Environmental Science

The resources here will be helpful in planning environmental studies lessons for middle and high school students.

Comprehensive AP Resources

AP Environmental Science Course and Exam Description
https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/2019-05/ap-environmental-science-course-and-exam-description.pdf

 AP Daily Environmental Science Videos (Content and Review)
https://www.youtube.com/@advancedplacement/search?query=environmental

Teaching AP Science (Schertz)
https://teachingapscience.com/

AP Environmental Science Kearny High School
http://ogoapes.weebly.com/

VScienceClasses: APES Course Resources
https://sites.google.com/view/vscienceclasses/home?authuser=0

@Jordan.Dischinger.Smedes AP Resources
https://linktr.ee/jordan.dischinger.smedes

Fairfax County High School Environmental Science Curriculum
https://www.fcps.edu/academics/high/science/environmental-science


Lesson Plans

InTeGrate Teaching Materials  (Interdisciplinary Teaching About Earth for a Sustainable Future)
https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/index.html

EarthLabs: Earth and Environmental Science Labs
https://serc.carleton.edu/earthlabs/index.html

Earth Exploration Toolbook (Focus on analyzing data sets)
https://serc.carleton.edu/eet/index.html

Introduction to Environmental Science Unit Plan
https://www.aurumscience.com/environmental/1_introduction/unitplan.html

Lesson Plans, Teacher Guides and Online Environmental Resources for Educators
https://www.epa.gov/students/lesson-plans-teacher-guides-and-online-environmental-resources-educators

PLT Environmental Education Resources
https://www.plt.org/resources/resources-for-plt-lessons

EarthDay.org Environmental Education Resource Library
https://www.earthday.org/education-resource-library/

Science Buddies: High School Environmental Science Lesson Plans
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/teacher-resources/lesson-plans/subjects/environmental-science/high-school

Natural Science Aspects of Environmental Studies

CLEAN: Teaching About Climate and Energy
https://cleanet.org/clean/literacy/index.html

NASA's Global Climate Change Portal
https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/

ELI Climate Change Resources
https://eli.lehigh.edu/climate-change/instructional-resources

TIL Climate Guides for Educators
https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-guides-educators

Teaching Climate Change
https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/climatechange/recommended.html

A Growing Concern: Sustaining Soil Resources through Local Decision Making
https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/sustain_agriculture/index.html

Teaching About Water
https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/themes/infuse/water.html

Teaching About Energy
https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/energy/index.html

Environmental Law and Policy

Teaching Public Policy in the Earth Sciences
https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/publicpolicy/activities.html

Environmental Economics

Teaching About Food
https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/themes/infuse/food.html

The Lifestyle Project
https://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/enviroprojects/lifestyle.html

Action to Enhance Sustainability
https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/workshops/sustainability2012/activities/stigliani.html

Building a Greenway: A Case Study
https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas/building-greenway-case-study?

Environmental Ethics

Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources
https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/freshwater/index.html

Environmental Justice: Resources for Creating Healthy, Sustainable, and Equitable Communities
https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/resources-creating-healthy-sustainable-and-equitable-communities

EJScreen: Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool
https://www.epa.gov/ejscreen