This session: AP Environmental Science with DeLora Mowery is offered in ONLINE Event 2: June 23-26, 2025.
Meet your APSI Consultant for AP Environmental Science
DeLora Mowery began teaching in 1999 and is currently at Yukon High School (Yukon, OK). During her tenure (2012 to present) there she has taught Biology, Pre-AP Biology, Chemistry, AP Physics I, Pre-AP Chemistry, AP Chemistry, APES, and Environmental Science. She was Science Department Chair from 2014 – 2016, and is currently a YHS PLC Facilitator under the Professional Learning Community model.
DeLora has been an adjunct faculty member for Redlands Community College (2012 to 2020) and Oklahoma City Community College (2018 to present). DeLora has been awarded several grants over 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 Oklahoma City University, earned a Master of Science in Environmental Science from the University of Oklahoma, did her PhD work in Environmental Science, 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.
During this AP Environmental Science APSI, you’ll explore the course framework, the exam, and the new AP resources that will help you plan and focus instruction—and give you feedback throughout the year on the areas where individual students need additional focus. You’ll also learn about completing the digital activation process at the start of the school year that will give you immediate access to the new resources and will help ensure that your students can register for AP Exams by the new fall deadlines. By attending this APSI, you’ll gain deeper insight into the following key takeaways, among several others: Understand the Course; Plan the Course; Teach the Course; Assess Student Progress; and Engage as a Member of the AP Community. In addition, specific attention will be paid to the following AP Classroom resources: unit guides, personal progress checks, AP teacher community, and the AP question bank.This online 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 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 virtual 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, new AP resources will be discussed, specifically AP Classroom. Participants will 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 the current, released Free Response Questions before the Institute begins.