High School ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
2022-2023 Course Outline

Required Text: Environment: The Science Behind the Stories (5th Edition)
Overview of Science Methods and Techniques
Human Population 
Carbon Footprint
Sustainability
Survivorship Curves
Tragedy of the Commons
Biogeological Cycles: 
          Nitrogen
          Water
          Carbon
          Phospherous
Trophic Levels
          Food Chains
          Food Webs
          Energy Pyramid
Community relationships
          Mutualism
          Inter and intraspecies competition
Succession
          Primary
          Secondary
Biomes
Atmosphere
Meteorology
          Global Wind Patterns
          Coriolis Effect
          Air Fronts
Seasons
Soil
Agriculture
          Positive and negative agriculture
Human Effects on the Environment
Climate Change
Ecocolumns/Terrariums
Energy Consumption
          Fossil Fuels
          Nuclear Energy
          Solar Energy
          Hydroelectric Power
          Wind Energy