AP Environmental Science Riverbend High School *Start your AP science experience in 9 th grade!*...

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!*

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

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!

What does it take?• Study skills• Test-taking skills• Self-advocacy skills• Math skills• Organization skills• Time management

• AP College Board Exam in May

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 Greenlawvgreenlaw@spotsylvania.k12.va.us