经验教程|美国高中一年学分课 36周 AP 环境科学 Environmental Science( 二 )


Week 7: Major Ecosystems of the World
Learn about the various major terrestrial biomes and aquatic habitats of the world.
Week 8: Evolution of Biodiversity
Learn about the biodiversity of life on earth, how that biodiversity can be measured, and how evolutionary changes take place.
Week 9: Community Ecology
Learn how various species interact with each other and factors that can alter the relationships between species.
Week 10: Population Ecology
Learn about the size and structure of populations of species.
Week 11: The Human Population
Learn specifically about the human population and how to interpret age structure diagrams and understand factors involving demographic transition.
Week 12: Water Resources
Learn about natural sources of water, water management and distribution.
Week 13: Those Mighty Minerals
Learn about how the importance of mineral resources, how minerals are concentrated, distributed and extracted.
Week 14: Soil - Don't Treat It Like Dirt
Learn about what soil is and isn’t. Learn about how soil is formed and ways it can be enriched or degraded.
Week 15: Non-renewable Energy Resources
Learn about the importance of, uses and consequences of the use of coal, oil and natural gas.
Week 16: Achieving Energy Sustainability
Learn about alternative energy sources, the hidden costs of some of those sources and how energy sustainability can be achieved.
Week 17: Land - Public and Private
Learn about the “Tragedy of the Commons” and land management.
Week 18: Air Pollution and Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
Learn about the structure and function of Earth’s atmosphere and the importance, and destruction of the ozone layer.
Week 19: Water Pollution
Learn about the categories of water pollution, the scarcity of potable water and wastewater management practices.
Week 20: The Urban Environment
Learn about the structure and function of cities and the pathways for the flow of materials and energy. Begin independent research project.
Week 21: Waste Generation and Disposal
Learn about solid waste management practices and what has been learned from past poor or insufficient practices.
Week 22: Human Health and Environmental Risk
Learn how to evaluate human health risks and environmental risks.
Week 23: Global Change
Learn how every increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are causing or contributing to global changes.
Week 24: Down on the Farm - Feeding The World
Learn about the benefits and risks to the environment from modernized, industrialized agriculture.
Week 25: Conservation of Biodiversity
Learn about the importance of biological diversity and ways in which humans are managing and acting to repair the negative impacts on biodiversity.
Week 26: Mending the Air
Learn about problems caused by air pollution and some of the solutions put into practice to help clean the air.
Week 27: Food
Learn about the nutritional requirements for human health, causes of hunger, food production, quality, and distribution.
Week 28: Mending Life - Preserving Biodiversity
Learn about biodiversity hot spots and in situ and ex situ conservation practices.
Week 29: Managing Our Impact - Environmental Laws
Learn about national laws and multi-national regulations put in place to protect the environment.
Week 30: Sustainability, Economics, and Equity
Learn how economics and equity relate to sustainable environmental practices.
Week 31: Course Review Weeks 1 – 15
Review major course content from the first semester and begin formal review for the AP? Environmental Science exam.
Week 32: Course Review Weeks 16-30
Review major course content from the second semester and continue formal review for the AP? Environmental Science exam.
Week 33: Final Thoughts and Course Wrap Up


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