What is Earth/Environmental Science? What courses can be used to meet this requirement?
Earth/Environmental Science is a NC Standard Course of Study Science course designed to focus on the study of Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Earth systems are foundational for understanding environmental sciences and issues. To satisfy the requirement students must take the Standard Course of Study Earth Environmental Science course or a locally designed/designated course such as AP Environmental Science, or IB Environmental Systems. Any course designated to satisfy this requirement must include all of the competency goals designated in the Earth/Environmental Science course in the Science Standard Course of Study. This means that a district must review any locally designed course being used to meet the graduation requirement to be sure that all of the competency goals designated in the Standard Course of Study for Earth/Environmental Science are being met. This should be clearly documented in the course outline or syllabus. Generally AP Environmental Science teachers need t
