hand-Out
Geologic Timescale Lab, Page 1
Unit 2: Earth Systems--9/4/14 through 9/22/14
PPT 1--EQs & San Andreas Fault
PPT--Earthquakes & Tsunamis
PPT--Overview of Volcanoes
PPT--Plate Boundaries
Plate Tectonics Flow Chart
Plate Map of the World
Lab: Boundaries of the World
Lab: Geology of Gold Deposits
Unit 3--Living World & Ecosystems--9/23/14 through 10/31/14
PPT--Ecosystems, Niches & Keystone Species….An Overview
PPT--Interactions Among Species
Lab: Allelopathy--Chamical Warefare Amonth the Plants
Lab: Ecological Relationship Activity
PPT: Biomes, Climate & Aquatic Biomes
PPT--Tropical Forest Biomes
PPT--Grasslands & Savannas Biomes
PPT--Desert Biomes & Species Diversity
PPT--Cultural Eutrophication
Assign: Energy Relationships in Ecosystems
PPT--Temperate Biome
PPT--Tundra Biome
Lab: Barn Owl Food Habits
Lab: Food Webbing
Biomes Assignment
Study Guide--Living World--Ecosystems & Biomes
Eco-Column Lab Data Tables, Guidelines & Rubric
Eco-Column Lab Information
Eco-Column Data Sheet-Water Quality
Eco-Column Data Collection Scales--Fauna, Turbidity & Odor
Eco-Column Water Quality Standards
Eco-Column Organism Research
Eco-Column Lab Grading Rubric
Checklist of Items for Analysis Section of Eco-Column Lab
Project--Cycles
Unit 4: Watershed, California Project & Arsenic Groundwater Poisoning
Lab: Can Water Get Through This?
Well Log Data Chart
APES Assignments--2nd Semester
Plate Tectonics Concept Map
Geography & Plate Boundary Lab
PowerPoint: Sustainable Agriculture
PowerPoint--Forests: An Important Global Resource
PowerPoint: Forest Fires
PowerPoint: Rangelands & Overgrazing
PowerPoint: Public & Federal Lands
PowerPoint: Global Economics
Pest Control Information
Urbanization Pros & Cons
Famine & Malnutrition--What are we going to do about it? Page 1
Famine & Malnutrition Page 2--Miracle Berry Pill Lab
Allelopathology Lab
Homework: Pesticide Research Questions
Types of Agriculture, Page 1
Types of Agriculture, Page 2
Home Pesticide Inventory & Profile
Sustainable Farming Paper
Natural Areas Lab
Seeking Sustainability Project--History of the Montreal Process (Page 1)
Seeking Sustainability Project--History of Montreal Process (Page 2)
Assignment: Seeking Sustainability: A global Response
General Science
General Science Course Syllabus
General Science Major Units
Curriculum Map & Power Standards for General Science
Chemistry….
Assignment: What is Matter?
Question of the Day: Patterns of Numbers
Overview of Periodic Table Notes
Making a Periodic Table Assignment, Part I
Making a Periodic Table Assignment, Page II
Atoms….Protons, Neutrons & Electrons PowerPoint Notes
Assignment: Finding Protons, Neutrons & Electrons
Question of the Day: Finding Valence Electrons
Ions PowerPoint Notes
Lewis Dot Structure Notes
Finding Oxidation Numbers Assignment
Question of the Day: Ionic Bonds
Atmosphere & Climate….
Water Cycle, Severe Weather & Rain Shadows
Rain Shadows PowerPoint Notes
Activity: The Water Cycle
Severe Weather….--Tornadoes & Hurricanes
Lab: Physical Geography, Severe Weather & Rain Shadows
Weather vs Climate PowerPoint Notes
The Water Cycle & Severe Weather Study Guide
Atmosphere, Greenhouse Effect & Ozone
Layers of the Atmosphere PowerPoint Notes
Earth's Atmosphere--Section 22.1 Assignment
The Greenhouse Effect--Section 22.2
Ozone & Ozone Depletion Activity
Earth's Energy Budget
Earth's Atmosphere Over Time PowerPoint Notes
Study Guide: Earth's Atmosphere & Climate Exam
Oceans & Ocean Currents
The Ocean & it's Salinity PowerPoint Notes
Assignment: Density Currents & Oceans & It's Salinity Questions
Lab: Global Wind Patterns & Climate
Currents of the World's Oceans Guidelines
Currents of the World Map
Current Assignment Maps
Astronomy
Lab: Distances of the Solar System
Stellar Evolution Notes
Stellar Evolution--Lifecycle of Stars
Stellar Evolution Activity
General Science Astronomy Unit Questions
Nebulary Theory--Formation of the Solar System PowerPoint Notes
The Sun--PowerPoint Notes
Asteroids, Meteors & Comets PowerPoint Notes
Galaxies & the Big Bang Theory PowerPoint Notes
Astronomy Overview PowerPoint Notes
Guidelines for Contact Paper
Study Guide--Astronomy Exam
Physical Geology
Project: Ocean Floor Activity Guidelines
Ocean Floor Cross Section
Continental Drift PowerPoint Notes
Hot Spots & the Hawaiian Islands PowerPoint Notes
Plate Tectonics & Plate Boundaries PowerPoint Notes
Lab: Convergent Boundaries
Plates of the World Map
Lab: Plate Boundaries of the World
Transform Boundaries & The San Andreas Fault PowerPoint Notes
Seafloor Spreading & Divergent Boundaries PowerPoint Notes
Earth's Core PowerPoint Notes
Volcanaoes Overview--PowerPoint Notes
Anticlines & Synclines PowerPoint Notes
Earthquakes PowerPoint Notes
Rock Positions--Law of Superposition PowerPoint Notes
Topographic Mapping PowerPoint Notes
Seismic Retrofit Project, Page 1
Seismic Retrofit Project, Page 2
Earthquakes & Tsunamis PowerPoint Notes
Ms. Branch's "Doing Science" Page
Interesting Science Pictures
Lab: Distances of the Solar System
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