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"Hilary had a wonderful style of sharing with positive energy, enthusiasm for the subject matter, and open-mindedness to other people's ideas."
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HILARY STAPLES
Hilary Staples has been a science educator for over twenty years, both in the field and in the classroom. She believes in bringing relevance to education by working with the important topics of both personal and environmental health. She integrates scientific innovation with a reverence for nature through the lens of Biomimicry. Hilary is also a public speaker on Biomimicry for schools, conferences, community groups, AP Psychology, Biology, AP Environmental Science and even a mini-course in Yoga. Hilary has been teaching APES since it was new and working as an AP Reader since 2003. She has also been a leader in technology, and the 1-1 iPad program initiated by her school in 2010, seeing it as another tool for creativity and sustainability on campus. Her work at San Domenico has been integral to the School's receiving both an Apple Distinguished School designation and the Green Ribbon School Award from the Department of Education.
Hilary can be contacted at hstaples@sandomenico.org
Hilary Staples has been a science educator for over twenty years, both in the field and in the classroom. She believes in bringing relevance to education by working with the important topics of both personal and environmental health. She integrates scientific innovation with a reverence for nature through the lens of Biomimicry. Hilary is also a public speaker on Biomimicry for schools, conferences, community groups, AP Psychology, Biology, AP Environmental Science and even a mini-course in Yoga. Hilary has been teaching APES since it was new and working as an AP Reader since 2003. She has also been a leader in technology, and the 1-1 iPad program initiated by her school in 2010, seeing it as another tool for creativity and sustainability on campus. Her work at San Domenico has been integral to the School's receiving both an Apple Distinguished School designation and the Green Ribbon School Award from the Department of Education.
Hilary can be contacted at hstaples@sandomenico.org
COURSE DESCRIPTION
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Environmental science is a dynamic course that involves students strengthening science skills as well as gaining confidence with necessary content. I will be supplying teacher-participants with a digital folder of resources to help them enjoy a successful APES class, including labs, rubrics, review sheets, sample tests, and more. Participants will be introduced to the new resources released this year by the College Board, as well as changes to the AP Exam. In addition, we will try out potential labs, projects, activities and ways to get students into the field and community. We will also talk about teaching strategies both for the classroom and specifically for the AP exam. After this course teachers should have a clear idea of what their students need for success and have many resources to help them design a curriculum that works for them, their students and their school.
DAY 1: Morning
DAY 1: Climate & AIR Afternoon: Unraveling Air pollution connections and misconceptions
DAY 2: EARTH & ENERGY
Morning: The AP exam: How to prepare students and improve scores
DAY 2: Afternoon: Earth Labs and content
DAY 3: Water runs through it
Morning: 9:30-11:30 Field trip
DAY 3: Afternoon
Morning:
Environmental science is a dynamic course that involves students strengthening science skills as well as gaining confidence with necessary content. I will be supplying teacher-participants with a digital folder of resources to help them enjoy a successful APES class, including labs, rubrics, review sheets, sample tests, and more. Participants will be introduced to the new resources released this year by the College Board, as well as changes to the AP Exam. In addition, we will try out potential labs, projects, activities and ways to get students into the field and community. We will also talk about teaching strategies both for the classroom and specifically for the AP exam. After this course teachers should have a clear idea of what their students need for success and have many resources to help them design a curriculum that works for them, their students and their school.
DAY 1: Morning
- Introductions
- Sample textbooks and resources to use and take home
- Overview of the New CED=Course and Exam Description!
- Big Ideas
- Science Practices
- Course Framework: Topics and learning objectives
- Big Ideas
- Sample Activities and long term projects
DAY 1: Climate & AIR Afternoon: Unraveling Air pollution connections and misconceptions
- Ozone 2 types
- Ozone and climate change
- Ozone testing
- Particulate lab
- Air lab in parking lot
- Time for Climate? Other labs:
- Climate Change T & F activity
- Convection currents
- Wedge activity
- Climate Change Lab
- Feedback loops jigsaw
DAY 2: EARTH & ENERGY
Morning: The AP exam: How to prepare students and improve scores
- Multiple choice of questions
- Changes to the exam
- Strategies
- NEW: Online database coming August 1
- FRQ: Work through a few FRQs from previous year. Talk about rubrics, try scoring.
- What changes are coming NEXT YEAR?
- Task Verbs
- Compare to CED
- Ways to adapt an FRQ so students do not copy from online.
- How to test your students
- Consider becoming a reader!
- Formative and summative assessments
- Using the new PPC=Personal Progress Checks with your students
- Pre-set versions (FORM A)
- Adaptable (FORM B)
- Student feedback by skill and learning objective for all.
DAY 2: Afternoon: Earth Labs and content
- Science Practice 6: Mathematical Practices
- Packet of Energy FRQs
- Energy Project
- Oreo cookie geology
- Soil Lab - bring a sample or we will collect on campus
- iNaturalist App: Biodiversity inventor
- Teaching about farming
- Salinity/acidity Design lab explanation
- Cookie Mining Lab
DAY 3: Water runs through it
Morning: 9:30-11:30 Field trip
DAY 3: Afternoon
- Water Quality Lab
- Case Studies: jigsaw
- Dam Debate options
- Toothbrush activity
Morning:
- Instructional Strategies
- Lesson Planning Template- Using the new CED
- More activities/Labs
- Teaching trash and hazards
- Population
- Biomimicry
- Review strategies:
- Green city
- Mind maps
- Planning for your year
- Course Audit and Curricular requirements (news!)
- Strategies for planning and time management
- Time and help to work on your syllabus/unit plans for next year
- Create your equipment list
- Bare bones and dream list