Participants will walk away with labs, activities, lessons and field studies that they can do with their students in AP Environmental Science. Lab topics include tragedy of the commons, soil testing, thermal pollution, organic pollutants, water issues, biodiversity and endangered species, pesticide use and its effects, population studies and sewage treatment. A binder will be given to each participant containing PowerPoint presentations, Internet ideas, all laboratory activities and other information needed to start up a new AP Environmental Science course. Textbook samples will be distributed and many labs will be performed during the week to ensure participants fully understand how to use them in their classroom.

Topics will include the following:
Terrestrial Ecology; Earth Science; Aquatic Ecology; Human Population Studies; Biodiversity and Endangered Species; Nonrenewable Resources and Energy; Soil; Water Quality Issues; Air and the Atmosphere; Pesticides; Meteorology; Marine Ecology; Waste Management

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Courtney Mayer is a College Board Consultant in the Southwestern Region where she has conducted workshops throughout Texas, Florida, Nevada, and Oklahoma. She has taught in San Antonio, Texas for 17 years and has been teaching students AP Environmental Science for 9 years at Winston Churchill High School where enrollment in AP Environmental Science has grown to 235 students. She is a reader for the AP Environmental Science exam. In addition, Courtney is the author of the AP Test Preparation Guide published by Pearson and the Instructors Manual and the Test Bank published by McGraw-Hill. Courtney earned her B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Science from Texas A&M University in 1992.