week one 8.16.23

Welcome to APES!
Resources:
elab.hpa.edu also known as elab.local (on campus) or elab.kamuela.org (off campus)
Bozeman science videos
https://elab.local/apes/videos/bozeman_science/
http://www.bozemanscience.com/ap-environmental-science
Science review
https://elab.local/apes/texts/sci_review-ocr/
AP central join codes
APES D XM624X
APES E  PVYZGG
Text: Friedland and Relyea 4th edition, with sapling (trying this out)
Other texts located here: https://elab.local/wiki/projects/apes/apes.html
weblog is our main materials platform (older ones are on physics.local)Discussion points:
control vs. variable? dependent vs. independent variable?
x vs. y : making a graph
precision vs. accuracy: accuracy: actual truth, precision: how detailed
mks system: kg, km, m3
prefixes kilo, mega, giga, centi, milli, micro, nano
unit conversion: km to millimeters
temp: K, C, F
quiz on these next week...
Homework:
Get the text (online or print)
Watch Bozeman science video 001
Check MyHPA for updates
Day 2:
Pick three topics (yours or others)
It is now 2056, you are about 50 years old
What has changed in each of the three?
Visualize solutions: what is needed, by whom?
Global footprint:
https://www.footprintnetwork.org/resources/footprint-calculator
Cause and effect:
Why does the girl think her dad is an alien?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVRAtQ7XjkM
What don’t we see between the kiss and him driving home?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7_slK24lXU
Monty Python Witch scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii68tPIiZOo
Can you follow cause and effect?
What is their logical path?
Why do folks associate fracking with earthquakes? (chapter one in the text)
Why do folks associate fossil fuels with global heating?
Who might be against this line of reasoning and why?
Scientific method:
control vs. variable? dependent vs. independent variable?
x vs. y : making a graph
precision vs. accuracy: accuracy: actual truth, precision: how detailed
mks system: kg, km, m3
prefixes kilo, mega, giga, centi, milli, micro, nano
unit conversion: km to millimeters
temp: K, C, F
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