AP Environmental Science at Franklin High School
AP Environmental Science has an in-depth curriculum, and is structured to allow students the opportunity to earn college credit from those institutions of higher learning accepting Advanced Placement Exam scores that show student proficiency in the course content.  The course is weighted at Franklin High School when calculating a student's grade point average.  APES includes an abundance of laboratory and fieldwork studies within its design.  The framework for the course, which is determined by the AP College Board, has flexibility in its delivery methods and field opportunities, since various resources exist in different communities that apply to the concepts being explored throughout the course.  

Here is APES as the AP College Board has it described:

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 identify and analyze natural and human-made environmental problems, evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and examine alternative solutions for resolving or preventing them. Environmental Science is interdisciplinary, embracing topics from geology, biology, environmental studies, environmental science, chemistry, and geography

Utilizing the seasons and what the environment has to offer during the course of the school year, course topics will be covered as opportunities present themselves.  Here are the topic areas the AP College Board requires that we cover:

Topic Outline

I. Earth Systems and Resources

II. The Living World

III. Population

IV. Land and Water Use

V. Energy Resources and Consumption

VI. Pollution

VII. Global Change