Science Scope and Sequence – Environmental Science
Environmental Science
Laboratory Safety
Environmental Science & Ecology
Quarter 1
Quarter 2
Quarter 3
Quarter 4
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X
Humans and the Environment
Earth’s Resources
Sustainable Future
X
X
X
Laboratory-centered, this course introduces fundamental ecological concepts and
explores the interactions within ecosystems. Students learn about the biosphere,
ecosystems, chemical cycles, and the role of living things in ecosystems. In addition to
learning about environmental problems such as pollution, overpopulation, and habitat
destruction, students explore practical alternatives for protecting the environment and
moving toward a sustainable future.
Quarter 1: Environmental Science & Ecology
Ea: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how scientific inquiry and
technological design, including mathematical analysis, can be used appropriately to
pose questions, seek answers, and develop solutions.
Indicators Ea.1- Ea.9
Eb: The student will identify and describe current environmental issues, and considers
of the role of beliefs, attitudes, and values in proposing solutions to environmental
problems.
Indicators Eb.1- Eb.6
Ee: The student will explain how geochemical cycles and ecological processes on Earth
interact through time to cycle matter and energy and how human activity can alter the
rates of these processes.
Indicators Ee.1- Ee.3
Ef: The student will analyze ecology as interrelationships, explain the transfer of matter
and energy within ecosystems, relate the theory of biological evolution to geologic time
and addresses speciation and biodiversity in the context of the environment.
Indicators Ef.1- Ef.4, Ef.6- Ef.9,
Quarter 2: Humans and the Environment
Ec: The student will identify the effect of human activities on natural processes and
interrelationships within ecosystems.
Indicators Ec.1- Ec.8
Ef: The student will analyze ecology as interrelationships, explain the transfer of matter
and energy within ecosystems, relate the theory of biological evolution to geologic time
and addresses speciation and biodiversity in the context of the environment.
Indicators Ef.1, Ef.2, Ef.4- Ef.8,
Science Scope and Sequence – Environmental Science
Quarter 3: Earth’s Resources
Ec: The student will identify the effect of human activities on natural processes and
interrelationships within ecosystems.
Indicators Ec.1- Ec.8
Ed: The student will identify a variety of Earth’s finite natural resources, assess the
availability and sustainability of resources.
Indicators Ed.1- Ed.4
Ef: The student will analyze ecology as interrelationships, explain the transfer of matter
and energy within ecosystems, relate the theory of biological evolution to geologic time
and addresses speciation and biodiversity in the context of the environment.
Indicators Ef.5, Ef.8
Quarter 4: Sustainable Future
Eb: The student will identify and describe current environmental issues, and considers
of the role of beliefs, attitudes, and values in proposing solutions to environmental
problems.
Indicators Eb.1- Eb.6
Ec: The student will identify the effect of human activities on natural processes and
interrelationships within ecosystems.
Indicators Ec.4, Ec.8
Ed: The student will identify a variety of Earth’s finite natural resources, assess the
availability and sustainability of resources.
Indicators Ed.1- Ed.9
Ee: The student will explain how geochemical cycles and ecological processes on Earth
interact through time to cycle matter and energy and how human activity can alter the
rates of these processes.
Indicators Ee.1, Ee.4
Ef: The student will analyze ecology as interrelationships, explain the transfer of matter
and energy within ecosystems, relate the theory of biological evolution to geologic time
and addresses speciation and biodiversity in the context of the environment.
Indicators Ef.6
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