Advanced Placement Environmental Science 

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1 credit year, Grades 11-12  

     

What is the result of our human “footprint” on ecosystem resources and processes at local and global scales? How do we manage our impact on the planet for a sustainable future for all living things?

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This course is equivalent to an introductory college-level course in Environmental Science. The goal is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand interrelationships within the natural world, to identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and human-made, and to examine alternative solutions for resolving or preventing them. Components include field and laboratory investigations, lecture and discussion forums, and research and writing activities. Topics to be explored include ecosystem ecology, global climate and biomes, population ecology and human population growth, Earth’s resources and land-use, energy resources and consumption, pollution impacts and mitigation, and global change.