This course provides high school students with a comprehensive and interdisciplinary understanding of environmental science. The course explores the complex relationships between humans and the natural world, focusing on environmental issues, challenges, and potential solutions. Students explore and investigate the interrelationships of the natural world and analyze environmental problems, both natural and human-made, as well as take part in laboratory investigations and field work.
Subject Breakdown:
Unit 1: The Living World: Ecosystems
6%–8%
Unit 2: The Living World: Biodiversity
6%–8%
Unit 3: Populations
10%–15%
Unit 4: Earth Systems and Resources
10%–15%
Unit 5: Land and Water Use
10%–15%
Unit 6: Energy Resources and Consumption
10%–15%
Unit 7: Atmospheric Pollution
7%–10%
Unit 8: Aquatic and Terrestrial Pollution
7%–10%
Unit 9: Global Change
15%–20%
Practice Resources:
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-college-environmental-science
https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-environmental-science
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-environmental-science/exam/past-exam-questions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc3FNVDAUYI&list=PLoGgviqq4847IAo58jX32INd_UxDVW0YJ