Beginner

Environmental Science

Explore connections among ecosystems, water, land, and human activities. Learn how resources and pollution move through systems, and use evidence to compare environmental choices.

10 lessons

Lessons

1
Connect living and nonliving parts
3 min
2
Define the system you are studying
3 min
3
Look beyond the total number of organisms
3 min
4
Follow feeding relationships
3 min
5
Matter cycles while energy flows
3 min
6
Trace water between reservoirs
3 min
7
Connect upstream and downstream
3 min
8
Treat soil as a living system
3 min
9
Compare use with renewal
3 min
10
Prevent waste before managing it
3 min

Lessons

Connect living and nonliving parts

Define the system you are studying

Look beyond the total number of organisms

Follow feeding relationships

Matter cycles while energy flows

Trace water between reservoirs

Connect upstream and downstream

Treat soil as a living system

Compare use with renewal

Prevent waste before managing it

Lessons

Connect living and nonliving parts

Define the system you are studying

Look beyond the total number of organisms

Follow feeding relationships

Matter cycles while energy flows

Trace water between reservoirs

Connect upstream and downstream

Treat soil as a living system

Compare use with renewal

Prevent waste before managing it