Advanced Placement Environmental Science



Welcome to APES!

Mrs. Wise

lwise@

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

BLOCK #________

STUDENT REVIEW

I HAVE READ THE SYLLABUS AND UNDERSTAND MY RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLY WITH THE INFORMATION AS PRESENTED IN THIS SYLLABUS.

Student Name: _______________________________________________________

Signature: _______________________________________Date: _______________

PARENT REVIEW

I HAVE READ THE SYLLABUS AND UNDERSTAND MY RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLY WITH THE INFORMATION AS PRESENTED IN THIS SYLLABUS.

Parent(s)/Guardian(s) Name:____________________________________________

Signature: _________________________________________Date: _____________

Phone Number: Daytime_____________________________

Evening_____________________________

Parent e-mail address (PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY):

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Best way to contact you: ____________Phone

____________E-mail

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.

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30% of your grade will be scientific knowledge (tests and quizzes)

50% of your grade will be class work (labs and activities)

10% of your grade will be participation (notebook checks, reading activities)

10% of your grade will be homework

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