AP Environmental Science (APES)



AP Environmental Science (APES)

Mr. Hagmann - Room 511

2010-2011 School Year!

Welcome Back. Please check my website site for class details. The calendar describes what we will be doing during each unit. All rules concerning attendance and student behavior grades are clearly outlined in the student handbook and will be consistently enforced. My planning periods are 1st, 2nd and 3rd periods; if you have any question, please feel free to contact me.

 Course Guidelines & policies:

Course description:

The AP Environmental Science course is a full year course designed to the equivalent of an introductory college course in environmental science. The goal of this course is to provide students with scientific principles, concepts and methodologies required 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 problem and to examine alternative solutions for resolving and/or preventing them.

Text:

Miller, G. Tyler. Living in the Environment: Principles, Connections, and Solutions 14th Edition.

Pacific Grove, CA: Brookscole Thomson Learning.

APES Materials and Supplies

 I recommend that lecture notes, homework, handouts, data analysis activities, and free-response questions be organized in a three-ring binder. This will be organized at the student's discretion and will be periodically checked. Remember that you have a comprehensive final as well as the AP exam at the end of the year. You will need a good scientific calculator, colored pencils, a 1" three-ring binder, notebook paper, metric ruler and graph paper.

Grading:

Your grade for the course is determined by a total points system and includes the following:

Tests

Lab, activities, projects

Homework / Notebook (Internet assignments, notes, data analysis, chapter test review, and media reviews)

Methods

Instruction consists mostly of lecture, discussions, demonstrations, and written assignments – Including research projects, in-class assignments and homework. Approximately one period per week will be devoted to hands-on labs, simulations or fieldwork. All lab, fieldwork and simulation activities will include a written report. Students also spend time during class investigating short case studies in which they interpret data, develop testable hypotheses and project what the possible outcomes would occur based on their hypotheses. Upon completion of labs students are required to write up a lab report and keep it in a composition notebook. Group projects are done individually or in groups, but each student is required to write his/her own report. Students find current environmental news articles (dealing with the unit at hand) and share them with the class approximately every 3 weeks. Videos are shown that expand upon the lecture notes or class discussions. The ‘Activities’ are hands-on manipulations or intellectual/math operations that add to the student’s understanding of the unit. Finally, grades are based on traditional assessment methods (unit tests, quizzes, lab reports, projects, homework) as well as class discussions and participatory inquiry of activities and labs. There is also a comprehensive exam given at the end of each semester.

About Myself

My name is Tim Hagmann. This is my sixth year here at Mount Tabor. I am originally from California and lived in Kansas City Missouri for 15 years before moving here to North Carolina. My degrees include a BS in Biology, a BA in Education and a MA in Curriculum and Instruction: emphasis science education.

thagmann@wsfcs.k12.nc.us

AP Environmental Science Teacher

Assistant Athletic Director

Swimming Coach

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