Syllabus For Ap Environmental Science Essay

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SYLLABUS FOR AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
FIORELLO H. LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL
MR. NEAL SINGH The Advanced Placement Environmental Science course may be the most important course a you will ever take in your educational career. Not only does this course make you an informed citizen but it also allows you to appreciate different world viewpoints, become an educated voter, and realize the fragility and resilience of our planet. This course also provides interests for students of many different educational inclinations. From scientific areas such as biology, ecology, chemistry, physics, and geology to social sciences like geography, anthropology, demography, economics, and political science to the humanities including ethics and philosophy, AP Environmental …show more content…

Each period runs for 45 minutes. Field trips will also be included in this course. Consequently, students will spend over 25% of weekly class time in laboratory work. COURSE GOAL AND OBJECTIVE
The main goals of the AP Environmental Science course are to enable students to develop conceptual framework for environmental science, an appreciation of science as an inquiry process, and an understanding of the importance of energy in ecological systems, earth as an interconnected system, the role of humans, the social and cultural context of environmental issues, and the value of sustainability. At the completion of AP Environmental Science, the student will be able to organize, discuss, explain, analyze, interpret and integrate topics related to the following themes:
1. Science as a process:
A. Science is a method of exploring the world.
B. Science constantly changes the way we understand the world.
2. Energy conversions underlying all ecological processes:
A. Energy cannot be created.
B. Energy becomes more unstable at each step as it flows through

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