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Modules 9-11: Heat Energy: air and water (fun with globes) Modules 9-11 FR 3e (also module 22 in FR 4e) Heat Heat energy always moves from hot to cold (high energy to lower energy) Heat energy moves in three "modes": conduction: from the latin word for "contac...

Lab: Heat transfer Heat energy moves from hot to cold in three modes: Radiation: infrared light rays that can be reflected  Conduction: contact transfer, can be blocked by insulators Convection: matter in motion, less dense matter risesYou will be using a very...

Key points: All elements up to Iron on the periodic table came from the big bang Earth was formed from materials created by first generation stars going supernova The core of the earth is made up of a rotating solid core surrounded by a liquid core The inner c...

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Biodiversity has two elements: Species richness: the number of different species in an ecosystem Species evenness: the relative proportion of individuals within the different species in a given area We'll be using colored goldfish (species) to demonstrate this...

Population worksheet Review biodiversity: A certain pond has six species of fish: 30 type a 20 type b 10 type c 15 type d 40 type e  50 type f what is the total number of fish in this pond? what is the predominant species? if the r for type c, is higher than t...

Bozeman: forests: http://www.bozemanscience.com/ap-es-017-forestry-rangelands how much of our old growth forests are gone? why is fire suppression not ideal? what are his solutions to the tragedy of the commons? look up GPS ranching collars-why could this help...

e2: Food miles 2022 https://elab.hpa.edu/apes/videos/e2/e2%20transport/3%20Food%20miles.mp4 Look up Michael Pollan: what books has he written? What is the fossil fuel to food ratio he cites? Why is this so high? What did it used to be? What does he mean by “su...

Sustainable Design Challenge Goal: To design a sustainable, off-grid home  Design Criteria: Location: can be anywhere on earth, Mars or the moon Size: enough for two people (minimum) Energy: must harvest and store its own energy Water: must harvest and store i...

e2-design 3.4 Renzo Piano https://elab.hpa.edu/apes/videos/e2/e2%20design%203/ The intro says: "it is clear that human activity is the cause of climate change"-how long have we known this? What motivates some groups to deny this? e2 or "e squared" means what i...

e2 design 1.2 green for all https://elab.hpa.edu/apes/videos/e2/e2%20design%201/ In the intro (Brad Pitt), there is mention of how much energy buildings use. Why is this? What are the points Jeff Speck brings up? Who are the Yaqui Indians and why is this impor...

e2 design 1.1 green apple https://elab.hpa.edu/apes/videos/e2/e2%20design%201/ Why is it confusing to think of NYC as an ecosystem?  Why does it make sense? Why is per capita a more accurate measure? ("capita" means head, where you wear your cap) Why did the g...

e2: Design 2.1: Druk White school in Ladakh https://elab.hpa.edu/apes/videos/e2/e2%20design%202/ We’ve heard Brad Pitt ask “was it a conscious decision or a momentary lapse of reason”. What is the difference to you? Look up Ladakh here: https://en.wikipedia.or...

Find these: Living building challenge award Apple award Apple award #2 LBC petals (wood block) Green building award (like, green) LEED Schools Platinum award (glass) Material sourcing, distance, FSC wood (look this up) Materials redlist (look this up) Architec...

Elab green building hunt: Download ber cement siding.tiff (image/tiff, 2.6 MB) LEED:  Prerequisites and points Certified (we tried): 40-49 points Silver: 50-59 points Gold: 60-79 points Platinum: 80+ points (elab was 97) https://www.usgbc.org/credits?Version=%...

http://physics.hpa.edu/physics/apenvsci/videos/e2_videos/e2%20design%202/4%20affordable%20green%20housing.m4v https://elab.hpa.edu/apes/videos/e2/e2%20design%202/ Brad or Morgan? What is your connection between biological diversity and social diversity like in...

APES Energy Unit Big bang: Hydrogen->fusion -> Helium ->iron stars (red giants) Giant red giants ->supernova->all elements beyond iron Hydrogen, Helium and other elements->our sun Sun: Hydrogen fusion->helium (helios means sun in greek) Direct solar energy: Su...

Energy Background: Big bang:  Hydrogen->fusion -> Helium ->iron stars (red giants) Giant red giants ->supernova->all elements beyond iron (including Uranium) Hydrogen, Helium and other elements->our sun Sun: Hydrogen fusion->helium (helios means sun in greek) ...