11th Grade Environment Google Apps

This water log chart activity to designed to help students think about the question "how much water do I use?" and discover their weekly water use.

Students record how many times they participate in different water using activities. They then multiply this number by the average amount of water used to understand their weekly water consumption. These average use values are given to the student and already included in the chart.

Comes with a metric version (liters) and a standard version (gallons) as well as a teacher explanation.

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Two Forms of Use Included

1. Printable PDF
2. Google Slides

Practice AP Spanish® reading comprehension with these 2 articles to learn about the dying corals of the Great Barrier Reef and the growing problem of Electronic Garbage. They can be assigned digitally for distance learners and printed for in-person students.

The articles are written from the perspective of a Mexican and a Colombian and therefore make great sources for cultural comparisons and discussions about perspectives in different places in the Spanish-speaking world.

Both articles are accompanied by comprehension questions and the Corals article also has a GoFormative version which is auto-graded- a great time saver for teachers! Another benefit to Goformative is that questions can be inserted exactly where you would like them to be to make reading comprehension a little easier for students. The questions appear side by side with the article, so students don't need to scroll back and forth to read the question and then search for the answer in the text.

Who can use this product?

• Students in AP Spanish®
• Students studying environmental issues

How can I use this product?

• Assign these articles in class or for homework
• Assign these articles digitally or print them if your students prefer
• Use these as sources for Unit 6: Environmental, Political and Social Challenges
• Use them as a basis for a cultural comparison, a debate or a class discussion!
• Use them as practice or for a formal reading comprehension grade

What's included in this product?

• 1 article about the corals of the Great Barrier Reef and the stress they are under
• 10 multiple choice questions and answer key
• GoFormative, auto-grading version of this article
• 1 article about the growing problem of Electronic Garbage
• 15 True/False questions (with instructions to correct the false statements) and answer key
• Both activities are linked into 1 Google Doc
• All questions can be edited to fit your students' needs!

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Need more resources for Unit 6?

AP Spanish: 2 videos: Retos ambientales: Viewing Guides and Edpuzzle!

AP Spanish Unit 6 Intro: 4 resources to start Global Challenges!
AP Spanish: Unit 6: La sobrepoblación Bundle

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This is a great way to get students looking into different aspects of APES as an in class assignment, individual or paired with partners! This escape room can be used as an introduction or a general review of basic information regarding Environmental Science. However you decide to use this, your students will enjoy it and stay engaged!

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Unit 6 of AP® Spanish explores environmental, political and global challenges. Use these 5 resources to introduce the topic and get students interested and talking about it right away! Take away the stress of starting a new unit- you have everything you need to set the stage for this last unit!

First- the "Hook" activity! A Google Slides presentation with provocative images of different global challenges. In each slide, in the speaker notes, there is a speaking prompt the teacher can read to students. Use this as a turn and talk activity to involve everyone at once!

Next, a vocabulary list that introduces words that will be important to have for the unit to better understand the different sources students will examine in class. Included with this vocab list is a pre-made Quizlet for student practice!

Third, there are 2 vocab activities for students to practice using the new words. I usually assign these for homework, but they can be used as in class activities as well.

Last, your essential questions! Guide your unit with these questions.

All of these resources can be edited and customized to meet the needs of your students! You will find each resource linked on a Google Doc.

**These 5 resources are INCLUDED in the full unit 6 lesson plans. They are linked below if you want step-by-step daily plans with every activity you need (plus answer keys and rubrics) linked right in!

Who can use this product?

• AP® Spanish students
• Year 4 students studying global challenges

How Can I use this product?

• I start the unit using these resources
• I can post them all on Google Classroom (or other learning management system)
• I can print the vocab list and homework activities if I choose
• I can present the Google Slides "Hook" activity and the class discussion activity
• You could use the Hook Activity as a personal response activity (written or oral) if you choose

What's included in this product?

• It's a bundle of 5 resources linked onto one convenient Google Doc!
• 17-page Google Slides hook activity with images and turn and talk prompts
• 51 word vocab list (in Spanish and English) and included pre-made Quizlet
• 2 vocab practice activities (printable or digital)
• Essential Questions to guide your unit

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Here are a few other resources that may be helpful!

✅Unit 6 Global Challenges Complete Lesson Plans

✅Bundle

✅End of Year Bundle

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The Global Challenges unit of AP Spanish® has many interesting contexts, including the environment. This digital and printable article talks about the effects of global warming in Antarctica, and explains the paradox of how rising temperatures actually cause more snow! Distance learners can complete this via a Google Doc or by doing the auto-graded goformative version. Students who prefer paper copies can have a print-out! Save time searching the net to find a good article, and save more time by letting goformative grade this for you! Another benefit to the goformative version is that students can see the article side by side with the questions, and the questions are embedded just where they can find the answer! It's a great scaffold for students still developing their reading comprehension skills!

