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along with extensive research on the possible
Additional Fees: Students attending the optional
solutions to these risks. The course will include
field trip to Cedar Point in the spring will incur a
lectures, independent reading and note taking,
ticket cost of approximately $30. laboratory experiences, field experiences and field
AP Exams (B & C): $190.00
trips. Students enrolled in this class are required to

take the AP exam in May.
AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Lab Fees: $30.00
(Full year, 1 AP credit, Grades 11, 12) AP Exam: $95.00
Prerequisite Recommendation: Successful
completion ("B" or better) in Biology, Chemistry and
Algebra II. Ecology and Physics would be helpful but
are not essential. Any student without these
prerequisites will be asked to petition the teacher
for entry into the course.

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 SCIENCE RESEARCH, INQUIRY &
with the scientific principles required to understand ENTREPRENEURSHIP
the interrelationships of the natural world, the No longer a “for credit” class; however, Internship
course includes methods for evaluating data
opportunities exist through the science department
mathematically and teaches students how to or through the Credit Flex option.
identify and analyze ecological and human risks

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