Transportation!!!

Challenge 1- For one full day (from the time you wake up until you go back to sleep), free yourself completely from carbon-producing transportation, such as cars, motorcycles, and elevators. For this challenge you may not carpool with anyone. Comment on your experience walking, biking, skating, etc., all day without the use of fossil fuels. Tweet a pic from your experience to #enviscilove!

Trash!!!

Challenge 2- For one full day (from the time you wake up until you go to sleep again), carry with you all the trash you produce in one day. Comment below about your experience and describe how much, and what, you ended up with at the end of the day. Tweet a pic from your experience to #enviscilove!

Local Eating!!!

Challenge 3- Shop at a local farmers market this saturday and find ingredients needed to create a complete, fresh, organic, free-range meal for your friends or family. Comment on the foods you chose, what you made, and the feedback you received for your efforts. Attach the recipe you used.
Coppell Farmers Market. Tweet a pic from your experience to #enviscilove!

Veganism!!!

Challenge 4-How difficult is it to be a vegan? Now that you've seen Cowspiracy, try out a healthy, vegan diet for one full day, based on veggies, fruit, whole grains, and legumes. Comment on your experience, noting what you ate and how you felt. Tweet a pic from your experience to #enviscilove!

5th- LTP Activity of Your Choice!

You may choose to find an activity, book, video, etc. that relates to your long term project. (Yes, we will be focusing on these projects after the AP Exam.) Write a reflection in your individual blog about your learning experience and how it will relate to your project.

5th-LTP Book Study

Choose a book related to your LTP to read. Give a review and summary of what you learned from the book. (ex.Animal, Vegetable, Miracle- Barbara Kingslover; Silent Spring- Rachel Carson)

You may read a portion for this six weeks and continue for another six weeks.

5th- Veganism

How difficult is it to be a vegan? For this challenge, try out a healthy, vegan diet for THREE full days, based on veggies, fruit, whole grains, and legumes. Reflect on your experience, noting what you ate each day, the pitfalls you faced, how you felt, and where you got your nutrients from.

Note: If you did this challenge for the 3rd or 4th six weeks, YOU MAY repeat it for the 5th six weeks but you will increase your challenge to either FIVE or TEN full days! (SEE Ms. B for receipes and nutritional help.) :)

5th- Gardening with Nature; 3/7

Roger Sanderson, Director of Horticulture at Texas Discovery Gardens, will be our guest for FCNP's Guest Lecture Series this Saturday, March 7th at 10 am at the Biodiversity Education Center, 367 S. Freeport Parkway, Coppell.  

In time for the approach of Spring, Roger's presentation will be on "Gardening with Nature." He will share information with those attending on nature friendly planting that can be done in our yards so as to provide habitat for wildlife while making our yards more appealing to wildlife.

An anchor/journalist from SMU television will be filming the class for a future presentation about nature education at Southern Methodist University.

Admission is free. Students and adults throughout North Texas are welcome. North Texas Master Naturalists will also receive advance training credits for this 2-hour seminar.

5th- SPRING SHOWCASE! (For TWO-THREE students only!)

Help prepare a showcase of what you have learned in APES and show off various projects you and your peers have created! Then be present at the Spring Open House to show parents the awesome work you have done!

Space is limited! Each APES teacher will be represented by only 2-3 students. 

You must be available from 5-7pm on March 2nd. 

See Ms. B if you are interested in being considered!

4th- Caring for Fruit Trees; Saturday 2/21

1. Keep Coppell Beautiful Environmental Education "Fruits of our Labor: Caring for Fruit Trees" Class

Learn methods of planting, winter care, pruning tips, as well as how to select the best variety for the Texas climate. Class lead by expert arborist, Steve Houser. Free to the public and registration is not required. For more information, www.coppellcommunitygarden.org. Saturday, February 21 11am-12:30pm. Biodiversity Education Center.

4th- LTP Activity of Your Choice!

1. You may choose to do some other activity that relates to your LTP. This must be approved prior to completing the activity by conferencing with your teacher.

4th-Veganism

How difficult is it to be a vegan? For this challenge, try out a healthy, vegan diet for THREE full days, based on veggies, fruit, whole grains, and legumes. Reflect on your experience, noting what you ate each day, the pitfalls you faced, how you felt, and where you got your nutrients from.

Note: If you did this challenge for the 3rd six weeks, YOU MAY repeat it for the 4th six weeks but you will increase your challenge to FIVE full days.

4th- TEDtalk

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   Choose a TEDtalk related to global climate change or biodiversity loss.

   
   

   Watch the TEDtalk and write a thoughtful reflection in your blog. Discuss how the animal agriculture industry plays a part in these issues. 

   Be sure to include the video in your blog post by embedding or attaching a link.

   
   

   Note: If you did this challenge for the 2nd or 3rd six weeks, you may not repeat it for the 4th six weeks.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

4th- LTP Book Study

Choose a book related to your LTP to read. Give a review and summary of what you learned from the book. (ex.Animal, Vegetable, Miracle- Barbara Kingslover; Silent Spring- Rachel Carson)

You may read a portion for this six weeks and continue for another six weeks.

4th-STIR Club Speaker

STIR Club Speaker: A presentation by Dr. Michael Brown on Monday, January 12th from 4 to 6 PM in the lecture hall. Dr. Brown, a Nobel Prize recipient in Physiology and Medicine, will be discussing his research about cholesterol, which led to the development of statin. Sign up here http://tinyurl.com/stirclublecture.