Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Week of Aug 22-26 Prompt

Read this article: http://news.yahoo.com/mothers-exchange-blows-kenya-drought-deepens-155527381.html and this article: http://news.yahoo.com/texas-plant-turn-sewage-drinking-water-205103974.html

Answer the following prompt:


Do you think water should be a human right or something that you should pay for?


Describe the environmental issues that are related to the problems discussed in theses article?

Week of Aug 15-18th Prompt

Poaching (illegal taking, harming or killing of living things) is a huge threat to endangered and threatened species around the world. Read this recent article about gorilla poachers: http://news.discovery.com/animals/baby-gorilla-found-in-jail-110810.html'


Caroline Behringer, a WWF spokesperson says, "Mountain gorillas are critically endangered, with only around 786 individuals believed to remain in the mountains of Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda." 


Read about CITES here: http://www.cites.org/


Answer all three questions below using complete sentences under the comments section below. Make sure your name is in the prompt so I know you posted it!
What is CITES? 


Describe the  three appendices of CITES.


How does CITES relate to the article about the baby gorilla?



Introduction to Blogging About AP Environmental Science Issues

Welcome to the Going APES blog! The goal of this blog is to broaden and deepen your understanding of current environmental issues!

Every week, you will be required to post comments in response to this blog in response to a reading and writing prompt that I post here. This assignment is worth 5% of your overall grade. If you have computer issues at home, there are computers available in the library and in the pod between the science rooms that you can use. Your prompt should be at least 5 sentences and should not include anything that would be against school rules including derogatory comments, profane language, etc. Just be cool in your response and remember that this is a graded assignment. Your grade will reflect your effort. So look in the right margin/sidebar, click on the current week's post, read it and any links 

posted there and respond. Happy blogging!