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APES TED Videos

Following is a great list of TED lecture videos located at http://www.ted.com that may useful to AP Environmental Science.  If you have suggestions for additional related TED videos drop me an email at tsacket@alcaweb.org.  Thanks ... T Sacket

 

  1. Michael Pollan – Gives a plant’s eye view – 2007

  2. Michael Pritchard's water filter turns filthy water drinkable - 2009

  3. Jared Diamond on why societies collapse – 2003

  4. Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world – 2008

  5. Yann Arthus-Bertrand captures fragile Earth in wide-angle – 2009

    To view home video on YouTube, click on the title.

  6. John Kasaona: How poachers became caretakers -2010

  7. James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss

    This is a great video that reveals the dynamic nature of glaciers and the rate of change happening within the last ten years.  At one location the rate is 150 ft/day.  A definite must for geology and APES teachers!  Any suggestions for followup use by students to engage content?

  8. Corneille Ewango is a hero of the Congo forest – 2008

  9. Eric Sanderson pictures New York -- before the City – 2009

  10. Willie Smits restores a rainforest – 2009

  11. Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean - 2010

  12. Stephen Palumbi: Following the mercury trail - 2010

  13. Al Gore on averting climate crisis – 2006

  14. Capt. Charles Moore on the seas of plastic – 2009

  15. Al Gore's new thinking on the climate crisis – 2008

  16. Nalini Nadkarni on conserving the canopy

  17. Edward Burtynsky on manufactured landscapes

  18. Brian Skerry reveals ocean’s glory and horror – 2010

  19. David Gallo shows underwater astonishments – 2007

  20. David Gallo on life in the deep oceans – 1998

  21. Richard Preston on giant trees – 2008

  22. Cary Fowler: One seed at a time, protecting the future of food – 2009

  23. Hans Rosling on global population growth – 2010

  24. Michael Shermer on strange beliefs – 2006

  25. Adam Savage on the Dodo bird

  26. Carolyn Steel on food impacts cities

  27. Dennis vanEngelsdorp: a plea for bees – 2008

  28. Shimon Steinberg: Natural pest control… using bugs! - 2010

  29. William McDonough on Cradle to Cradle

  30. Dan Barber: How I Fell in Love with a Fish

  31. Michael Pawlyn: Using nature's genius in architecture

  32. Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy?

  33. Susan Shaw: The oil spill's toxic trade-off


  34. Marcel Dicke: Why not eat insects?


  35. Rob Dunbar: Discovering ancient climates in oceans and ice

  36. Paul Snelgrove: 2011 Census of Marine Life

  37. Ben Glodacre: Battling Bad Science

  38. James Hansen: Why I must Speak Out About Climate Change

Standards

  1. Common Core State Standards: ELA Standards for Science/Technical > 11-12 > IKI > S.7
    Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
  2. Common Core State Standards: ELA Standards for Science/Technical > 11-12 > IKI > S.7
    Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    Information Sources (e.g.)
    4 - Integrate (multiple sources of information)
    3 - Solve (problem)
    5 - Evaluate (multiple sources of information)
    4 - I can integrate multiple sources of information in diverse formats to address a question.
    4 - I can integrate multiple sources of information in diverse formats to solve a problem.
    5 - I can evaluate multiple sources of information in diverse formats to address a question.
    5 - I can evaluate multiple sources of information in diverse formats to solve a problem.
    A. Information presented in diverse formats and media requires one to be able to integrate and evaluate sources in order to address a question or solve a problem.
    A.1 What strategies may be used to integrate diverse sources of information? How might these strategies vary depending on addressing a question or solving a problem?
    A.2 What strategies may be used to evaluate diverse sources of information? How might these strategies vary depending on addressing a question or solving a problem?

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