This article is good for students who are ready for a challenge and/or who like science. It's a little longer than the other article I posted for this unit, but the embedded questions make this accessible for students!

Who can use this product?

• Students in Year 4, 5 or AP®
• Students studying the environment

How can I use this product?

• Assign this article in class or for homework
• Assign this article via Google classroom or other learning management platform, or print it out
• Assign this article via Goformative (free for educators! All you need to do is create an account!)
• Use this as a class activity or as a graded assessment
• Let Goformative grade it for you!
• Use this as one source of information for class discussions, debates or cultural comparisons

What's included in this product?

• a 10-page Google doc article with link to internet source (the line-spacing in this article makes it seem very long. The questions are embedded within the article so students can find the answers easier.)
• 7 embedded questions on the Google doc (AP multiple choice style)
• an answer key
• A link to the Goformative version of this article and questions (which self-grades)
• All parts of this product can be customized to suit your students' needs!

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Other resources you may like:

✅Here is a shorter article about the different effects of global warming

-includes embedded questions and Goformative version too!

✅Here is a bundle of activities related to "la sobrepoblacion"!

✅Check out my money-saving bundle of 4 videos with accompanying questions about schools in the Spanish-speaking world!

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Have you head the Notes in Spanish podcasts? Do you use Edpuzzle? For AP Spanish® Unit 6, I made an MP4 recording of the audio for the podcast about Climate Change, and uploaded it to Edpuzzle! I inserted multiple choice, auto-graded questions into the recording to help students to find the right spot in the podcast to find the answer. The auto-grading of Edpuzzle is not only a time-saver for teachers, but allows students to have feedback on what answers they got right or wrong!

If you've never heard the Notes in Spanish Podcasts before, here is some info!

From their website:

Who are we?

Ben Curtis and Marina Diez live in Madrid, Spain, and have been making Spanish-learning podcasts since 2005, with over 40 Million downloads since then.

We bring you real Spanish conversations on real-life topics, making you totally confident with your Spanish.

From me: Ben and Marina have Beginner and Intermediate level podcasts on a range of topics. I love listening to them! Ben is not a native speaker of Spanish, but Marina is! This married couple converses about every day, relevant topics, and helps students learn vocabulary and even slang expressions that are part of every day Spanish language!

Who can use this product:

• Students at the Intermediate Level and higher
• AP Spanish® students studying Climate Change

How can I use this product?

• Assign this Edpuzzle to your students via Google Classroom or share the link with them
• Use this resource as a listening comprehension practice or for a grade

What's included in this product?

• A Google Doc with a link to the Edpuzzle version of the Notes in Spanish Intermediate #15 Cambio climatico podcast
• 11 auto-graded multiple choice questions

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AP Spanish End of Year Oral Presentation: A student favorite!

Spanish Slang and Texting Bundle

AP Spanish End of Year Art Gallery Project

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AP Spanish® teachers: save time searching for the right video for your students! This Google Doc contains links to TWO YouTube videos and a viewing guides perfect for Unit 6: Los retos ambientales. One video has an auto-grading Edpuzzle version! The accompanying comprehension questions are digital for distance learners and printable for in-person learners, and they are customizable to make them just right for your students’ needs! 

Have students watch these videos to get a sense of some of the problems we face with our environment. One video talks about 5 specific problems in Mexico, their causes and their consequences. It is a short video, but the narrator speaks rather fast. This resource comes with a comprehension guide in graphic organizer format, or you may choose to use the multiple choice Edpuzzle version. I find that the Edpuzzle version is a good scaffold to aid student comprehension because the questions can be inserted right after the information has been provided! This Edpuzzle is also auto-graded to save you time and to give students instant feedback! The second video is about what would happen if all the ice in the world were to melt. It talks about the possibilities and the human and animal consequences that would occur. This video is accompanied by short answer comprehension questions.

Of course, both viewing guides come with a teacher answer key, and all questions can be edited to suit your needs!

Environmental challenges is a great theme to explore as a Global Challenge, or as part of the Science and Technology Unit.  These videos could be a great source for a debate as this topic can be controversial!

Who can use this product?

• Students at the Intermediate level of the ACTFL proficiency chart or higher
• AP Spanish® Students

How can I use this product?

• Assign these videos and viewing guides for in-class or for homework
• Ask students to discuss the information they heard about in the videos.  Ask provocative questions and get students to play devil’s advocate to support the other side!
• Use small group or whole-class instruction to discuss the bias in these videos
• Use the information students learn from the videos as sources for students to use to debate whether or not these environmental challenges will really result in the consequences presented in the videos
• Works well with Unit 4 or Unit 6 of the AP® curriculum!

What’s included in this product?

