AP Biology Ecology Topic 5- Conservation Biology
Instructions:
Topic Presentation:
Textbook Reading:
Supplementary Resources:
Crashcourse Biology Videos::
Videos by Paul Anderson:
Questions to answer:
Things you should make sure you understand:
Instructions:
●Open the presentation.
●Interact with it.
●Answer the “Questions to answer”.
●Make sure you understand the “Things you should make sure you understand”.
●Feel free to view the “Supplementary Resources”.
●Write down any questions that you have about the material.
Topic Presentation:
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Textbook Reading:
●Chapter 55 (Section 55.5, pp. 1232-1235)
●Chapter 56 (focus on Sections 56.1 and 56.2)
Listen and Look:
Here is a list of key terms and concepts you will hear about and see during these podcasts and the chapter reading. Get to know them! Be able to connect them to one another using a concept map.
KEY TERMS
Bio-magnification Global warming Acid rain Ozone Overpopulation
Greenhouse effect Urban Sprawl Pollution Deforestation Endangered Species
Bioremediation Extinction Vortex
Supplementary Resources:
Crashcourse Biology Videos:
5 Human Impacts on the Environment: Crash Course Ecology #10
Pollution: Crash Course Ecology #11
CHOOSE 2to write a GIST for Class:
Al Gore on averting climate crisis (TED 16 min)
Jonathan Foley: "The Other Inconvenient Truth" (TED 18min)
Capt. Charles Moore on the seas of plastic (TED 7.5 min)
Yann Arthus-Bertrand captures fragile Earth in wide-angle (TED 15 min)
Eben Bayer: Are mushrooms the new plastic? (TED 9min)
Optional:
How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth (Full Documentary 48min)
Bjarke Ingels: 3 warp-speed architecture tales (Eco-Architecture) (TED 18min)
Questions to answer:
1Why is conservation important from an ethical perspective (in other words, what does our society consider to be the “right thing to do” or what a person should do given a dilemma?
2Why is conservation important from a scientific perspective?
3Why is conservation important from a quality of life perspective?
4Explain why conservation does not equal environmentalism.
5How does the decline of a population increase the likelihood of its extinction?
6Why is it impossible to understand the the interactions among organisms in the biosphere?
7Explain the major phases of conservation (monitoring, planning, and action), and provide examples of each in action in DC
Things you should make sure you understand:
(feel free to ask questions about them in class)
●There is nothing outside of the “Questions to Answer” for this presentation.