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Environmental Science

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Why take Environmental Science?

Every day in the news there is another story about natural disasters, climate change, or other human created environmental issues.  Voting ballots increasingly include environmental measures, such as the recent plastic bag ban in California.  

To be an informed citizen one must understand the issues at hand.  That every problem has multiple solutions, and choosing the best one means weighing the risks and benefits of each.  

Our planet consists of the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. Sometimes, distinctions include the anthroposphere and cryosphere.  We rely on each of these spheres for our survival, and we are continually harming them through our current actions.  

As Jane Goodall says, we are making a difference, let us make it a good one.  
Student Resources:
  • Learn Concord Interactive Simulators
  • Dynamic Earth
  • Hazard City Game
  • Energy Basics Resources from EIA.GOV
  • Conocimiento de Energía videos
  • Earth Science Full Course
  • Albert Earth Science
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Syllabus in a nutshell:
​​(see full text here) 
(Español)

​Environmental Science is a foundation-level science course which is designed to help students become knowledgeable citizens of Earth while they learn good science practices.

Students must have a signed Lab Safety Contract (Español) prior to performing most labs.

Students are responsible for completing assignments on time. Late work is accepted with a 10% point deduction per day late. 

Students who were or will be absent are responsible for retrieving work and giving ample warning if work is desired before departure. 

Tutoring, test and lab makeups/retakes are performed on Mondays after school from 3:15-4:30. 






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  • Home
  • Meet the Teacher
  • Chemistry
    • Chemistry Calendar
    • It's Elemental >
      • Periodic Table
      • Radiation
      • Nuclear Energy
    • The Bonds We Share >
      • Physical or Chemical?
      • Compounds
      • Be Trendy
    • Don't OverREACT >
      • Chemical Equations
      • Types of Reactions
      • Don't Drop the Base
    • Mass in Chemistry >
      • I have this weird Mole
      • Stoichiometry
      • I have the Solution!
    • Energy in Chemistry >
      • Intermolecular Forces
      • Heat in Reactions
      • Enthalpy
    • I Only Eat Organic >
      • Hydrocarbons
      • Biomolecules
      • Circle of Life
    • Final
  • Integrated Science II
    • Matter and Energy >
      • Matter and Its Properties
      • Energy and Matter
    • Heat and Energy >
      • Behavior of Matter
      • Behavior of Energy
      • Earth's Interior
    • Properties of Matter
    • Chemical Attractions
    • Energy In Reactions
    • Human Impact on the Atmosphere
    • Chemical Equilibrium