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Additional Fees: Students attending the optional along with extensive research on the possible
field trip to Cedar Point in the spring will incur a solutions to these risks. The course will include
ticket cost of approximately $30. lectures, independent reading and note taking,
AP Exams (B & C): $188.00 laboratory experiences, field experiences and field
trips. Students enrolled in this class are required to
AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE take the AP exam in May.
Lab Fees: $30.00
(Full year, 1 AP credit, Grades 11, 12) AP Exam: $94.00
Prerequisite Recommendation: Successful
completion ("B" or better) in Biology, Chemistry and SCIENCE RESEARCH, INQUIRY &
Algebra II. Ecology and Physics would be helpful but ENTREPRENEURSHIP
are not essential. Any student without these
prerequisites will be asked to petition the teacher No longer a “for credit” class; however, Internship
for entry into the course. opportunities exist through the science department
or through the Credit Flex option.
The Advanced Placement Environmental Science
course parallels a college environmental science
that is based upon scientific principles and analyses
from a variety of approaches and includes scientific
laboratory and/or field investigations.

The course provides instruction in each of the
following areas: earth systems and resources, the
living world, population, land and water usage,
energy resources and consumption, pollution and
global changes. In addition to providing students
with the scientific principles required to understand
the interrelationships of the natural world, the
course includes methods for evaluating data
mathematically and teaches students how to
identify and analyze ecological and human risks

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