AP Environmental Science

Michelle Bakowski - michelle.bakowski@ssd412.org

Room #2409

The AP Environmental Science content corresponds to a one-semester length college environmental science course. The course is interdisciplinary in nature. This means the following areas are included in this class: ecology, biology, chemistry, physics, social science, and economics.

This Week's Tasks:

- Monday: O Day -
  - - I am under the weather, please be good for the sub. Can someone spray the seeds in the front of the room, the soil compaction lab. And can who is assigned to compost today, let the sub know you are leaving 10 min early to compost?
    - Trigger warning: this assignment contains a documentary that covers our next topic - Meat Production - and there are scenes of animals being butchered in factories.
    - Food Inc Documentary
- Tuesday: E Day -
- Wednesday: A Day -
- Thursday: O Day -
- Friday: E Day -

LAST Week's Tasks:

- Monday: O Day - NO SCHOOL MLK Day
- Tuesday: E Day - NO SCHOOL Grading Day
- Wednesday: A Day - AP Lab
  - - - Soil Compaction Lab
- Thursday: O Day -
  - - - 5.5, 5.5 and 5.14 Irrigation and Pest Management
- Friday: E Day -
  - - - 5.6, 5.7 and 5.14 Irrigation and Pest Management
- Past Week's Assignments

Recommended Supplies

- Composition notebook with no spirals or one inch three ring binder
- Pens and Pencils
- Scientific Calculator
- Student Chromebook
- Textbook
  - Textbook: "Living in the Environment" (20th edition, G. Tyler Miller, Jr.)
  - An online textbook is provided but if you want a hardcopy, let me know and I'll check one out to you

Communication:

- At the start of the week, I will go over assignments covered each day for that week.
- Assignments are explained in class and located in Modules tab in canvas.
- The best way to communicate with me is to send an email to michelle.bakowski@ssd412.org or message me in canvas. I typically respond to emails within 24 hours. I do not check my email after 3:30 pm.
- My SAS (homeroom) is available for students if they have questions. I just ask that you get for a pass the day prior to attending, so I can make sure I am available to assist you.
- Looking Ahead: Important Dates - The end of the semester is June 12th and Jan 6th is the deadline for late submissions/tests.

FAQ:

- Glossary of Canvas terms
- FAQs about this course

Land Acknowledgement

Shoreline Public Schools acknowledges the original inhabitants of the land that our school district encompasses. The land that our schools and facilities rest on is home to the Snoqualmie and Tulalip Coast Salish indigenous communities. Please join us in honoring these ancestral grounds by expressing gratitude for the people who have stewarded this land throughout the generations and celebrating the resilience and strength that all Indigenous people have shown and continue to show in our region and beyond.