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Environmental Science Agendas

Environmental Science Agendas. Spring 2012. Environmental Science – F 4/27. Turn in Packet GASLAND video notes Ozone Pollution Q’s Active Reading – What Causes Air Pollution? Energy Review and air pollution intro “Industrial Air pollution” (more Ch 12 questions)

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Environmental Science Agendas

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  1. Environmental ScienceAgendas Spring 2012

  2. Environmental Science – F 4/27 Turn in Packet • GASLAND video notes • Ozone Pollution Q’s • Active Reading – What Causes Air Pollution? • Energy Review and air pollution intro • “Industrial Air pollution” (more Ch 12 questions) • Nonrenewable Energy Notes Organizer • Nuclear Energy (Ch 17.2) Test

  3. Environmental Science – Th 4/26 • Journal Check Warm Up • Compare and contrast coal and oil. • Is any form of energy 100% efficient? Explain. 3. Using your packet, write 3 low level questions (definitions, etc.), 2 medium questions and 1 critical thinking question for test tomorrow. Test review

  4. Environmental Science – T 4/24 Warm Up - Put together Packet & Complete BINGO sheet • GASLAND video notes • Ozone Pollution Q’s • Active Reading – What Causes Air Pollution? • Energy Review and air pollution intro • “Industrial Air pollution” (more Ch 12 questions) • Nonrenewable Energy Notes Organizer • Nuclear Energy (Ch 17.2) • Test Friday– Energy (Ch 17 & 18) and Air pollution (Ch 12) • Packet due Friday • Journal check Thursday

  5. Environmental Science – M 4/23 Warm Up • Write out the terms for the following abbreviations • VOC • O3 • O2 • CO • CO2 • NOx • SO2 • CFC • CH4 • Test Wednesday – Energy (Ch 17 & 18) and Air pollution (Ch 12) • Packet due Wednesday • Journal check Wed.

  6. Environmental Science – F 4/20 Share and Turn in current event Stamp ws Sunday is Day! Planet Earth Video Wednesday test Air Pollution & Energy

  7. Environmental Science – Th 4/19 Warm Up • Can natural events cause air pollution? Explain. • Does air pollution affect the economy? How? Stamp and review Energy Review …ws Complete air pollution ws, part 2 Current Event due Friday: topic: Hydroelectric Energy (dams/impoundment) OR Hydraulic Fracturing AND environment

  8. Environmental Science – W 4/18 Warm Up • How could fracking be made more environmentally friendly? • Why don’t these changes get implemented? Notes from text book ws

  9. Environmental Science – T 4/17 Gas Land Video BRING TEXT BOOK TOMORROW

  10. Environmental Science – M 4/16 Warm Up • What is natural gas? • How is natural gas extracted from the earth? • Which is a worse (more effective) greenhouse gas: carbon dioxide, CO2, or methane, CH4? • Complete Crude Awakening video • Fracking video clips • Current Event due Friday: topic: Hydroelectric Energy (dams/impoundment) OR Hydraulic Fracturing AND environment

  11. Friday 4/13 • Turn in Energy Choice letter • debates

  12. Environmental Science – Th 4/12 Reminder: Energy Decision Letter due tomorrow Algae Crude Awakening Video

  13. Environmental Science – T 4/10 Warm Up • Which forms of electrical generating energy produce carbon (dioxide) emissions? • How are carbon emissions produced? • Which forms of energy produce no carbon dioxide? Complete California video. Paragraphs will be due Friday. Specific requirements will be given tomorrow. Think about decision.

  14. Environmental Science – M 4/9 Welcome back! Energy BINGO Renewable Energy Video – fill in notes sheet

  15. Environmental Science – M. 3/26 • Work on project – presentations begin Wednesday • 10% component assignment

  16. Environmental Science – T. 3/20 Warm Up (Ch 17.1) • What are the different types of fossil fuels? • Which countries use the most energy per person? • Why do some countries with higher per capita income use less energy? Stamp vocab Energy organizer

  17. Environmental Science – M. 3/19 Warm Up • Reflect on Nathan’s presentation from Friday. • 3 things you learned • 2 questions about nuclear power you still have • 1 thing that surprised you • Describe the two different sorts of energy • Can energy be destroyed? Explain. • Is electricity a primary energy source? Explain. • How is electricity generated?

  18. Energy generation

  19. Energy generation

  20. Environmental Science – T. 3/15 • Science class registration for juniors • Nuclear Power • (speaker tomorrow) HW: After doing work, write one intelligent question on a note card for the speaker tomorrow

  21. Environmental Science – W. 3/14 Packet Due • Critical Thinking ws • Reading ws • Text work sections 19.2 & 19.3 • Text work section 19.1 Test Journal check, if time

  22. Environmental Science – T. 3/13 Warm Up • What approximate percentage of MSW could be recycled? • Has recycling increased or decreased over the last few decades? • What are Superfund sites? Have many been completed? Stamp and review text work Test review sheets and discussion Test Ch 19 Wednesday

  23. Concept Map (#25 p. 538)

  24. Environmental Science – M. 3/12 Warm Up • List 9 types of hazardous household waste (p 535) • What are plastics made from? (p 489) • Are plastics truly biodegradable? Explain. (p 528) • How many superfund cleanup sites are in Georgia? (p 530) CW/HW: Read Ch 19.2 & 19.3 Answer p 528 #1-6, thoroughly Answer p 535 #1-4, thoroughly Answer p. 538 #25 Test Ch 19 Wednesday

