2. AP Environmental Science Riverbend High School *Start your AP science experience in 9 th grade!* *You can earn college credit, and be on track to take AP Biology your sophomore year!*

3. What is environmental science? An Interdisciplinary study – Sciences: Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences – History: learning from our environmental past – Policy: environmental laws and regulations – Math skills: math is often the language of science, so we work on problem solving skills Lectures Labs Research READING APES Topics 1.Earth Systems and Resources 2.The Living World 3.Population 4.Land and Water Use 5.Energy Resources and Consumption 6.Pollution 7.Global Change

4. What does it take? Reading – College level textbook – Independent reading, note taking, and reading-checks Study time – Expect to spend an hour a night reading, preparing, studying for this course Discussion – Talk about the issues! – Current events—environmental science happens EVERY DAY!

5. What does it take? Study skills Test-taking skills Self-advocacy skills Math skills Organization skills Time management AP College Board Exam in May

6. Summer 2015 AP Bridge Program – Dates/times TBA – Two weeks before the start of the school year Get to know your classmates Get a head start on all that reading! Course Information: https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-environmental-science Instructor information: Gini Greenlaw vgreenlaw@spotsylvania.k12.va.us