Unit 1:  Introduction to APES

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Wednesday, August 11
          In-Class:  APES questionnaire; review syllabus; "End of Easter Island" video
          Assignment:  finish questionnaire; read "Forests and Water" from The Cartoon 
            Guide to the Environment
; read "The Lessons of Easter Island" (Clive Ponting)

Thursday, August 12
          In-Class:  reading quiz; The Environment: Past, Present, and Future; discuss 
             Easter Island and Love Canal; videos 
          Assignment:  read The Habitable Planet, Chapter 4, "Ecosystems"

Friday, August 13
          In-Class:  reading quiz; Cuyahoga River videos; calculate ecological footprint using
             the Global Footprint Network website
          Assignment:  create a visual (any kind) showing your current ecological  
             footprint and one way you can reduce your footprint