The first semester covers the principles of ecology and includes a pond field study and a forest field study. The second semester looks at environmental issues and their possible solutions.
Students research a local issue and then take action towards a solution.
They presented their study to Macomb's City Council and suggested that the city needed to encourage the public to recycle more. Students created recycling ads for both the newspaper and local radio stations. Taping Recycling Ad for Local Radio Station Students also do an environmental service project, such as plant trees, make trails in our local state park, create wildlife habitat, clean up roadsides, design displays for the Earth Day Fair, construct solar ovens for Haiti, etc.