Environmental Science Honors Can the value of a human life be compared with the value of another species life? How do we negotiate human needs and the needs of a non-human organism, a habitat, or a species? These questions will be the center of our discussion in honors. Honors requires that you attend the honors seminars and that you complete two additional portfolio items.
a professional argumentative essay, with a claim, evidence, and reasoning. The claim must be about the relative value of a species, habitat, or similar, in terms of a concept from the Environmental Science milestones.
Example: Sacramento Perch themselves are not worth protecting because their ecological role is redundant but the shifting conditions which threaten them should be addressed before key environmental services are interrupted.
an interactive, digital tool which illustrates a key element of your claim. Example(click "Open With Google Chrome")
Supervised AI use is allowed for both items, meaning you may use my computer for AI prompting while I sit with you. You are required to present the claim of your essay and digital tool live for a panel of your fellow honors students, which will be your only grade for honors. You may revise your presentation as many times as you like.