This AP environmental science course is a semester course designed to fulfill the requirements of a one semester introductory college course in environmental science.  It is interdisciplinary in nature and frequently draws from a wide variety of fields including geology, biology, environmental studies, chemistry, geography and environmental science.  This course is designed to be rigorous and the laboratory/fieldwork is an fundamental part of our studies. The reoccurring themes that we will investigate throughout the course are how science is a process that constantly changes the way we understand the world and that energy conversions utterly all ecological processes. Scientific principles and disciplines are an integral part of the course.  Students are encouraged throughout the course to consider scientific principles and disciplines when completing activities, and laboratory and/or fieldwork. All laboratory/fieldwork includes an analysis and interpretation component.

The goal of this course is to provide students with the skills needed to methodically identify and analyze environmental issues both natural and man made, evaluate the risks correlated to these issues, examine alternative solutions to resolve or prevent them, and develop their own views on these issues.