Course Title

AP Environmental Science

Course Description

AP Environmental Science is a course that will provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies requried to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, to identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and human-made, to evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and to examine alternative solutions for resolving or preventing them. Environmental science is interdisciplinary; it embraces a wide variety of topics from different areas of study. Yet there are several major unifying constructs, or themes, that cut across the many topics included in the study of environmental science.

Contact

Robin Schott
405-743-5554
rscho@okcareertech.org
or
Tina Fugate
405-743-5139
tfuga@okcareertech.org

Knowledge and Skills

• Environmental Interrelationships
• Environmental Ethics
• Environment's Relationships With Organisms
• Ecosystems and Communities
• Population Principles
• Human Population
• Human Impact on Ecosystems
• Energy Resources
• Nuclear Energy
• Hazardous Materials
• Waste Disposal
• Agriculture and Pest Management

Suggested Labs/Activities

• Census Data Research
• Population Profiles
• Ecological Footprint Activity
• Owl Pellet Activity
• Food Webs/Chains
• Succession Studies
• Ecosystem/Biodiversity Inventory and Analysis
• Water Analysis
• Soil Analysis
• Herbicide Evaluation

Accountability Measures, Assessments, or Evaluation Procedures

All AP Courses undergo an AP Course Audit through College Board.  Please refer to their website for further information.

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com

Industry Alignments

Curriculum Resources

Additional textbooks, other than those listed below may be appropriate for the AP Environmental Science course. However, schools should make every effort to acquire textbooks no older than five years old for use in this course.

Botkin, Daniel B., and Edward A. Keller. Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet. New
       York: John Wiley & Sons.

Berg, Linda, and Peter H. Raven. Environment. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Brennan, Scott R., and Jay H. Withgott. Environment: The Science Behind the Stories. San
       Francisco: Pearson Education/Benjamin Cummings.

Chiras, Daniel D. Environmental Science. Boston: Jones and Bartlett.

Cunningham, William P., Mary Ann Cunningham, and Barbara Woodward Saigo.
       Environmental Science: A Global Concern. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Enger, Eldon D., and Bradley F. Smith. Environmental Science: A Study of Interrelationships.
       New York: McGraw-Hill.

Miller, G. Tyler. Living in the Environment: Principles, Connections, and Solutions. Pacific Grove,
       CA: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning.

Miller, G. Tyler, Jr. Environmental Science: Working with the Earth. Pacific Grove, CA:
       Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning.

Wright, Richard. Environmental Science. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.

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