Advanced Placement Environmental Science
Mrs. Wise
Welcome to APES!
Mrs. Wise
610-970-6700 ext: 82261
Course Description
The goal of AP Environmental Science is to understand the inter-relationships of the natural world and to identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and human made. This course will also provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies to understand the interrelationships of the natural world. This course is designed to prepare students for the College Board AP Environmental Science Exam.
Textbook
Environment: The Science Behind the Stories, by Jay Withgott and Matt Laposata, 5th edition, 2014, Pearson
Homework
All homework is due at the beginning of the block. If you turn your homework in any later than that it will be worth half credit.
Homework may include but is not limited to:
§ Reviewing lecture notes
§ Lab write-ups
§ Reading current textbook content as well as answering questions from the textbook
§ Essays
§ At least ½ hour should be spent every night reviewing the content from class
If you are absent the day a homework assignment is due you MUST turn it in at the beginning of class the next day (or the next day you are in school). If you fail to do this your homework assignment will be considered late.
Course Outline
Unit 1 – Intro to Environmental Science Time: 9 days
Chapter 1 – Science and Sustainability: An Introduction to Environmental Science
Chapter 2 – Earth’s Physical Systems: Matter, Energy, and Geology
Unit 2 – Ecology Time: 15 days
Chapter 3 – Evolution, Biodiversity, and Population Ecology
Chapter 11 – Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
Chapter 4 – Species Interactions and Community Ecology
Chapter 5- Environmental Systems and Ecosystem Ecology
Unit 3 – Biomes and Forest Management Time: 5 days
Chapter 4 – Species Interactions and Community Ecology
Chapter 12 – Forests, Forest Management, and Protected Areas
Unit 4 – Human Population and Toxicity, Urbanization, Waste Time: 10 days
Chapter 8 – Human Population
Chapter 14 – Environmental Health and Toxicology
Unit 5 – Land Use Time: 10 days
Chapter 23 – Minerals and Mining
Chapter 13 – The Urban Environment: Creating Sustainable Cities
Chapter 22 – Managing Our Waste
Unit 5 – Soil, Agriculture, Fishing Time: 7 days
Chapter 9 – Soil and Agriculture
Chapter 10 – Agriculture, Biotechnology, and the Future of Food
Chapter 16 – Marine and Coastal Systems and Resources
Unit 6 – Water Resources and Water Pollution Time: 10 days
Chapter 15 – Freshwater Systems and Resources
Unit 7 – Atmosphere, Air Pollution, Climate Change Time: 8 days
Chapter 17 – Atmospheric Science, Air Quality, and Pollution Control
Chapter 18 – Global Climate Change
Unit 8 – Energy Time: 8 days
Chapter 19 – Fossil Fuels, Their Impacts, and Energy Conservation
Chapter 20 – Conventional Energy Alternatives
Chapter 21 – Non Renewable Energy
Unit 9 – Environmental Ethics and Policy Time: 5 days
Chapter 6 – Ethics, Economics, and Sustainable Development
Chapter 7 – Environmental Policy: Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Unit 10 – Sustainability Time: 10 days
Chapter 24 – Sustainable Solutions
Grading Policy
A = 93-100
B = 85-92
C = 77-84
D = 70-76
F = 0-69
Attendance Policy
§ If homework is due on a day you are absent that assignment is due as soon as you walk into the next class period.
§ If you are absent on the day of a test or quiz you must take that test or quiz your first day back in school.
§ You have the amount of days you were absent to make up work that you missed while absent.
§ When you are absent it is your responsibility to find out what you missed.
Rules
Everyone has the right to learn no one has the right to take that away
NO Ipods, Cell Phones, MP3 Players, etc
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Note: Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns. E-mail is the best way to get in contact with me. Thank you.