Advanced Placement Environmental Science : Mr. Manzo
Raven & Berg Book Companion Site
Back to Mr. Manzo's Homepage
How to Make a Difference
"Take A Stand" Main Page
EMAIL Mr. Manzo
APES PowerPoint Page
Current Events Links:
Environmental News Network Science News Website Links Page NY Times Environment Section
NPR Environmental News Natural Resources Defense Council Conservation Frontlines Online
Environment News Service
National Geographic Sierra Club Environmental Bulletin (Pressroom)

Discover Magazine


NUTRIENT CYCLES RESOURCES PAGE

Chapter WEB BASED ACTIVITIES:

Chapter 1: Environmental Science and Sustainability
Using Science to Address Environmental Problems,
Chapter 2: Environmental History, Laws, Legislation,  Economics, and Ethics
Chapter 3: Ecosystems & Energy
Chapter 3: Ecosystems & Energy
The Yellowstone Nat. Park Wolf Restoration
EPA Laws and Regulations Information
Use the following links for web activity:
Take A Stand Issue:
Wolf Reintroduction
Hudson River Salt Front - Map
Clean Air Act Summary
Task 1: HYDROTHERMAL VENTS PAGE Japan Whaling Association
The Predator Conservation Alliance
Hudson - Temp., Tides, and Conductance
Clean Water Act Summary
Task 1: CHEMOSYNTHESIS PAGE International Whaling Commission Home Page
Outside Online: The News: Wolf Special Report

Endangered Species Act Summary
Task 2: Whale Food Webs Makah Nation
Easter's End by Jared Diamond

Superfund (CERCLA) Summary
Task 3: Krill Humane Society Fact Sheets on Whaling


Safe Drinking Water Act
Task 4: Black Smoker hydrothermal  Video Greenpeace Anti-Whaling Campaign


Links to Environmental Legislation
OVERFISHING PERILS PAGE

Chapter 4: Ecosystems & Living Organisms
Chapter 5:Ecosystems and the Physical Environment
Chapter 6: Major Ecosystems of the World Chapter 7: Human Health & Toxicology

Activity 1: Coevolution & Pollination Activity 1: Gaia Hypothesis Biome Photos & Information (use for mini-atlas) CHAART (Remote Sensing/GIS)
Activity 2: Succession on Mt. St. Helens Activity 2: Carbon Cycle Terrestrial Biomes Information About Red Tide

Yellowstone Fires: The Story of Succession Global Warming Overview Page
Earth Observatory: Human Footprint & Impact to Biomes
Solutions to Red Tide


NUTRIENT CYCLES RESOURCE PAGE
Florida Fish & Wildlife...
Yellowstone Succession: Digital Image Files Climatology Lab Activities:
Green Facts: Ecosystem Change Information
The Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

Fire Science (USDA Forest Service)
Activity 1: Ice Core Analysis The Everglades Plan (general information)
NOAA HAB Bulletin
Symbiotic Relationships Activity 2: Antarctic Ice Core Study
Everglades Plan - Part by Part Information


CHAPTER 5 POWERPOINT REVIEW SHOW Activity 3: Climate Exploratorium
The United States Sugar Corporation Home Page



PaleoClimatology Page (use for Lab part 2)
Sugar Association


New: 2007 Ozone Hole Biomes
Oasis in Crisis


Large Image
United States Drought Monitor
Friends of the Everglades







Chapter 8: Population Change Chapter 9 & 10:Addressing Population Issues; The Urban World


Population Reference Bureau



Population Policy Finder (for each country) Population Age Structure Pyramids 


Online Population Tutorial Demographic Data & Pyramid Reference for Each Country


United Nations Population Fund Population


Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth) UNFPA Country Profiles







Chapter 11: Fossil Fuels
Chapter 12: Nuclear Energy
Chapter 13:  Renewable Energy and Conservation
Chapter 14: Water Resources
Chapter 15: Soils and Their Preservation
Arctic Power (ANWR)
Macro-invertebrate Studies:
Renewable Energy  Web Sites Use Links Below for Computer Lab Activity  (RUBRIC)
Water in the Earth System Page
Defenders of Wildlife (ANWR)
EPA MacroInvertebrate Identification Page
Solar Energy
EPA's Surf Your Watershed
Resource Development Council for Alaska DEC Key to Benthic Invert. ID
Wind Power
U.N. Environmental Program - Water Branch

