ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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Senior 1 |
Energy & Engineering |
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Senior 2 |
Environmental Inquiry or AP Science of Choice | |
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AP Environmental Science: The goal of the AP Environmental Science course is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, to identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and human-made, to evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and to examine alternative solutions for resolving and/or preventing them.Green Urban Planning: Independent college level study is expected. Students will analyze neighborhoods, critique major developments, and apply basic concepts in urban design and environmental assessment. Includes a study of environmental careers.Energy & Engineering: Introduction to energy and society, global warming, thermodynamics, efficiency of motor vehicles, methods of power generation, acid rain, nuclear power, photochemical smog, HVAC, ozone depletion and energy conservation.Environmental Inquiry: Use of AP Environmental science skills to 'adopt' sites in the community and manage year-long data. College-level work on student-generated research, plant & insect biodiversity, tolerance, and paleo-environmental reconstruction.AP Science of Choice: Students may choose from AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics B or AP Physics C** Note: Advanced Placement Physics C has an AP Calculus co-requisite.
