AP Environmental Science | Edison Academy

The environmental science major prepares you for career success in natural resources and conservation, public health, environmental monitoring and remediation, industrial environmental management, or research or education of environmental science.

This online class site will be your central location to find content, assignments, exams, multimedia, discussion forums and more for this course. This resource has been created by utlitizing articles and files from some of the most distinguished professors and scientists in the field of Earth science.

This Week's Topic - Climate

Learning Objectives
1. Students will demonstrate the ability to plan and execute experiments that demonstrate the use and understanding of modern instruments, accurate quantitative measurements, appropriate recording skills, safe lab practices, and appropriate use of computer applications.
2. Students will demonstrate their ability to communicate effectively in written and oral form, demonstrating the ability to create an appropriate annotated bibliography and the ability to use effective presentation skills.
3. Students will develop a sense of community responsibility by becoming aware of scientific issues in the larger social context.
4. Students will demonstrate interpretative skills including the ability to analyze data statistically, assess reliability, interpret results and draw reasonable conclusions.
5. Students will become well grounded in laws and theories of chemistry by demonstrating and applying the scientific method, developing a synthetic strategy toward a target molecule and effective use of chemical literature.
6. Students will develop standards of professional behavior that include rules of ethics and etiquette.
Course Outline
AP Environmental Science Topic Outline Earth systems and resources Earth science concepts Geologic time scale Geologic time Plate tectonics Plate tectonics Earthquakes Earthquake Volcanism...
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Introducing Earth
Climate
The Atmosphere
Geography
Heat
Midterm Exam

This exams tests your understanding of environmental topics so far
Resources
Volcanoes
Water
Earthquakes
Final Exam
Ancient Earth: The First Three Billion Years
The Big Bang, the single point in space and time from which all matter and energy in the universe supposedly emanated, is thought to have occurred sometime around 13.7 Ga (gigayears ago; 1 Ga means...
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DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a long chain organic molecule that contains the coding for all metabolic and reproductive processes of all living organisms, save for certain viruses. This helix shap...
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