Teacher:

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AP Environmental Science

• Teacher
• Mr. Amato

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Topics

• In APES you will study topics that include
• Energy
• Waste management
• Pollution
• Soil and water quality
• Ecology
• Population
• Global footprint

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Benefits

• Good starter AP science course
• A better knowledge of current events
• A greater understanding of the balance of nature
• Knowledge of the green phenomenon
• Outdoor activities

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Benefits

• Gives a good background for other sciences
• Could lead you to a potential career
• Gives knowledge that will help you achieve career
  goals
• Gives college credit so you can take higher level
  courses in college.
• Perhaps you will want to hug a tree

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Careers Related to the Environmental Science
Field

• Environmental Scientists
• National Parks and Preserves Environmentalist
• Agriculture and Natural Resource Careers
• Environmental Engineer
• Forestry Career
• Geologist
• Green Jobs
• Zoologist

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Careers

• Biologists
• Mining Engineer
• Oceanographer
• Land Management
• Life Scientist
• Ecologist
• Paleontologist
• Urban and Land Use Planner
• Waste Management

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Curricular Requirements and Goals

• The course uses earth science, biology, and
  chemistry to understand the interrelationships of
  the natural world.
• The course includes methods for analyzing and
  interpreting information and experimental data,
  including mathematical calculations.

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Curricular Requirements and Goals

• The course teaches students how to identify and
  analyze environmental problems, to evaluate the
  ecological and human health risks associated with
  these problems, and to critically examine
  solutions for resolving or preventing them.
• The course includes a laboratory and/or field
  investigation component. A minimum of one class
  period or its equivalent per week is spent
  engaged in laboratory and/or field work (on
  average).

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Curricular Requirements

• The course and AP test cover the following seven
  content areas
• Earth Systems and Resources (10-15)
• The Living World (10-15)
• Population (10-15)
• Land and Water Use (10-15)
• Energy Resources and Consumption (10-15)
• Pollution (25-30)
• Global Change (10-15)

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Strategies for Success

• Read the text and take notes with vocabulary.
• Participate in labs.
• Relate what you are learning to an environmental
  issue so you can remember it better.
• Stay organized and keep everything.
• Share your opinions and take in the opinion of
  all sides.

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DO WHAT YOU CAN TO UNDERSTAND AND PRESERVE THE
PLANET
Take AP Environmental Science