This course is being revised and revived for the 2026-27 school year.  The goal is to provide a rigorous fourth science class for students who have completed the “basic” sequence of Physics 1, Chemistry, and Biology as well as to provide additional AP^®options for students on the honors track.  This is also an ideal course to prepare students generally for the kinds of environmental activism they are likely to encounter on college campuses.

The description below is taken from the original course last taught in 2017-18 and will be revised as full details of the new course are developed.  Likewise, a full list of texts and materials will be developed and posted here by late spring 2026.

This is a year-long course designed to be the equivalent of a one-semester, introductory college course in environmental science. The course has a significant lab and field investigation component. Themes of Christian stewardship and sustainability are woven throughout the course, but always subject to the mandate God gave to Adam to “take dominion” over creation. There will also be opportunities to distinguish between a Biblical concern to protect and preserve the world God created, and the secular tendency to make an idol out of “environmentalism”.  This also involves analyzing the assumptions that lie behind the environmental science and the claims made in public discourse on the subject. Upon completion of the course the student will be prepared to take the AP^® Environmental Science exam.

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