AP Environmental Science

AP Environmental Science takes a global perspective, examining the very latest issues concerning the environment while still providing the foundation for students to understand and engage with the science involved. Current concerns in the global community, including wildfires, COVID-19, glacial retreat, and loss of biodiversity are examined, with the emphasis being on the interconnectedness of Earth’s systems and the importance of ecosystem services. Using current case studies, student investigations, and data analysis. BIOZONE’s AP Environmental Science emphasizes the application of knowledge to understanding the Earth’s systems and identifying and analyzing environmental problems and their solutions. This easily navigated resource addresses the two essential components of the course framework: science practices and course content. Its interdisciplinary approach and highly visual format encourage students to engage fully with the principles, ideas, and methodologies required to understand the natural world.

Features and Benefits

• AP Environmental Science begins with chapter introductions that provide a summary of the required content, encapsulating the essential knowledge statements matched point for point.
• Key questions provide the focus for each activity.
• Student inquiry is supported through simple hands-on investigations (lab and field-based).
• The big ideas and science practices spiral across topics and units.
• Through current case studies, students identify and analyze natural and human-made environmental problems and evaluate solutions.
• Concept and science practice codes help students make important connections across the whole program.

1. The Living World: Ecosystems
2. The Living World: Biodiversity
3. Populations
4. Earth Systems and Resources
5. Land and Water Use
6. Energy Resources and Consumption
7. Atmospheric Pollution
8. Aquatic and Terrestrial Pollution
9. Global Change
10. Science Practices for Environmental Science Students

eBook Versions

BIOZONE eBooks provide a digital replica of the printed work text, allowing students and teachers to seamlessly transition between both formats in a hybrid delivery situation. It is easy to incorporate eBook material into your learning management system. You can direct students to the required activity and provide notes and guidance about what you want them to do.

BIOZONE provides three different eBook products:
eBook LITE
Students interact with the BIOZONE content using notes, highlights, bookmarks, and some simple drawing tools. Embedded text to speech reader, and text translation in 21 languages.

eBook PLUS
All the functionality of eBook Lite plus direct interaction with the BIOZONE Resource Hub. Students can answer and submit responses for review or grading.

eBook Teacher’s Edition
Provided free with a classroom purchase, the this resource has all the content of the printed Teacher Edition and the functionality described above (including direct access to BIOZONE’s Resource Hub).