Students had time to continue working on the Math Review, asking for help when/if they are stuck. They also had the opportunity to look over any old unit exams to address their weaknesses.
I added an APES Math Tutorial to our website (on the AP Exam Info page) that can help to teach/review how to do most of the common math problem types students are expected to know. I then briefly went over a PowerPoint I found about doing the APES exam math without a calculator. Afterwards, I handed out a APES Mathematics Review sheet (worked out answers are posted on this website). It has a couple of practice problems from each type of problem they may see on the exam.
I handed out the answers to the 2008 exam. Students had time to grade their 2008 exam and I have a grid that helps them guess what score they would have gotten on the AP Exam as a whole. They also had time to use the Diagnostic Guide that came with the answers to help point out areas or topics that the students are strong or weak in.
Today we started our review process for our comprehensive end-of-year final and the AP exam. I handed out the 2018 APES Review Plan and we discussed how we will approach the next few weeks.
I then gave each student a copy of the 2008 APES Released Exam. The students were asked to treat it as a pre-test to see where they are right now and to see where we need to go from here. Answers and a detailed item analysis will be provided. UNIT 11 EXAM (MC)
We completed both the Multiple Choice section and the Free Response Question for our Unit 11 Exam. I started the period by giving students a sheet that specifically pointed out the difference between the ozone layer and the greenhouse effect. Students always seem to confuse the two topics.
Climate change is the kind of topic that is broad and far reaching enough to overlap into many other concepts we have covered in class. To that end, students filled out a chart of various topics and how they connect to climate change. This is a good activity to review climate change, but also to begin the process of reviewing for the AP exam. We finished the Chapter 19 PowerPoint by discussing our options for dealing with climate change such as a mitigation (using a carbon tax or cap-and-trade program) or adaptation (preparing for change).
We watched an episode of VICE (season 3 episode 1) about the melting of Antarctica and sea-level rise in Bangladesh.
We went through the rest of Module 64 from the Chapter 19 PowerPoint about the consequences of global climate change.
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