AP Environmental Science

[Anonymous]

Is this a hard class compared to other science classes?

[Anonymous]

It’s supposed to be one of the easier AP classes.

[Anonymous]

It’s a lot of work. There’s a lot of reading and memorization. Sort of a hybrid between a science and social studies class. A lot of people underestimate the class difficulty and do poorly. But it’s an interesting class.

[Anonymous]

In our HS, kids who fear Physics take APES. But the teacher says on Day 1 that if they think it is an easy class, they are mistaken. It is a lot of work, and has AP rubrics to deal with like complex FRQs

[Anonymous]

AP ES is a lower level AP taken by students with less academic prowess. It's not fair but it's truth.
It's not a prerequisite for college level courses except perhaps one every specific major.

Any individual school may be different, but this is the general truth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AP ES is a lower level AP taken by students with less academic prowess. It's not fair but it's truth.
It's not a prerequisite for college level courses except perhaps one every specific major.

Any individual school may be different, but this is the general truth.

It's not a really easy AP like Human Geography. The curriculum is cool and covers a lot of the earth sciences missed in MCPS Bio/Chem/Physics track.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AP ES is a lower level AP taken by students with less academic prowess. It's not fair but it's truth.
It's not a prerequisite for college level courses except perhaps one every specific major.

Any individual school may be different, but this is the general truth.

It's not a really easy AP like Human Geography. The curriculum is cool and covers a lot of the earth sciences missed in MCPS Bio/Chem/Physics track.

I thought the new NGSS Bio, Chem, and Physics classes now have Earth Science in them. That is what my student said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AP ES is a lower level AP taken by students with less academic prowess. It's not fair but it's truth.
It's not a prerequisite for college level courses except perhaps one every specific major.

Any individual school may be different, but this is the general truth.

It's not a really easy AP like Human Geography. The curriculum is cool and covers a lot of the earth sciences missed in MCPS Bio/Chem/Physics track.

I thought the new NGSS Bio, Chem, and Physics classes now have Earth Science in them. That is what my student said.

Yes, the NGSS Bio/Chem/Physics courses include the related NGSS Earth-Space Science topics. But they are piecemeal and from the relevant course perspective. APES is focused on environmental science and includes the human related aspects.

[Anonymous]

It is an easier class than AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Physics but it is interesting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is an easier class than AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Physics but it is interesting

AP Bio and Chem are two periods at our HS so you’re taking fewer classes.