Course title

Environmental Science

Pre-requisite

None

Course description

Environmental Science is an interdisciplinary course that integrates biology, earth science, chemistry, and other disciplines. Students completing Environmental Science, acquire the essential tools for understanding the complexities of national and global environmental systems. Students enrolled in this course conduct in-depth scientific studies of environmental systems, flow of matter and energy, natural disasters, environmental policies, biodiversity, population, pollution, and natural and anthropogenic resource cycles. Cross-cutting concepts are an integral part of this course. Students formulate, design, and carry out laboratory and field investigations as an essential course component using the Science and Engineering Practices.

School country

United States

School state

Indiana

School city

Indianapolis

High school

Indiana Connections Academy

School / district Address

6640 Intech Blvd

School zip code

46278

Requested competency code

Lab Science

Date submitted

Approved

Yes

Approved competency code

  • LINT
  • Integrated science

Approved date

Expected grade level

12th

Online / Virtual

Yes