AP Connections with the Student Video Contest
Students in Advanced Placement classes will gain key skills and essential knowledge by participating in the World of 8 Billion video competition. The contest is a fabulous project for AP Human Geography and AP Environmental Science, as well as AP Biology.
Below we’ve listed the Units and Topics from the APHG, APES and APBio frameworks that are covered by the three 2024-2025 topics: Child Wellbeing, Rainforest Ecosystems, and Sanitation. You’ll find a PDF under each course that includes the specific Essential Knowledge from your CED.
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AP Human Geography
APHG Connections, including Essential Knowledge, Topics, & Units
DownloadChild Wellbeing
Unit 7: Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Process
- Topic 7.3 – Measures of Development
- Topic 7.7 – Changes as a Result of the World Economy
Rainforest Ecosystems
Unit 5: Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes
- Topic 5.10 – Consequences of Agricultural Practices
- Topic 5.11 – Challenges of Contemporary Agriculture
Unit 7: Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Process
- Topic 7.6 – Trade and the World Economy
Sanitation
Unit 5: Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes
- Topic 5.10 – Consequences of Agricultural Practices
Unit 6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes
- Topic 6.10 – Challenges of Urban Changes
- Topic 6.11 – Challenges of Urban Sustainability
Unit 7: Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Process
- Topic 7.3 – Measures of Development
- Topic 7.8 – Sustainable Development
AP Environmental Science
APES Connections, including Essential Knowledge, Topics, & Units
DownloadChild Wellbeing
Unit 3: Populations
- Topic 3.7 – Total Fertility Rate
- Topic 3.8 – Human Population Dynamics
- Topic 3.9 – Demographic Transition
Unit 8: Aquatic & Terrestrial Pollution
- Topic 8.14 – Pollution and Human Health
- Topic 8.15 – Pathogens and Infectious Diseases
Rainforest Ecosystems
Unit 1: The Living World: Ecosystems
- Topic 1.2 – Terrestrial Biomes
- Topic 1.4 – The Carbon Cycle
Unit 2: The Living World: Biodiversity
- Topic 2.1 – Introduction to Biodiversity
- Topic 2.2 – Ecosystem Services
- Topic 2.5 – Natural Disruptions to Ecosystems
- Topic 2.7 – Ecological Succession
Unit 3: Populations
- Topic 3.1 – Generalist and Specialists Species
- Topic 3.4 – Carrying Capacity
- Topic 3.5 – Population Growth and Resource Availability
Unit 5: Land & Water Use
- Topic 5.12 – Introduction to Sustainability
Topic 5.17 – Sustainable Forestry
Unit 6: Energy Resources and Consumption
- Topic 6.7 – Energy from Biomass
Unit 8: Aquatic and Terrestrial Pollution
- Topic 8.15 – Pathogens and Infectious Disease
Unit 9: Global Change
- Topic 9.10 – Human Impacts on Biodiversity
Sanitation
Unit 1: The Living World: Ecosystems
- Topic 1.3 – Aquatic Biomes
Unit 5: Land and Water Use
- Topic 5.7 – Meat Production Methods
- Topic 5.10 – Impacts of Urbanization
- Topic 5.13 – Methods to Reduce Urban Runoff
Unit 8: Aquatic and Terrestrial Pollution
- Topic 8.2 – Human Impacts on Ecosystems
- Topic 8.5 – Eutrophication
- Topic 8.11 – Sewage Treatment
- Topic 8.14 – Pollution and Human Health
- Topic 8.15 – Pathogens and Infectious Diseases
AP Biology
AP Bio Connections, including Essential Knowledge, Topics, & Units
DownloadRainforest Ecosystems
Unit 7: Natural Selection
- Topic 7.8 – Continuing Evolution
- Topic 7.11 – Extinction
- Topic 7.12 – Variations in Populations
Unit 8: Ecology
- Topic 8.3 – Population Ecology
- Topic 8.5 – Community Ecology
- Topic 8.6 – Biodiversity
- Topic 8.7 – Disruptions to Ecosystems
Organize your ideas with the Video Project Organizer, a step-by-step guide to the contest!
