Ecosystem Dynamics

ASSIGNMENT:

1) As an introduction to the course, watch the video above on The Lorax.

2) React with at least a half-page essay on your thoughts. What parallels does this story draw with real world environmental issues? How do you think society should weigh importance of the economy with respect to the environment?

ASSIGNMENT:

1) See me for a copy of the fill-in notes for Unit 1. Complete the first section of notes using the presentation above.

ASSIGNMENT:

1) Continue filling in your Unit 1 notes. Use the link above for the safety panel images. You may use your book to help complete the safety symbols section.

ASSIGNMENT:

1) Continue filling in your Unit 1 notes. This is the scientific method section.

2) Then, see me for a copy of the water on a penny lab. Before getting materials, you will need to have a data table prepared.

3) When you turn your lab in, you should have a HYPOTHESIS, DATA TABLE, GRAPH and CONCLUSION.

ASSIGNMENT:

1) See me for a copy of "what's in an ecosystem" lab.

2) You will complete this lab in the classroom, unless staffing allows otherwise.

ASSIGNMENT:

1) See me for the graph interpretation assignment.

2) You will also need to get the graph copies from me to complete the work.

ASSIGNMENT:

1) Continue your unit 1 notes.

2) This is for the section on making informed decisions.

ASSIGNMENT:

1) Continue taking your unit 1 notes.

2) This is the section on environment and society.

ASSIGNMENT:

1) See me for a copy of a closed reading about developing v. developed nations.

2) Read the paragraph and answer the questions.

ASSIGNMENT:

1) Use the presentation above to continue filling in your unit 1 notes.

2) This is the section on the geosphere.

1) See me for a copy of the "layers of Earth" foldable.

2) Use the instructions to put together your model for the layers of Earth.

1) Watch the video above on the right about a volcano erupting in Hawaii.

2) See me for a copy of the lab on labeling where volcanoes and earthquakes happen.

3) Complete the lab, following the instructions.

ASSIGNMENT:

1) Use the presentation to continue filling in your unit 1 notes.

2) This section is on the atmosphere/greenhouse gases.

ASSIGNMENT:

1) Open the link above.

2) Write 10 complete-sentence observations about temperature and greenhouse gas concentration as you change different variables.

ASSIGNMENT:

1) Read the article above on climate change and extreme weather.

2) Write a half-page response to the article. What are your thoughts? take-aways?

ASSIGNMENT:

1) Use the presentation above to complete your unit 1 notes on the hydrosphere and biosphere.

1) See me for a copy of the erosion lab.

2) Use the link above to complete a lab on erosion.

3) Fill in the data table, and answer journal questions 5, 6 and 7 below your data table using COMPLETE SENTENCES.

ASSIGNMENT:

1) See me for a copy of the Great Garbage Patch reading.

2) Use the article to answer the questions.

ASSIGNMENT:

1) See me for a copy of the Human Footprint activity.

2) Watch the video on "The Human Footprint" and complete the fill-in notes.

3) Then, use the link on the right to complete the virtual Ecological Footprint calculation. On the back of your video notes, write a paragraph describing your footprint calculation and your reaction. Were you surprised? Why or why not?

ASSIGNMENT:

1) Research one of the following events that shaped the history of environmental science.

2) Create a poster describing the impact of the event. Include pictures.

• National Environmental Policy Act (1969)
• Publication of Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
• Publication of An Essay on the Principle of Population (Thomas Malthus)
• Creation of the Environmental Protection Agency
• Discovery of CO₂ accumulation in the atmosphere (1957)
• Love Canal
• Chernobyl (April 26, 1986)
• Three Mile Island (1979)
• Oil spills
  • California coast (Santa Barbara) (1969)
  • Alaska coast (March 24, 1989)
  • Gulf of Mexico (April, 2010)