AICE Environmental Science AS

Course Description

For more information about this Cambridge course, visit the curriculum page of the Cambridge Assessment International Education website. 

In this non-lab science course, you can expect to learn the following:

1. sustainability
2. the water cycle
3. the atmosphere
4. basics of ecology and ecosystems
5. the application of the scientific method to the collection of reliable data (This section is the only lab section of the course)
6. how environmental data is collected free of bias
7. ways to mathematically analyze data including Lincoln index, Simpson's diversity index, and ACFOR scale, how big data is collected
8. Human population analysis by country including calculating population density and dependency ratios
9. explaining how the age structure of a population impacts that population
10. evaluate ways to manage human population growth
11. Biomes and the importance of conservation of biodiversity
12. describe and evaluate practices as well as legislation about how biodiversity is managed
13. human impacts on ecosystems including describe and explaining / evaluating human impacts in Antarctica and tropical rainforests
14. describing food security including describe and evaluate practices used to manage food security
15. describing energy security including describe and evaluate practices used to manage energy security
16. describing waste management practices, including describe and evaluate practices used to manage waste production and sustainability
17. describing global water supplies including describe and evaluate practices used to manage global water supplies
18. describing acid deposition including describe and evaluate practices used to manage acid deposition
19. describing photochemical smog and other air pollutants, including describe and evaluate practices used to manage air quality
20. describing ozone formation and depletion including describe and evaluate practices used to manage the ozone layer
21. outlining climate change, difficulties caused by climate change, and describing and evaluating practices used to manage climate change.

Additional Information

 Students must sit for the AICE exam, which may occur after the end of the school year.