APES Objectives – Teacher Guide

Summary

The Teacher Guide is designed to help educators effectively use the “What Do I Need to Know?” handouts for the AP Environmental Science course. It provides a framework for structuring lessons and encourages student accountability. The guide suggests using the handouts to connect lessons to specific learning objectives, track student understanding through a simple marking system (✔️, ✖️, ❓) , and identify topics that need reteaching or review. This approach gives teachers immediate insight into student confidence and promotes student ownership of their learning. The guide also notes that the handouts can be customized with textbook pages, test dates, and the AP Exam weighting for each unit.