Welcome to the world of Advanced Placement Environmental Science at Green Run High School. Perhaps the best thing about this course is that it extends beyond the walls of the school and into the community. From there it extends across our country and around the world. But what exactly is environmental science?

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary science that uses concepts and information from natural sciences such as biology, chemistry, earth science, and ecology; mathematical sciences such as geometry, math analysis, and probability and statistics; social sciences such as economics, ethics, geography, government, and history to help us understand how the earth works, learn how we are affecting the earth's life-support systems for us and other forms of life, and propose and evaluate solutions to the environmental problems we face in the world today.

Units of Study

• Introduction
• Unit 1: Ecological Principles and Sustainability
• Unit 2: Sustaining Biodiversity
• Unit 3: Sustaining Natural Resources
• Unit 4: Sustaining Environmental Quality
• Conclusion

The chapter pages are where I will be posting information associated with the assignments and assessments for all 25 chapters from Miller's Living in the Environment, 16th edition. This will help you keep up with the heavy workload for this course. We will try to maintain the pace that is required but at times adjustments will be made to improve the coverage of necessary material. We will be flexible and adapt to changes as they come about.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 - Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability
• Chapter 2 - Science, Systems, Matter, and Energy
• Chapter 3 - Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work?
• Chapter 4 - Biodiversity and Evolution
• Chapter 5 - Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control
• Chapter 6 - The Human Population and Its Impact
• Chapter 7 - Climate and Terrrestrial Biodiversity
• Chapter 8 - Aquatic Biodiversity
• Chapter 9 - Sustaining Biodiversity: The Species Approach
• Chapter 10 - Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach
• Chapter 11 - Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity
• Chapter 12 - Food, Soil, and Pest Management
• Chapter 13 - Water Resources
• Chapter 14 - Geology and Nonrenewable Minerals
• Chapter 15 - Nonrenewable Energy
• Chapter 16 - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
• Chapter 17 - Environmental Hazards and Human Health
• Chapter 18 - Air Pollution
• Chapter 19 - Climate Change and Ozone Depletion
• Chapter 20 - Water Pollution
• Chapter 21 - Solid and Hazardous Waste
• Chapter 22 - Sustainable Cities
• Chapter 23 - Economics, Environment, and Sustainability
• Chapter 24 - Politics, Environment, and Sustainability
• Chapter 25 - Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability

Important Notes

• Questions regarding homework, labwork, and tests can be emailed or posted in the individual page comments.
• Course documents can be downloaded from the individual pages for each chapter.
• Coursework may be submitted by e-mail or hard copy.
• It is important to keep pace and due dates for coursework will be strictly observed.

Honor Pledge

Working in groups on all coursework, except tests, is highly encouraged. Collaboration is acceptable provided each person works together to complete the entire assignment. By submitting an assignment, you are stating that you worked on the entire assignment and the work submitted is your own. Tests are to be completed without the assistance of another person. Use of any literature, printed or online, is permitted. By submitting a test, you are stating that you received no assistance in any way from another person. Anyone violating this pledge will be given a score of zero for all current and previous submitted assignments or tests. Cheating is an academic crime punishable by academic death!