Ap Environmental Science Summer Reading Assignment
AP Environmental Science Summer Reading Assignment
Welcome to AP Environmental Science. We are going to have a really great year!
To get started thinking about the environment you are going to do some reading over the summer. I have chosen a list of books that are all well known and pertain to this course. As we go through the course, you will find yourself thinking about what you read and relate it to what we are learning. Your job this summer is to choose one of the books from this reading list and do the following assignment:
1. Write down the title, author & publisher of the book.
2. As you read, you are going to keep a daily journal (composition or other lined book) of what you read. You will include the dates & page numbers …show more content…
Reynolds
Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck David Raup
Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking Tom Brown
Four Corners Kenneth Brown
Gorillas in the Mist Dianne Fossey
Green Delusions Martin Lewis
Guns, Germs and Steel Jared Diamond
How Many People Can the Earth Support? Joel E. Cohen
In the Shadow of Man Jane Goodall
Into the Wild Jon Krakauer
Into Thin Air: Personal Account of the Mt Everest Disaster Jon Krakauer
Isaac's Storm Eric Larson
Ishmael Daniel Quinn
Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade Adam Minter
Last Refuge: Environmental Showdown in the American West Jim Robbins
Life in the Balance: Humanity and the Biodiversity Crisis Niles Eldridge
Living Downstream: Cancer and the Environment Sandra Steingraber
No Turning Back Richard Ellis
Ocean’s End Colin Woodward
Of Wolves and Men Barry Lopez
On Human Nature E.O. Wilson
Our Common Future World Comm. On Env. and Devel.
Our Ecological Footprint Wackernagel and
Welcome to AP Environmental Science. We are going to have a really great year!
To get started thinking about the environment you are going to do some reading over the summer. I have chosen a list of books that are all well known and pertain to this course. As we go through the course, you will find yourself thinking about what you read and relate it to what we are learning. Your job this summer is to choose one of the books from this reading list and do the following assignment:
1. Write down the title, author & publisher of the book.
2. As you read, you are going to keep a daily journal (composition or other lined book) of what you read. You will include the dates & page numbers …show more content…
Reynolds
Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck David Raup
Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking Tom Brown
Four Corners Kenneth Brown
Gorillas in the Mist Dianne Fossey
Green Delusions Martin Lewis
Guns, Germs and Steel Jared Diamond
How Many People Can the Earth Support? Joel E. Cohen
In the Shadow of Man Jane Goodall
Into the Wild Jon Krakauer
Into Thin Air: Personal Account of the Mt Everest Disaster Jon Krakauer
Isaac's Storm Eric Larson
Ishmael Daniel Quinn
Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade Adam Minter
Last Refuge: Environmental Showdown in the American West Jim Robbins
Life in the Balance: Humanity and the Biodiversity Crisis Niles Eldridge
Living Downstream: Cancer and the Environment Sandra Steingraber
No Turning Back Richard Ellis
Ocean’s End Colin Woodward
Of Wolves and Men Barry Lopez
On Human Nature E.O. Wilson
Our Common Future World Comm. On Env. and Devel.
Our Ecological Footprint Wackernagel and