Katie Ritts

Environmental Science, Forensics, Anatomy and Physiology teacher at Berkshire High School.

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Islands of biogeography (and snowman building 101)

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Charlotte killed the invasive lantern fly at BHS.

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Wise words from Jordan SMedes. https://t.co/fJsrBLol4r

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The 2025 AP Environmental Science Exam scores:
5: 12%; 4: 28%; 3: 29%; 2: 15%; 1: 16%

Multiple-Choice Questions

Students earned the highest average scores across questions about Energy Resources and Consumption (Unit 6); 44% of students answered all or all but one of these questions right.

As in prior years, the first unit of the course, Ecosystems, was most challenging for students, suggesting that further focus and practice on this content would continue to improve scores in this subject.

Free-Response Questions

These comments will focus on the Set 1 FRQs, since this was the exam version taken by most students. https://t.co/vvcCFLUPQV

The varying difficulty levels of the 10 different points on Q1 make it the best question overall for determining which of the five AP scores each exam will receive; students able to earn 5–6 of these points are generally receiving AP 3s; students able to earn 7–8 of these points are generally receiving AP 4s; and students able to earn 9–10 of these points are generally receiving AP 5s.

The most challenging question on this year’s exam was Q2 (the effects of sea surface conditions and the polar jet stream); 1% of students answered all 10 parts of this question right.

Students performed best on the math portion of FRQ 3, which comprises 6 of the question’s 10 total points. Point-by-point data indicates scores were strongest for both the setup of mathematical operations and for reporting the correct answer. Given some concerns about students’ ability to enter mathematical operations digitally, the strong performance on the math components of this question suggests that students adapted well to the Bluebook digital testing app.

AP Environmental Science had an Evidence-Based Standard Setting this year, utilizing more data from more college professors than ever before to identify the performance levels most fair and appropriate for receiving college credit and placement.

An overview detailing this process, with specific information about the findings for this year’s students, will be available at around 4 pm ET today at https://t.co/4Bp9YALA9V

All subjects’ AP score distributions for 2025 will be posted here when available: https://t.co/OrkaQhPZYO

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Results for the annual AP Env. CO2 Emissions testing-

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Measuring and identifying trees in the Berkshire Forest

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RIONEGRO, Colombia – The United States claimed nine individual gold medals and easikt won the team championships in men’s freestyle at the U23 Pan American Cham…

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The 2024 AP Environmental Science Exam scores:
5: 9%; 4: 27%; 3: 18%; 2: 26%; 1: 20%.

All subjects’ AP score distributions for 2024 will be posted here when available: https://t.co/zpj3T3VUab

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Pharmacy camp for Juniors and Seniors- explore options
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Seasonal Horticulture & Grounds Assistant (Part Time), Seasonal Maintenance Technician (Full Time), Land Steward (Full Time). Learn more/apply/share: https://t.co/wngHYJQWCd.

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Students ** must have been too dark when I was writing my post😊

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Hosting 100 stufents from Hudsonville MI, BHS Green Team far left.

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Colin Hering of @BHSBadgerDen found out at 11 this morning he was getting into the state tournament as an alternate. He’s still alive after one day of action.

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@GeaugaParks Presenting An Eclipse of a Lifetime to Environmental Science. April 8, 2024.

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Forensics, "blood and urine" analysis.

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Why am I getting stuff from Ohio 💀

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Fingerprinting Forensics

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Academic Challenge