AP Course:

CONSULTANT: DeLora Mowery

DeLora Mowery began her teaching career in 1999, her public school teaching in 2004, and her current position at Yukon High School (Yukon, OK) in 2012. During her tenure there she has taught Biology, Pre-AP Biology, Chemistry, AP Physics I, Pre-AP Chemistry, AP Chemistry, APES, and Environmental Science. She was the Science Department Chair from 2014 - 2016, and is currently a YHS PLC Facilitator under the school’s new Professional Learning Community model.

In addition, she has been an adjunct faculty member for Redlands Community College from 2012 to 2020 and for Oklahoma City Community College since 2018. DeLora has been awarded several grants over the tenure of her teaching career including Weyerhauser Excellence in Recycling Award, Yukon Foundation Grant, and the Samsung “Solve for Tomorrow” Competition winning the State Award for Oklahoma acquiring $20, 000 worth of Samsung technology.

DeLora earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the Oklahoma City University, earned a Master of Science in Environmental Science (focused on invasive species control) from the University of Oklahoma, did her PhD work in Environmental Science (focused on the effects of global climate change on invasive species distribution), and earned a Master of Education in Chemistry Education from Illinois State University. She has been an AP Environmental Science teacher since 2015. In addition, she has been working with the College Board as an APES Reader since 2020 and an AP Consultant since 2021.

Course Description:

This in-person course is designed to maximize the learner experience, providing relevant AP content and pedagogy through meaningful engagement—all focused on best practices for preparing your AP students for success. This class is designed for both new and experienced AP Environmental teachers.  The intensive four-day course will provide an overview of the entire AP Environmental Science (APES) curriculum. Each day, important concepts will be discussed and related specifically to APES free-response questions, and participants will perform laboratories associated with these concepts. The major goal is to expose participants to both content and hands-on activities important to teaching a successful APES course. In addition, AP resources will be discussed, specifically AP Classroom. Participants might be expected to spend some time on homework for this Institute, which could include working up lab data, reading lab activities, and, for all teachers, preparing a course syllabus or outline that correlates to the APES course description. Participants are encouraged to share electronic materials/favorite web sites as some class time will be reserved for this purpose. Participants should have their school calendar for the coming year and a scientific calculator of some type available. Participants will be expected to have read and answered this year’s Free Response Questions before the Institute begins.