• Two links to curated YouTube videos
• Information about how long each video is
• 2 Google Docs with comprehension questions  (one for each video, all questions in Spanish)
• An answer key for each viewing guide
• A link to the Edpuzzle version of the first video (auto-graded, multiple choice questions in Spanish)

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✅Check out my money-saving bundle of activities to explore La sobrepoblación as another context within this unit!

✅Ready for the AP Test? These How-To Google Slides presentations about the AP Open-Ended Responses section of the exam may help!

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AP Spanish® teachers- here is a GREAT way to assess both content knowledge and either writing or speaking skill! This assessment can be digital or printable, formative or summative! It can serve as a good introduction to the argumentative essay or a faster way to assess persuasive writing than having students do a full argumentative AP®-style essay. Included in this resource is a student study guide explaining what their task is and some helpful do's and don'ts to writing persuasively!

Instead of an entire essay, students will write a concise paragraph defending a position related to a topic investigated in class. In order to do well, students must reference the sources they read, listened to, viewed and discussed in class. This task asks a question about climate change, but simply change out the question to make this assessment fit with any unit or context!

Who can use this product?

• Advanced Spanish students (Year 4, 5 AP®)

How can I use this product?

• Assign this assessment via Google Classroom (or other digital learning platform) or print this out to use it in paper form
• Use this assessment as a writing or a speaking task
• Change out the question to use and re-use this assessment
• Grade this as a formal or informal assessment (formative or summative)
• Use this as a homework assignment or a class activity
• Use this as a lead-in to writing an entire argumentative essay
• Assess content knowledge as well ask language proficiency

What's included in this product?

• a page of Teacher Notes with helpful hints about using this resource
• a study guide for students including the do's and don'ts of writing persuasively
• an assessment question related to climate change (easily changed or edited to fit your unit or context)
• a grading rubric

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Here are some other resources for Global Challenges and the Argumentative Essay:

Argumentative Essay How To

AP Spanish Argumentative Essay: Graphic Organizer for Student Practice

2 articles with comprehension questions and GoFormative version: Environmental Challenges

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AP Spanish Language and Culture® is a challenging course to teach!  This bundle of unit intro activities will help get your unit started each time, so you can finish planning other activities or tie up correcting from the previous unit!  Essential Questions, Vocabulary, Vocab Practices and a Hook Activity are included for all 6 units! 

It’s important to grab your students’ attention right away and get them excited about the new theme!  Each set of intro activities includes a “Hook Activity” that introduces the theme in a thought-provoking, teen-friendly way!  

Each vocab list has a list of words that will be helpful to get through the unit, and has a Quizlet to help students practice.  Each unit also has 2 vocab practice activities to help students learn the new words in context. 

The Essential Questions guide the work for the unit and give teachers a place to start when thinking about how to go through the unit with students.  

And of course, if you need even more breathing room, teachers can purchase theentire unit, or the whole year curriculum, also linked below!

Who can use this product?

• AP Spanish Language and Culture students

How can I use this product?

• Hook your students with the first activity
• Present Essential Questions
• Introduce vocabulary
• Start reinforcing new vocabulary

What’s included in this product?

• 6 AP Unit themes each have
  • Essential Questions
  • Hook Activity
  • Vocabulary List
  • Pre-made Quizlet for new vocab
  • 2 vocabulary practices (homework or classwork)

Other resources you may like:

⭐AP Spanish Lesson Plans Unit 1 Familias Complete Unit!

⭐AP Spanish Week 1: Everything You Need to Get Started!

⭐AP Spanish Lesson Plans for the Whole Year without a Textbook

⭐AP Spanish Projects Bundle: 1 or more for each unit!

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Want to discuss environmental challenges with your AP Spanish® students?  Unit 6, Environmental, Political and Social Challenges is a perfect time!  This bundle includes activities for reading, writing and listening comprehension as well as an assessment!

Teachers can assess what students understand quickly by using the self-checking Formative and Edpuzzle questions that go with the articles and videos.  Students can practice answering open-ended questions with other articles and teachers have an answer key to refer to.  Last, the persuasive paragraph allows teachers to do an interim assessment that can be graded quickly!

Who can use this product?

• AP Spanish® students

How can I use this product?

• Use this as a mini unit within Unit 6
• Activities can be done in class or assigned as homework

What’s included in this product?

• 2 articles about global warming with Formative versions (for auto-correcting)
• Google Docs copy of the above articles with embedded AP-style MCQ questions
• 2 articles (about Corals and Electronic Garbage) with questions (Plus teacher answer key)
• A podcast in Edpuzzle form with auto-correcting questions
• 2 videos with questions + Teacher answer key
• Edpuzzle version with auto-graded questions for one of the above videos
• A persuasive paragraph assessment with rubric
• Study guide for students, with rubric included

Other resources you may like:

AP Spanish Unit 6 Global Challenges Complete Unit Lesson Plans

AP Spanish End of Year Bundle

Test Prep Growing Mega Bundle

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