AP Environmental Science Summer Assignment 2008
AP Environmental Science Summer Assignment 2011
Part 1:
Collect at least 5 current (from June, July or August of 2011) articles on any of the following environmental problems (all 5 can be on one problem, or the articles can be on a variety of the problems listed below.)
• Air pollution
• Water pollution
• Habitat loss and Species Extinction
• Alternative energy sources (solar power, wind power) and hybrid vehicles
• Global warming
Suggested sources for articles are a good newspaper like The New York Times, news magazines like Time, Newsweek, or US News and World Report, other local newspapers and other magazines. No articles except newspaper articles should be downloaded from the Internet. You can copy articles from sources like these in your local library if you don't receive them at home. Make sure you have information on the date and source of each article.
For each article, write a summary on just one side of a 3x5 or 4x6 note card. Make sure the date and source of the article is on the note card. Organize the articles according to topic. Place each article on a piece of paper with its corresponding notecard (see below). Save these articles and note cards in a folder or large envelope and bring them to school for the first day of class in August.
Part 2
“Tragedy of the Commons”
Read Garrett Hardin’s essay, available at the link below.
Answers to the following questions must be thorough, typed, and in full sentences. Examples must be different from those given by Hardin, unless specified in the question.
1. What does Hardin mean by a "technical solution" to a problem? Give an example of an environmental problem for which there was a technical solution.
2. What does Hardin mean in stating that you can't maximize two variables simultaneously? To what two variables is he referring in the case of population growth? Is this true for other environmental concerns?
3. Describe Adam Smith’s concept of the “invisible hand.”
4. What does Hardin means by a "commons"? Describe an example of commons in which you participate or share.
5. What analogy did Garrett Hardin use to illustrate the concept of the tragedy of the commons? Explain.
6. Contrast Hardin’s tragedy of the commons with Smith’s invisible hand.
7. Describe an example of a tragedy of the commons in the environment. Provide a reference.
8. What do you think happened at Leominster, Massachusetts, when metered parking spots near downtown stores were free during the Christmas shopping season?
9. According to Hardin, how is morality "system sensitive?" Give an example.
10. What does Hardin think about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that states "...any choice and decision with regard to the size of the family must irrevocably rest
11. Why does Hardin argue that controlling the breeding freedom of humans cannot be done by an appeal to conscious? Do you agree?
12. What does Hardin mean by "mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon?"
Part 3:
Please purchase the following book:
The Cartoon Guide to the Environment by Larry Gonick & Alice Outwater
This book can be purchased used and can be found on such sites as for as little as $5.00. We will use this book as a supplement to your textbook throughout the year.
Part 4:
Environmental Legislation is extremely important to our study of Environmental Science. Please complete the following:
Create a timeline for the laws on the following list. Each law should
be summarized and a key should allow someone to easily identify the
type of law (Air, Land, Energy, Biodiversity, etc). I suggest color-coding
your laws by type. Get creative with how you are going to organize all
of this information.
Arctic Conservation Act, 1978
California Desert Protection Act, 1994
Clean Air Act, 1955
Clean Water Act, 1972
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act, 1980
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species,1975
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act, 1986
Endangered Species Act, 1973
Energy Tax Act, 1978
Environmental Education Act, 1990
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act, 1947
Federal Land Policy and Management Act, 1976
Fish and Wildlife Act, 1956
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1980
Food Quality Protection Act, 1996
Food Security Act, 1985
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act,1976
Freedom of Information Act, 1966
International Environmental Protection Act, 1983
Kyoto Protocol, 1997
Lacey Act, 1990
Land and Water Conservation Act, 1965
Low Level Radioactive Policy Act, 1980
Madrid Protocol, 1989
Marine Mammal Protection Act, 1972
Montreal Protocol, 1987
National Environmental Policy Act, 1969
National Forest Management Act, 1976
National Park Service Act, 1916
National Trails System Act, 1968
Nuclear Waste Policy Act, 1982
Ocean Dumping Ban Act, 1988
Pollution Prevention Act, 1990
Price-Anderson Act, 1957
Renewable Resources Planning Act, 1974
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 1976
Safe Drinking Water Act, 1974
Soil and Water Conservation Act, 1977
Soil Conservation Act, 1935
Species Conservation Act, 1966
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, 1977
Waste Reduction Act, 1990
Water Quality Act, 1965
Water Resources Planning Act, 1965 Wilderness Act, 1964
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