Apes Summer Assignment

APES SUMMER ASSIGNMENT

Option 1: Choose one book from the list below to read over the summer and choose three environmental documentaries to watch (some suggestions are below, but you may choose others).

BOOK: As you read, and after you finish… please complete the following: a) Write down any vocabulary and/or information that is related to environmental science and define (10 Term Minimum) b) Describe any questions you may have as a result of your reading (5 Questions Minimum) c) Describe your opinion of the reading – positive/negative/neutral. Reference items in the book to support your thoughts. (Minimum 2 paragraphs) d) Relate what you have learned to your personal life – how does it affect/impact you? How does it fit into an APES course? (Minimum 1 paragraph) e) Explain the overall message of the book and defend why you think this is the message (Minimum 1 paragraph) f) Condense the overall message of the book into a Bumper Sticker slogan. Design & draw your bumper sticker.

Book Options

 A Civil Action Jonathan Harr  Field Guide to Nature Observation and  A Fierce Green Fire Philip Shabecoff Tracking Tom Brown  A Green History of the World Clive Pointing  Four Corners Kenneth Brown  A reason for Hope Jane Goodall  Gorillas in the Mist Dianne Fossey  A Sand County Almanac (Leopold)  Green Delusions Martin Lewis  Atmosphere, Climate and Change Thomas  Guns, Germs and Steel Jared Diamond Graedel and Paul Crutzen  Hot, Flat and Crowded (Friedman)  Beyond Malthus (Brown)  How Many People Can the Earth  Biogeochemistry of a Forest Ecosystem Support? Joel E. Cohen Gene Likens  In the Shadow of Man Jane Goodall  Cadillac Desert Marc Reisner  Into the Wild Jon Krakauer  Changes in the Land William Cronon  Into Thin Air: Personal Account of the Mt  Cheap: The high cost of discount culture (Shell) Everest Disaster Jon Krakauer  Climate Change: The IPCC Scientific  Isaac's Storm Eric Larson Assessment J.T. Houghton et al.  Ishmael Daniel Quinn  Coal River (Shnayerson, M)  Last Refuge: Environmental Showdown  Cradle-to-Cradle: Remaking the Way we Make in the American West Jim Robbins Things (McDonough & Braumgart)  Life in the Balance: Humanity and the  Deep Ecology Bill Devall Biodiversity Crisis Niles Eldridge  Degrees of Disaster: Prince William Sound  Living Downstream: Cancer and the Jeff Wheelwright Environment Sandra Steingraber  Desert Solitaire Edward Abbey  No Turning Back Richard Ellis  Digging Dinosaurs John Horner  Ocean’s End Colin Woodward  Earth in Mind David Orr  Of Wolves and Men Barry Lopez  Earth in the Balance Al Gore  Omnivore’s Dilemma (Pollan)  Earth Under Siege Richard P. Turco  On Human Nature E.O. Wilson  Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity William  Our Common Future World Comm. On Ophuls Env. and Devel.  Ecology, Economics, Ethics: The Broken  Our Ecological Footprint Wackernagel Circle Bonnann and Kellert and Rees  Eco-warriors Rick Scarce  Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil  Encounters with the Archdruid John David Goodstein McPhee  Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Ann Dillard  Endurance: Shackelton’s legendary Antarctic  Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and Expedition Caroline Alexander a Civilization in Trouble (Brown)  Energy: From Nature to Man William C.  Prisoner's Dilemma William Reynolds Poundstone  Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck D. Raup  Red Sky at Morning James Speth  Replenish the Earth Lewis Regebstein

