Environmental Science

COURSE DESCRIPTION – Environmental Science will integrate the study of many components of our environment, including the human impact on our planet. These outcomes focus on scientific inquiry, the physical world, the living environment, resource conservation, humans’ impact on the environment, and legal and civic responsibility. Instruction will stress the importance of data collection and analysis as obtained through laboratory experiences and field work. While scientific skills will be continuously reinforced, this course will contain instruction, case studies and independent investigation of the complex global systems and cycles that impact and are impacted by life, and especially the role of humans within this framework.

Link to Virginia DOE Environmental Science Plan or a Google Doc copy

COURSE GOALS –

- Students will investigate the complex cycles, interactions, changes and impact (both natural and man-made) in the physical and natural world.

- Students will collect and analyze data to apply scientific principles and techniques of investigating the physical and natural world.

- Students will evaluate multiple perspectives and factors that influence the balance of often competing interests.