Career pathway
Environmental Science & Sustainability
Use mathematics to analyse environmental challenges, climate data, resource management, and sustainability solutions. This is what a Grade 10 student actually learns on the CMP Environmental Science pathway.
Pathway insight
Mathematics behind the planet
Climate, biodiversity, and resource use are all measured, modelled, and forecast with mathematics. Students learn to reason about the environment with data.
From topic to real-world evidence
Statistics, sampling, and probability become tools for interpreting climate records, pollution data, and ecosystem monitoring, not abstract exercises.
Portfolio, not just tests
Each term ends with a portfolio task, a short evidence-based report where the student uses the mathematics to argue a sustainability or environmental decision.
What students learn: Grade 10 Environmental Science, Sustainability & Climate Studies Course Planner
Four terms, each anchored to a real area of environmental and sustainability practice. Four sample topics from every term are shown below.
Term 1
Ecological Metrics, Pollution Distributions & Species Sampling Data
Sample topics
- Ecosystem health indicators
- Biodiversity measures
- Carbon-footprint measurement
- Biomass and deforestation rates
Term 2
Climate Systems, Ecological Risk & Environmental Trends
Sample topics
- Climate systems
- Environmental risk measures
- Natural-system failure
- Ecosystem collapse
Term 3
Environmental Screening, Contamination Matrices & Validation
Sample topics
- Environmental site assessments
- Contamination detection
- Field testing
- Environmental compliance
Term 4
Resource Variation, Forecasting & Environmental Optimization
Sample topics
- Rainfall variation
- Water-flow profiles
- Municipal water demand
- Soil-moisture distributions