Round Rock ISD Learning Management System: Courses

Resource Biology Class  Review and practice knowledge and skills

The goal of the AP Environmental Science course is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, to identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and human-made, to evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and to examine alternative solutions for resolving and/or preventing them.

Environmental science is interdisciplinary; it embraces a wide variety of topics from different areas of study. Yet there are several major unifying constructs, or themes, that cut across the many topics included in the study of environmental science. The following themes provide a foundation for the structure of the AP Environmental Science course.

1. Science is a process.
   
   • Science is a method of learning more about the world.
   • Science constantly changes the way we understand the world.
2. Energy conversions underlie all ecological processes.
   
   • Energy cannot be created; it must come from somewhere.
   • As energy flows through systems, at each step more of it becomes unusable.
3. The Earth itself is one interconnected system.
   
   • Natural systems change over time and space.
   • Biogeochemical systems vary in ability to recover from disturbances.
4. Humans alter natural systems.
   
   • Humans have had an impact on the environment for millions of years.
   • Technology and population growth have enabled humans to increase both the rate and scale of their impact on the environment.
5. Environmental problems have a cultural and social context.
   
   • Understanding the role of cultural, social and economic factors is vital to the development of solutions.
6. Human survival depends on developing practices that will achieve sustainable systems.
   
   • A suitable combination of conservation and development is required.
   • Management of common resources is essential.

Aquatic science is much like marine science in that you study the ecology and behavior of plants, animals, and microbes living water. However, instead of focusing only on saltwater habitats, aquatic scientists also study freshwater ecosystems such as inland lakes, ponds, rivers, creeks, and wetlands.

In this course, you’ll cover all aspects of life in both freshwater and saltwater environments, from algae, to fish, to plankton and so on. The purpose behind aquatic science is to immerse students in the fields of Oceanography, Limnology, Aquatic Ecosystems, Environmental Sciences, Ichthyology and Invertebrate Zoology including the related topics in Geology, Geography, Meteorology, and touching on Astronomy. The majority of our course work will come from laboratory modeling, field studies activities, and lecture formats. As in all biology related courses, we will explore the world of living things and analyze the factors that promote life on our plant and we’ll do it as an aquatic biologist! Students are expected to engage themselves in the topics presented and show mastery of the Aquatic TEKS (§112.46. Aquatic Science) when asked to do so.

Aquatic science is much like marine science in that you study the ecology and behavior of plants, animals, and microbes living water. However, instead of focusing only on saltwater habitats, aquatic scientists also study freshwater ecosystems such as inland lakes, ponds, rivers, creeks, and wetlands.

In this course, you’ll cover all aspects of life in both freshwater and saltwater environments, from algae, to fish, to plankton and so on. The purpose behind aquatic science is to immerse students in the fields of Oceanography, Limnology, Aquatic Ecosystems, Environmental Sciences, Ichthyology and Invertebrate Zoology including the related topics in Geology, Geography, Meteorology, and touching on Astronomy. The majority of our course work will come from laboratory modeling, field studies activities, and lecture formats. As in all biology related courses, we will explore the world of living things and analyze the factors that promote life on our plant and we’ll do it as an aquatic biologist! Students are expected to engage themselves in the topics presented and show mastery of the Aquatic TEKS (§112.46. Aquatic Science) when asked to do so.

Course Objectives: The objectives of this course are to give students an understanding of how science and the scientific method address environmental problems. The student will become familiar with the Earth’s major systems (ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles), how they function and how are affected by human activity (population growth, air, water and soil pollution, ozone depletion, global warming, solid waste disposal). Students will learn about the interaction of human society (urban sprawl, energy use and generation, resource consumption and economics) with the Earth’s natural systems.

Physics class.

Mrs. Rector's Anatomy

This is a one unit course offered this semester only as a data gathering project for a Masters Program using aquatic science students.  All data will be kept confidential and will only be use to evaluate the usefulness of Moodle as a LMS for aquatic science.     

In AP Biology we will study the living world starting with biochemistry and cells and branching out into the macrobiotic world.

Welcome to Mrs. Klenzendorf's IB Biology Moodle Course Page.

Jeremy Thompson's Scientific Research and Design course.

Jeremy Thompson's AP Chemistry class at Stony Point

Welcome to my Physics class on Moodle!