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AP Environmental ScienceRiverbend High School
*Start your AP science experience in 9th grade!**You can earn college credit, and be on track
to take AP Biology your sophomore year!*
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What is environmental science?• An Interdisciplinary study
– Sciences: Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences– History: learning from our environmental past– Policy: environmental laws and regulations– Math skills: math is often the language of science, so we work
on problem solving skills
• Lectures• Labs• Research• READING
APES Topics1. Earth Systems and
Resources 2. The Living World 3. Population 4. Land and Water Use 5. Energy Resources and
Consumption 6. Pollution 7. Global Change
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What does it take?
• Reading– College level textbook– Independent reading, note taking,
and reading-checks• Study time
– Expect to spend an hour a night reading, preparing, studying for this course
• Discussion– Talk about the issues!– Current events—environmental
science happens EVERY DAY!
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What does it take?• Study skills• Test-taking skills• Self-advocacy skills• Math skills• Organization skills• Time management
• AP College Board Exam in May
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Summer 2015
• AP Bridge Program– Dates/times TBA– Two weeks before the start of the school year
• Get to know your classmates• Get a head start on all that reading!
Course Information:https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-environmental-science
Instructor information:Gini [email protected]