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Environmental Science

Environmental Science. By: Daniel Park LETC 4100-006. How do we change the world? How much pollution do we create? What can we do to help the environment?. Questions . The three ‘Rs’ What is conservation? Environmental Science and our world. Objectives . Reduce Lessen the amount we use

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Environmental Science

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  1. Environmental Science By: Daniel Park LETC 4100-006

  2. How do we change the world? • How much pollution do we create? • What can we do to help the environment? Questions

  3. The three ‘Rs’ • What is conservation? • Environmental Science and our world Objectives

  4. Reduce • Lessen the amount we use • Water, energy, pollution • Reuse • Buy reusable materials • Find creative uses for old things • Recycle • Glass, paper, plastic The Three R’s

  5. Use less! • The US consumes 32 times the amount of oil and metal, and produces that much more wastes and greenhouse gases than developing countries. Conservation

  6. Have you noticed any changes in the past five years? • Hybrid Cars • More Ethanol production • The “Green” Movement • Global Climate Change Environmental Science and Our World

  7. Science, technology and society • Give examples of scientific discoveries and technological innovations, including the roles of scientists and inventors, that have transcended the boundaries of societies and have shaped the world TEKS – 6th Grade

  8. Science, technology and society • Explain how resources, belief systems, economic factors, and political decisions have affected the use of technology from place to place, culture to culture, and society to society • Make predictions about future social, economic, and environmental consequences that may result from future scientific discoveries and technological innovations TEKS – 6th Grade

  9. TEKS - Grade 6 • http://www.tea.state.tx.us/ssc/teks_and_taas/teks/teks6.htm • The New York Times- What’s Your Consumption Factor • http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/02/opinion/02diamond.html References

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