THE CLIMATE CRISIS Honors 30413
2.5 credits
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Biology
This course is a semester honors credit course for juniors and seniors who are interested in learning more about climate change. The course will dive into the human impact on our changing planet. Topics will include: the mechanics of climate- how our atmosphere and oceans drive our climate/weather patterns and how that is changing due to excessive human carbon emissions. Other topics will include the world human population explosion and its impact on the environment. The world water crisis, agriculture and food, plastics and wastes in our oceans, the goal of green and renewable energy and the goal of a sustainable future. The class will be strongly infused with current events, socio-economics and politics to allow students access to information that will allow them to become informed consumers and knowledgeable voters.
