Green Generation

Description - Students will demonstrate an understaning of general ecological principles, the history and consequences of human impact on our environment, solutions to reversing trends and sustainability concepts.


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Subject Contents:

  1. General principles of ecology - food webs and trophic pyramids, nutrient cycling, community interactions, population dynamics, species diversity and indicator species and invasive species.

  2. Overview of aquatic environments - freshwater, estuaries, marine

  3. Aquatic Environmental Issues - water pollution, ocean dead zones, water diversion, overfishing and habitat destruction, impacts on excess nutrients

  4. Air Quality Issues - acid rain, air pollution, nuclear pollution, and atmospheric deposition

  5. Climate Change - Effects on Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems, Greenhouse Effect, and Ozone Depletion.

  6. Sustainability strategies - environmental stewardship of aquatic ecosystems

  7. Bioremediation Strategies

  8. Pollution Prevention

  9. Green Infrastructure