AP Environmental Science is a science course open to juniors and seniors. According to junior Aissatou Diatta, students are in the process of learning about population growth.

“Right now, we’re learning about populations, so we were learning about populations in terms of carrying capacities, and what plays factors in limiting our population and causing overshooting,” Diatta said. “And then right now, we’re moving on to human populations.”

Junior Kathryn Sikora said one of the last things AP Environmental Science would be doing in the semester would be designing a car.

“I think at the end of the semester, we get to do a project designing a car, and I think that’ll be really fun because we’ll be using our knowledge for a real-life scenario,” Sikora said.

Sikora also said she took the course because she was interested in going into environmental studies and gardening as a career.

“I was interested in doing something in agriculture (as a career),” Sikora said. “I really enjoy gardening, and so I wanted to get more of the science-y side of gardening.”

Diatta said she agreed, and that she was considering going into the science field after high school because of the perspective AP Environmental Science offered her.

“(I’m) definitely starting to get a lot more passionate about (the environment),” Diatta said. “(I’m) starting to consider maybe having environmental aspects in my career. (I’m) not too sure yet, but (environmental studies are) definitely something I see myself continuing to be passionate about.”

Kara House and Cameron Huffman, AP Environmental Science teachers, did not respond to correspondence.