ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
We will participate in mock scoring sessions of the exam using current rubrics. Teachers with experience in the AP* program will review a variety of approaches to course structure, and they will gain numerous teaching strategies to add to their toolboxes. New AP* teachers will learn about the course requirements as well as various curriculum strategies and teaching techniques that will assist them in offering students a successful AP* Environmental Science course.
Distance learning will be delivered both synchronously and asynchronously. Participants will also have the opportunity to receive individual feedback during virtual office hours.
Technology: Instruction will be delivered through Zoom and Google Classroom. Participants will also use and evaluate platforms such as Pear Deck, Flipgrid and Padlet for content delivery and student learning. Materials will also be shared through Google Drive. Some materials may be better utilized in print format so access to a printer would be helpful.
Labs: This integral part of the course will be covered in a variety of ways: activities that participants will do with a virtual lab partner and share their findings during the workshop; other labs will be experienced by viewing videos of labs and field trips created by experienced APES instructors; participants will share with each other applicable labs, and brainstorming and crafting labs and data sets that would work in remote learning situations.
What to Bring: Participants should have texts they will utilize in their AP* class available to them as they work to develop lesson plans and units aligned to the curriculum requirements. A list of a few common items (plastic cups, empty 2-L bottles, a ruler, graph paper) will be sent out before the start of the workshop, and a box containing items to help set up activities will be sent to participants ahead of time.
Goals:
• To explore and develop effective and engaging AP* Environmental Science units, lessons, and syllabi
• To expand participants’ “toolboxes” with successful instructional strategies
• To explore course resources
• To network with colleagues and learn from each other
• To return to classrooms with ready-to-use instructional activities and labs


AP Seminars Silicon Valley: July 26-30, 2021 AP Environmental Science Susan Berrend, berrendsci@gmail.com