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Environmental science is a captivating and rapidly expanding field, and this course offers compelling lessons that cover many aspects of the field: ecology, the biosphere, land, forests and soil, water, energy and resources, and societies and policy. Through unique activities and material, high school students connect scientific theory and concepts to current, real-world dilemmas, providing them with opportunities for mastery in each of the segments throughout the semester. Environmental Science A covers the following concepts: Scientific Processes and Introduction to Ecology including the studies scientific inquiry, adaptation and biodiversity Matter and Energy in Ecosystems including the studies of the cycles of matter, photosynthesis and energy flow in ecosystems Earth’s Biomes including the studies of factors that affect climate, characteristics of biomes and individual studies of specific biomes such as rainforests, deserts and marine Understanding Populations including the studies of population size, genetics and measuring populations

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• LINT
• Integrated science

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Online / Virtual