 Sand County Almanac Aldo Leopold  The Perfect Storm Sebastian Junger  Silent Snow Marla Cone  The Population Bomb Paul Ehrlich  Silent Spring Rachel Carson  The Population Explosion Paul and  Sociobiology E.O. Wilson Anne Ehrlich  Strange Encounters Daniel Botkin  The Sand Dollar and the Slide Rule  Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynmann? Delta Willis Richard Feynmann  The Sixth Extinction Richard Leakey  Tales of the Shaman's Apprentice Mark  The Solace of Open Spaces Gretel Plotkins Ehrlich  The Big Necessity (George, R)  The Song of the Dodo David Quammen  The Burning Season Andrew Revkin  The Stork and the Plow Paul Ehrlich  The Cold and the Dark: The World After Nuclear  The Warning: The Accident at Three Mile War Carl Sagan, Paul Ehrlich et al Island Mike Gray and Ira Rosen  The Coming Plague Laurie Garrett  The World Without Us (Weisman, A)  The Condor’s Shadow David S. Wilcove  Three Scientists and Their Gods Robert  The Control of Nature John McPhee Wright  The Cowboy Way David Mc Cumber  Tinkering with Eden Kim Todd  The Dinosaur Heresies Robert Bakker  Tracking the Vanishing Frogs Kathryn  The Diversity of Life E.O. Wilson Phillips  The End of Food Paul Roberts  Walden Pond Henry Thoreau  The End of Nature Bill McKibben  Water Wars: Drought, Flood, Folly and the  The Future of Life E.O. Wilson Politics of Thirst (Ward)  The Heat is On: Climate Crisis Ross Gelbspan  Weather Makers (Flannery, T)  The Limits to Growth - 2nd Edition Donella  Where Mountains are Nameless: ANWR Meadows Jonathon Waterman  The Monkey Wrench Gang Edward Abbey  Why People Believe Weird Things  The Naturalist E.O. Wilson Michael Shermer  The Night of the Grizzlies Jack Olsen  Wild Ones (Mooallem)  The Origin of Feces (Waltner-Towes)  Wolves of Isle Royale Rolk Peterson

DOCUMENTARIES: Documentaries must be a minimum of 45 minutes in length. Documentaries should look at Environmental ISSUES, not just nature. Please complete the following for EACH Documentary. a) Provide the name of the documentary and year in which it was released. b) Describe any questions you may have as a result of your viewing (3 Questions Minimum) c) Describe your opinion of the documentary – positive/negative/neutral. Reference items in the documentary to support your thoughts. (Minimum 1 paragraph) d) Relate what you have learned to your personal life – how does it affect/impact you? What information affected you the most? Will it impact how you live your life? (Minimum 1 paragraph) e) Choose one documentary and explain the overall message of the movie and defend why you think this is the message (Minimum 1 paragraph) e) Choose one documentary (doesn’t have to be the same documentary you chose in e), and design a unique movie poster and slogan for it. Your movie poster should be colorful, neat, and include a slogan that identifies the message of the film.

Suggested Documentaries  National Geographic: Human  Gasland  World in Balance: The Population Footprint  Who Killed the Electric Car / Paradox  National Geographic: Six Degrees Revenge of the Electric Car  Plastic Planet Could Change the World  Manufactured Landscapes  Planet in Peril  180° South  Vanishing of the Bees  An Inconvenient Truth  Flow: For the Love of Water  Fresh  Empty Oceans, Empty Nets  Tapped  Fuel  Harvest of Fear (Frontline)  Trashed  Bag It  The Cove  Food, Inc.  Baraka  Hawaii: Message in the Waves  King Corn  Blue Gold: World Water Wars  Cane Toads: An Unnatural History  Dirt

Option 2: APES 2016- 17 Summer Scavenger Hunt A. GOALS: 1. Explore, enjoy, honor, consider and document your environment 2. Take the Ape out sightseeing. B. RULES- If you are doing this with a partner, you only need to turn in one project. 1. FIND as many of the items as you can (see list). All items can be found very locally, at some level. 2. PROOF of finding each item is an image (digital or film, still or motion), clearly showing (a) the item, (b) yourself, and (c) the Ape. 3. Required DOCUMENTATION for each image is (a) the item identification, (b) the item location, (c) the date the item was "collected", and (d) "additional information” (see list). 4. Your PRODUCT will be a video. a. submitted to Google Drive b. due on Tuesday of the second week of class. c. It will be shown in class. 5. HELPING each other: a. If your product is a video: you can work with one partner (in pairs) to submit one video product for both of you. Both partners must be represented with every item. 6. You are NOT ALLOWED to trespass, obstruct traffic, violate any laws, jeopardize your safety or compromise your integrity in any way in pursuit of any item. C. PRODUCT: 1. VIDEO: Each item would be a clip, including the item, the icon and you. D. CREDIT 1. Clarity and quality of imagery is important 2. Accuracy and thoroughness of documentation are important. 3. Creativity and entertainment value are way better than no creativity or entertainment value; they can compensate for minor deficiencies, but not for major deficiencies. 4. Evidence of trespassing, obstruction of traffic, violation of laws, jeopardizing safety or compromising integrity will cost credit. Photoshopping or other image manipulation to gain advantage constitutes an absolute abandonment of integrity. Remember that you represent Las Lomas High School.

