AP Environmental Science-1-1

AP Environmental Science is an interdisciplinary, applied science course taught at a level equivalent to a college-level environmental science course. It involves biology, chemistry, physics, geology, ecology, economics, political science, and mathematics. The course has both theoretical and practical components, as well as a laboratory component. At a minimum, twenty-five percent of instructional time is devoted to hands-on laboratory work with an emphasis on inquiry-based investigations. Investigations require students to ask questions, make observations and predictions, design experiments, analyze data, and construct arguments in a collaborative setting, where they direct and monitor their progress.