🌎 APES 101
APES stands for this _______________________ .
What is AP Environmental Science?
This category makes up the largest portion of your APES grade.
What are Formative Assessments?
TRUE OR FALSE: Eating is allowed in the science classroom as long as we're not doing a lab.
What is FALSE?
You walk into class after the late bell with a pass. You think you're safe. Ms. Gomez points you toward THIS.
What is the late log?
The 2027 AP Environmental Science Exam takes place on this date.
What is Thursday, May 13, 2027?
APES combines biology, Earth science, chemistry, mathematics, and the study of human society.
What are the social sciences?
Formative Assessments are worth this percentage of your grade.
What is 65%?
At least this percentage of APES instructional time will involve hands-on laboratory investigations and/or fieldwork.
What is 25%?
It's three minutes after class starts and you suddenly desperately need the bathroom. According to class protocol, what's the problem?
What is no bathroom use during the first 10 minutes except emergencies?
The APES exam is administered digitally using this testing application.
What is Bluebook?
Name two of the four College Board Big Ideas for APES.
What are Energy Transfer, Interactions Between Earth Systems, Interactions Between Species & the Environment, and Sustainability? (Any 2)
Projects, research, presentations, fieldwork, and end-of-unit assessments fall under this grading category.
What are Summative Assessments?
Lab reports, notebooks, mini-posters, and digital records can all serve as evidence of this.
What are scientific investigations?
You finish using your classroom computer and leave it sitting on the table. What did you forget?
What is return it to its assigned location AND plug it in?
Section I contains this many multiple-choice questions.
What is 80?
There are these many College Board APES Science Practices you will develop throughout the year.
What is 7?
You earned a raw score of 90, but turned the assignment in 3 school days late. What is your final score?
What is 75%?
You were absent on lab day. Your friend gives you their data. Can you just copy it and call it a day?
What is NO — required investigations must be made up according to teacher directions?
You're bored during independent work, so you pull out your makeup and start getting ready for after school. What would Ms. Gomez say?
What is PUT IT AWAY? Grooming activities are not allowed in the science classroom/lab.
You have 1 hour and 10 minutes to complete this many FRQs.
What are 3?
Data Analysis, Mathematical Routines, and Environmental Solutions are three examples of these skills you'll practice throughout APES.
What are AP Environmental Science Science Practices?
TRUE OR FALSE: Once a late assignment reaches the 65% cap, you automatically receive a 65 regardless of the quality of the work.
What is FALSE?
Unless Ms. Gomez tells you otherwise, all required lab and fieldwork documentation should be completed by this date.
What is May 1, 2027?
You missed class yesterday and arrive today saying, “Nobody told me what I missed.” Where should you have checked?
What are Google Classroom and/or NYC DOE Gradebook?
Multiple choice is 60% and FRQs are 40%. The entire APES exam lasts this long.
What is 2 hours and 40 minutes?