Alaska Wilderness League USGS Wappinger Creek Data
Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Water Use Calculator
 Official ANWR Site Invert. Life Cycle (nymph vs. larvae)
BioEnergy


Arctic Wildlife: 10 Myths About ANWR

Hydroelectric Power


Fuel Economy Page

Geothermal Energy

Fossil Fuels Calculator

Ocean Energy Systems

U.S. Energy Information Administration

Green Power Solar Background Page

CARBONFUND.ORG

Power Scorecard Homepage




ENVIROLITERACY ENERGY PAGES


Chapter 16: Minerals - A Nonrenewable Resource Chapter 17: Preserving Earth's Biological Diversity Chapter 18: Land Resources and Conservation Chapter 19: Food Resources - A Challenge For Agriculture Chapter 20: Air Pollution

U.S. Endangered Species List - Animals

EPA UV Index

U.S. Endangered Species List - Plants


Air Quality Index

World Wildlife Fund - Species Information


Air Quality Maps

World Wildlife Fund: Endangered Species List & Profiles




World Wildlife "Wildfinder" Searchable Database



General Statistics for Endangered Species



Federal List of NYS Species



NY STATE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST




Wild Aid Endangered Species



Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Site



InvasiveSpecies.gov site



NYC Parks - Asian Longhorned Beetle



Most Pressing Invasive Species Issue


Chapter 21: Global Atmospheric Changes Chapter 21: Regional and Global Atmospheric Changes Chapter 22: Water and Soil Pollution
Chapter 23: The Pesticide Dillemma
Chapter 24: Solid and Hazardous Waste
Earth's Atmosphere Studies The Ozone Hole Tour EPA Drinking Water Quality Standards
Haz. Wastes
NOAA - global warming Ozone Over Antarctica Safe Drinking Water Act - Basic Info
Danbury Mercury clean-up
EPA - global warming Science of the Ozone Hole Fishkill Superfund Site : Household materials
El Nino/La Nina Cambridge U. Ozone Research


Atmospheric Composition NOAA Ozone


Rocky Mountain Institute
Greenpeace Ozone Protection


GHG Online
Ozone depletion:


Chapter 24:Tomorrow's World









Energy Webquest Resources:
    Geothermal Research Page                  Wind Research Page                Biomass Research Page                                    Hydro-Fuel Cells Resear
    Hydroelectric Research Page               Solar Research Page                Oceans & Tidal Energy Research Page              Energy Conservation

Additional Resources:
Enviroliteracy Lichen Mapping Project AP Central
If the world was 100 people Earthshots APES exam, free response questions
Easter Island: Discover article El Nino Invasive species
EPA:  brownfields and GIS mapping EPA's Global Warming Site Seismic eruption
Fish Banks Genetic Engineering Tragedy of the Coastal Commons
Marine Fisheries Best of 96 video etc CT. DEP
Cemetery study energy solar fest in Vt.
Sustainable agirculture and much more (IPM etc.) Natural New England Fire" in succession


10 Reasons to Care about Biodiversity
2008 SUMMER ASSIGNMENT (READ THIS)
Links:
Assignment 1: As China Roars, Pollution Reaches Deadly Extremes;    Printable Word Version (without interactive links)
Assignment 2: (see current events links above)
Assignment 3: Enviroliteracy Page
Assignment 4: Local Environmental Groups Research


Book List:
D. Quinn:  “Ishmael” "The Story of B" and "Beyond Civilization"
E.O. Wilson:  "The Future of Life"
Derrek Jensen:  "A language older than words"
D Davis: When Smoke Rains Like Water
Steve VanMeter: The Earth Speaks
Jim Hightower: "Thieves in High Places"
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: "Crimes Against Nature"
Rachel Carson: "Silent Spring"