Lesson Plans – Amy Fox
AP Environmental Science (APES)
Please note: All lessons are subject to change at any time dependent on school events and the needs of the students.
Accommodations are followed according to student’s individual plans in conjunction with the guidance/ESE/ESOL Departments.
Date
Learning Goal
Objective
11/10/14
Understand how the
angle of incident light on
the surface of the Earth
affects its heating and
cooling
Investigate how solar
insolation of the Earth
affects temperature
ranges in a particular
area and around the
globe.
11/11/14
11/12/14
Characterize the abiotic
components that define
terrestrial systems.
11/13/14
Characterize the abiotic
components that define
terrestrial systems.
11/14/14
Characterize the abiotic
components that define
terrestrial systems.
Veterans Day – No
School
Write climate data in the
form of a climatograph.
Write climate data in the
form of a climatograph.
Distinguish among the
major characteristics of
each biome
What patterns in the
climatograph distinguish
each biome?
climatograph,
precipitation,
temperature
How does the unequal
heating of the Earth
cause wind?
What patterns in the
climatograph distinguish
each biome?
climatograph,
precipitation,
temperature
What factors affect
which biome is found in
a geographic region?
What characteristics
distinguish biomes?
Essential Question
What causes seasons?
Vocabulary
solar insolation, latitude,
tilt
Bell Work
What is insolation and
what is it effected by?
Agenda
 Finish Insolation Lab
 How does climate
affect biomes?
 Begin climatographs
 Finish climatographs
Ticket Out
Completed lab
Initiate climatographs
Homework
Chapter 7 study guide,
due Tuesday 11/18
Chapter 7 study guide,
due Tuesday 11/18
Completed
climatographs
Chapter 7 study guide,
due Tuesday 11/18
deserts, forests,
grasslands
Explain how climbing a
mountain is similar to
hiking from the equator
to one of the poles?
 Tabulate biome data
Completed table
Chapter 7 study guide,
due Tuesday 11/18