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=Welcome to the Wiki space for Mr. Lawrence's APES Classes!=

====__These pages are meant to be a place for you as students to develop resources for one another for use in reviewing for the APES exam.__====

Each week a different pair of students will be responsible for maintaining and updating the pages associated with their class. Any student may contribute at any time - the weekly leaders are there to make sure that something does get added each week. Your contributions here will be 25% of your participation grade for each semester. Your participation grade is between 5-10% of your overall grade. The expectations are that you contribute each chapter and that your contribution ADDS to the conversation, knowledge and/or data. It is OK to add some humor, irony or opinion as long as it also adds to the learning experience. For those of you who are more visual, you may add pictures, graphs or video to emphasize you point and/or support your data.

There will generally be TWO tasks for you to tackle: __The First page__ will be the AP Review page. -You contribution here will often be definitions, concepts, themes and theories. -Do not take this page lightly! -All of you will rely on this page(s) as you eventual written review for the AP Exam. Thus, everyone relies on each other for relevance, quality and clarity.

__The Second page__ will be an opinion page. -I will ask you a question, highlight an environmental controversy and/or direct you to a short article with a link. -You will give your opinion and data/factual support for this opinion in a SHORT paragraph. -You must add to the conversation of those before you so that it is clear that you are well informed of their opinion and have a clear idea of your own thoughts. -Clear, concise and thoughtful opinions are the expectation here, NOT lengthy anecdotes, sermons, moralizing, etc.

You may create new pages under the home page for your class. Obviously,all 3 sections of APES may wish to review/consult each others pages. Please be creative - during your week, discuss these topics with your fellow students about what may be interesting to add to your class page. I do require that you stick to Environmental issues/concerns...there are many. I find it refreshing and hopeful to balance the many success stories concerning the environment along with the tragic or disturbing.

Make an effort to create a fun and rewarding experience as you do this year-long project. In late Feb/early March it will be a great resource for the AP Exam!