E. SUGGESTIONS 1. Have fun with it; it's not supposed to be "work." 2. Build it gradually throughout the summer. Saving it all for the last day would make it "work". 3. Keep the Ape in your wallet, with your phone or take a picture of it on your phone, so you're always ready. When you see something, don’t forget to take out the Ape, take a picture or clip, and collect the info. 4. If you have no imaging device, you can borrow one from a friend, or work with a friend. 5. If you have any questions, email me [email protected]

APES 2016 Summer Scavenger Hunt List # Category Best Better Good Additional Information Date and Location #1 Hydrosphere Ocean Bay Flowing or Name of body of water standing water in a watershed #2 Atmosphere Cumulus Stratus Cirrus Name of cloud Type of cloud #3 Biogeochemical Nitrogen Carbon Water cycle Where is the element or Cycle Cycle Cycle Compound has come From and is going

#4 Energy flow Carnivore Herbivore Photosynthesis Names of organism Consuming Consuming Happening Participating

#5 Biodiversity Endemic Native Native Name of species species in Endangered Endangered Its habitat Animal in its Plant in its habitat Habitat #6 Biodiversity Invasive Invasive Non- native Name of species and 3

Animal Plant Endangered Where it came from species #7 Population Human less Human less A human less than Name of the human. Growth Than a year Than two Five years old A quote from the human old Years old Or their parent or Guardian

#8 Forest Native tree Native tree Non-native tree you Name of species You can’t You can’t can't reach Reach one Reach more more than halfway Quarter of than halfway around The way around around #9 Biodiversity National State park County or city Name of park Preserve Park system System Park system #10 Food Crops Food crop Food crop Food crop Name of food crop Being grown Being Being On a farm transported Processed or retailed #11 Meat Animals Animals Meat being Name of animal being raised being raised retailed for food for food in a CAFO on rangeland

#12 Fishing Commercial Recreational Fish being retailed Name of fish fishing fishing operation #13 Water Water Water Water delivery Where water came from resources Transport Storage And use And goes to System System #14 Water Point Nonpoint Polluted water or Type of water pollution Pollution Source of Source of Solid water Water Water Pollutant pollution Pollution #15 Air Non- mobile Mobile Air pollution Type of air pollution Pollution Point source Source Without Emitting Emitting Identified Pollution Pollution Source #16 Renewable Renewable Renewable Renewably Type of Energy Power Residential Powered Renewable energy Generating Or Appliance Plant (solar, Commercial Wind, etc) Generator #17 Fossil Fuels Fossil fuel Non- gas Gasoline Name of fossil fuel Production Fossil fuel Retail Or Use or Processing Retail (mine, well, Refinery, etc #18 Solid waste Reducing Reuse of Recycling Potential waste Waste (not Potential Potential waste Reusing or Waste Recycling #19 Urbanization LEED LEED silver Other "green" Name of or occupants of platinum or or certified building building, description of gold building “green features” building #20 Transportation Riding Public mass Private mass Destination 4

Public mass Transit Transit Transit #21 Transportation Two cars in Two cars, in Two cars, in same Makes, models and Same image same image, image, mileages of Differing in differing in differing in mileage pictured cars Mileage by mileage by by more More than more than 10 mpg 30 mpg than 20 mpg

#22 Politics and University Community Commercial or Name of someone who Economics building, college office building, Works there, and a quote from which building, from which the from them about the the from which environment is environment. environment the worked with is studied environment is studied

#23 Politics and Worker in Volunteer in Environmentally Name and Economics environment- environment aware person environmental role related related of person, and a quote profession work from them about the environment

#25 Beauty A non- A non-human A non-human What it is, and why it's human thing thing in the thing in the beautiful or not in the Environment environment that environment that you find you find not that you find moderately beautiful at all extraordinarily beautiful beautiful