[KHO1417 (Alt 11,12)]

Year, Prerequisite: B or better in Biology and Chemistry, and recommendation from prior science teacher; or instructor approval.  Open to Grades 11-12.

The goal of the Environmental Science course is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, to identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and human-made, to evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and to examine alternative solutions for resolving and/or preventing them. Environmental Science is interdisciplinary; it embraces a wide variety of topics from different areas of study.  Yet there are several major unifying constructs, or themes, that cut across the many topics included in the study of environmental science.  This course will investigate Environmental Science through the lens of Hawaiʻi’s watersheds or ahupuaʻa and the effects of human activity within them.

AP Exam FEE is approximately $95.00, payable at the beginning of the second semester.