Reading Schedule

Chapter	Topics	Timeline (weeks)	2013 – 2014 Dates		College Board Themes
	First Six Weeks				II. The Living World (10 – 15%)
1	Environmental Sustainability	1 weeks
2	Ecosystems			2003 #1, 2003 #3	LW – A. Ecosystem Structure
3 9	How ecosystems work Hydrolytic cycle p.215 – 222	2 weeks		2008 #3	LW – B. Energy Flow LW – E. Natural Biogeochemical Cycles
4	Communities and Succession	1 week			LW – D. Natural Ecosystem Change
5 12	Ecosystem evolution, p. 107 - 123 Ecosystem resources p. 296 – 307	2 week	27 days Ends Sept. 27	2006 #4	LW - C. – Ecosystem Diversity
	Second Six Weeks			1998 #4	III. Population (10 – 15%)
6	Human Populations	3 weeks		2003 #2, 2003 #4	P – A. Population Biology Concepts
7	Population development			2000 #3, 2000 #4	P – B.  Population size, growth, dynamics
11	Wild Species, Protection	3 weeks		2001 #2, 2008 #4	GC – C. Loss of Diversity
12	Public and Private land use p. 288 – 296, 307 – 311		28 days Ends Nov. 8		IV. Land and Water Use (10 – 15%) LWU – B/F. Forestry, Fishing
24	Sustainability and Urban Sprawl				LWU – D. Urban, Federal, Public Land Use
	Third Six Weeks				I. Earth Systems and Resources (10 – 15%)
5	Geology, p. 124 - 131	2 weeks			ES - A. Earth Science Concepts – Geological time
8	Soils and soil ecosystems			2004 #4	ES - D. Soil and Soil Dynamics
10	Food distribution, hunger	1 week		2009 #4	LWU – A/C  Agriculture, Rangelands
13	Nonrenewable resources, fossil fuels, electrical power production, mining coal	3 week	27 Days Ends Dec. 20	2005 #3, 2005 #4 2002 #2 2001 #1, 2000 #1 1998 #1,	V. Energy Resources & Consumption (10 – 15%) ERC – A/B  Energy Concepts, Consumption ERC – E. Hydroelectric Power ERC – C.  Fossil Fuel Resources and Use LWU – E. Mining for Coal
14	Nuclear power			1998 #2	ERC – D. Nuclear Power

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Second Semester

 

	Fourth Six Weeks
15	Renewable Energy Solar, Wind, Water Energy			2004 #2, 1999 #2 2006 #1, 2002 #1	ERC – F. Energy Conservation, hybrid cars ERC – G. Renewable Energy
9	Water Resources p.222 -237	3 weeks		2007 #2, 2009 #3	I. Earth Systems and Resources (10 – 15%)
18	Water pollution			2001 #4, 2004 #1	ES – C. Global Water Resources and Use
21	The Atmosphere	3 weeks	32 Days Ends Feb. 21	2002 #4, 2007 #3 1999 #1, 2002 #1	VII. Global Change (10 – 15%) GC – A. Stratospheric Ozone GC – B. Global Warming ES - B. The Atmosphere
22	Atmospheric pollution			1999 #3, 2001 #3	VI. Pollution (25 – 30%)
				2007 #4, 2006 #2 2009 #1, 1998 #3	PO – A. Pollution Types: Air, Noise, Water, Land PO – B. Impacts on the Environment / Health PO – C. Economic Impacts
	Fifth Six Weeks			2008 #2,
16	Risk assessment, Environmental hazards	3 weeks		2004 #1, 2005#1, 2006 #4, 2000 #2	PO – B/C.  Human health, risk analysis
17	Pesticides, pest control			2002 #3,1999 #4,	LWU – A. Agriculture, controlling pests
19	Solid / Hazardous waste, disposal	3 weeks		2004 #3, 2005 #2	PO – A. Pollution Types, solid waste
20	Waste disposal, hazardous chemicals			2007 #1, 2006 #3	PO – B. Human health, chemical biomagnification
23	Environmental Economics		34 days	2008 #1, 2009 #4	LWU – G. Global Economics
			Ends April 18		P – B. Human population, economic effects
	Sixth Six Weeks