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Course Description
Advanced Placement Environmental Science (“APES”) is a college-level environmental science course. This course is taught as a traditional science course, incorporating laboratory activities, virtual activities, short-term projects, long-term studies, field investigations, and the use of technology for gathering data (data probes, including dissolved oxygen, temperature probes, and pH meters as well as data analysis software). Experiences in the laboratory and field and through virtual internet labs will provide students with opportunities to relate classroom concepts to real-world applications of environmental science. Through these experiences, students will be recording data, gathering evidence, and presenting it to their peers verbally and in writing in different formats both digitally and via poster sessions.
NOTE: This class is designed for ALL students. Prior experience in an Advanced Placement course is not required. If you have an interest in learning more about the environment and what actions we can take to positively impact it then this is the class for you.
PREREQUISTES: “B” or better in Biology 1-2C or higher and concurrent enrollment or completion of Chemistry 1-2C, or Physics 1-2C.
Project Based Learning:
Project 1: How can we reduce our ecological footprint?
Project 2: How can our community develop more sustainably?
Project 3: How can we meet the needs of our growing population while sustaining Earth’s natural resources?
Project 4: How can we balance the needs of humans with the health of the oceans?
Project 5: How can the global community collaborate to support more environmentally conscious and equitable use of energy resources?
What is flipped instruction? (click this!)
What is flipped instruction? (click this!)
We prioritize spending time conducting labs and activities in-class. This is a higher level skill that requires application of the course content. In order to conduct this, the majority of students' homework is note-taking. This is a lower-level cognitive skill that students can more easily complete outside class. Then, we can work collaboratively to better understand the course content through labs, discussion, activities, and fieldwork in-class. This significantly reduces time spent on traditional lectures in-class.
Students will utilize our textbook and online APES videos (here's an example of topic video for our course about sustainable forestry) to take guided-structured notes outside of class. This makes the course notes clear and concise for ALL students.
APES Textbook
APES Textbook
Environment: The Science Behind the Stories (7th edition for AP - 2021) provides students with case studies that build context into our course content. Students learn about real environmental challenges, data, and solutions!
Students will have access to many online study resources, practice questions, and current environmental science research that's embedded into the textbook.
All We Can Save
All We Can Save
To supplement our learning about environmental science concepts, we will read a text (comprised of 60+ authors that are climate leaders) and discuss how we can address these challenges as a community.
"We must summon truth, courage, and solutions, to turn away from the brink and toward life-giving possibility. Curated by two climate leaders, this book is a collection and celebration of visionaries who are leading us on a path toward all we can save." - The All We Can Save Project
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