AP Environmental Science

The A.P. Environmental Science course is similar in format and content to an introductory college-level Environmental Science course.  It provides students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships in the natural world.  It is a rigorous course involving strong laboratory and field investigation components and utilizes a combination of activities, discussions, technology, lectures, demonstrations and other visual aids to give students a solid background in a broad representation of environmental science topics.  Topics covered include:  Human Populations, Terrestrial Ecology, Aquatic Ecology, Biodiversity and Endangered Species, Non-Renewable Resources and Energy, Soil, Pest Management and Toxicology, Waste Management, Water Pollution and Sewage, and Air and the Atmosphere.  Upon completion of the course, students are encouraged to take the A.P. Environmental Science examination administered by the College Board.  Performance on that exam as well as the student's portfolio of laboratory reports will be considered by the college or university in awarding A.P. credit.  A.P. Environmental Science is currently offered only in even-numbered years.

Prerequisites:  Biology and Chemistry with grades of B or better.

Complete the Summer Assignment by the first day of class (open Assignment List below). 

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.

Mahatma Gandhi (1947)