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AP Environmental Science
The AP Environmental Science course is designed to be the equivalent of a one-semester, introductory college course in environmental science, through which students engage with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world. The course requires that students:
Some Of The Labs Included in AP Environmental Science:
Possible Career Paths Include:
- Identify and analyze natural and human-made environmental problems
- Evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems
- Examine alternative solutions for resolving or preventing them
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Environmental science
- Environmental studies
- Geography
- Geology
- Oceanography
- Physics
Some Of The Labs Included in AP Environmental Science:
- Soil sample collection, soil organisms observation and microscopic analysis
- Wetland trip (stream analysis: turbidity, pH, & macroinvertebrates survey)
- Predator - Prey simulation
- Coral Bleaching
- Parking Lot Biodiversity
- Lichen Indicators of pollution
- Owl Pellet - Ecosystem energy flow
- Ocean currents
- Algae growth lake eutrophication
- Decomposition analysis
Possible Career Paths Include:
- Agricultural Engineer
- Anthropologist
- Archaeologist
- Biochemist
- Bioinformatics
- Climatologist
- Chemical engineer
- Ecologist
- Entomologist
- Environmental activist
- Environmental consultant
- Environmental researcher
- Environmental scientist
- Environmental lawyer
- Geographer
- Government regulator
- Hydrologist
- Marine Biologist
- Meteorologist
- Microbiologist
- Molecular Biologist
- Oceanographer
- Paleontologist
- Parasitologist
- Pollution engineer
- Range manager
- Seismologist
- Soil scientist
- Toxicologist
- Waste management technician
- Wildlife Biologist
- Zoologist
- And many other!
