1.1 Environmental issues curriculumAt Northern High School, many curricular departments are involved in environmental issues education. Technology education students are constructing a greenhouse on campus; AP Spanish students are comparing green culture in Spain to that in the U.S.; AP Environmental Science students do plankton research on the Patuxent River; Sociology students explore the societal value in recycling; 9th grade students meet Maryland environmental literacy standards by traveling to Great falls, MD to do macroinvertebrates stream studies with the Alice Ferguson Foundation, and to Walton Beach to help with construction of a living shoreline; and Journalism students cover community gardening events and green design topics in their publications. Details of these seven examples can be found below.
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