  25. Environmental Science – F. 3/9 Warm Up (presentation reflections) • 3 significant things you learned (not factiods) • 2 things that surprised you • 1 behavior you could change to reduce your solid waste contribution • What is the vocab term for the type of solid waste that is collected from households? • What percentage of total solid waste is MSW? • What makes up the rest? Bring book on Monday

  26. Environmental Science – W. 3/7 • 10 minutes to pull together info • Solid Waste Presentations

  27. Environmental Science – T. 3/6 • Group work – Solid Waste Project • Presentations begin Wednesday • Must have visuals beyond power point • Rubric given

  28. Environmental Science – M. 3/5 • Group work – Solid Waste Project • Presentations begin Wednesday • Reminder: bring in examples and materials for project • I DO NOT HAVE COMPUTERS BEYOND TUESDAY

  29. Environmental Science – F. Mar 2nd Warm Up • Describe 2 pros and 2 cons of solid waste incineration. HW: Bring in examples of your solid waste project assignment. Bring in materials for project work.

  30. Environmental Science – Th. Mar. 1st Warm up • Which statistic on solid waste surprised you the most? • Describe three safeguards with landfills • Describe three problems with landfills return test

  31. Environmental Science – W. Feb 29th Warm Up • Try to list every single item you threw away yesterday. (Make 2 columns, 1 for recycling and 1 for garbage, if appropriate) • List all the items you reused, instead of using a throw-away item or grabbing a new item. Text book: Read and take notes on Ch 19, section 1 only Include all statistics in sections Write one question from each (blue and red) `section

  32. Coffee grounds

  33. Environmental Science – T. Feb 28th Packet due: • Ch 16 worksheets • Ch 16.3 notes organizer • Ch 16.1 & 16.2 book work (voacb and end of section Q’s) Test BRING BOOK TOMORROW

  34. Environmental Science – M. Feb 27th • Stamp Ch 16 work sheets • Googlemaps Vulcan materials company • Review ch 16 worksheets • Videoclips of various mining techniques Test tomorrow: Ch 16 Mining and Minerals Packet due tomorrow: • Ch 16 worksheets • Ch 16.3 notes organizer • Ch 16.1 & 16.2 book work (voacb and end of section Q’s)

  35. Environmental Science – F., Feb 24th • Stamp Current Event and Share • Stamp mining environmental impacts notes • Review mining regulations • HW/CW: 2 ch 16 worksheets Mining and Minerals test Tuesday

  36. Environmental Science – Th., Feb 23rd • Warm Up • After doing the poster, which specific type of mining do you think causes the most environmental damage? Explain. Complete Notes on 16.3 Current Event due tomorrow. Topic: mining & the environment

  37. Environmental Science – W., Feb 22nd • Complete and turn in mining poster

  38. Environmental Science – Tues, Feb 21st Warm Up • What compound forms most of the minerals that make up the earth’s crust? (p 441) • What is glass made of? Plastic? Continue work on poster. Current Event due Friday. Topic: mining & the environment

  39. 2/17 Poster for Ch 16.2 Include: • Main topics in separate divisions (each sub-type of mining) • Within main topics: • Include vocab • Types of ores mined • Examples • diagrams

  40. Environmental Science – Fri, Feb 17th Warm Up • What kind of mining do you think causes the most environmental damage? Surfaceor subsurface? Stamp HW 16.1-2 Review HW Mining Poster

  41. Environmental Science – Th, Feb 16th Warm Up • Partner with someone to circulate around the room and identify the things that use mineral resources. (Prize for longest list of correct items.) New unit: Mining and mineral resources.

  42. Environmental Science – Wed., Feb 15th Turn in packet: • Ch 14 book work: #1-25 • Ch Food and Agriculture: 2 sheets Test Journal Check Bring text book tomorrow

  43. Environmental Science – Fri., Feb 13th • Review worksheets • Reminder: bring food for banquet tomorrow • Land Use and Agriculture test Wednesday (Ch 14 & 15)

  44. Environmental Science – Thur., Feb 9th Warm Up • Describe what you would call a “typical meal” in the US. CW: research typical meals around the world. HW: Current Event due Friday. TOPIC must be related to sustainable farming or GMO food. Land Use and Agriculture test Wednesday (Ch 14 & 15)

  45. Environmental Science – Fri., Feb 10th • Share current events Warm up • What do you think are the top 3 crops grown worldwide? • Video notes • World Hunger Banquet Tuesday • Test Wednesday Ch 14 & 15

  46. Environmental Science – Wed., Feb 8th Warm Up • What are the differences between selective breeding and genetic engineering? Complete internet activity on GMO’s (foods only) Class GMO discussion HW: Current Event due Friday. TOPIC must be related to sustainable farming or GMO food.

  47. Environmental Science – Mon., Feb 6th Warm Up • What does the Food, Inc movie say drives the process of CAFO’s? • Why does the cheaper meat produced by CAFO’s not reflect the true cost of the meat? • In your opinion, does Food Inc. fairly show both sides? Explain. Continue with movie notes.

  48. Environmental Science – Friday, Feb 3rd Review ch 15 ws Movie notes

  49. Environmental Science – Tue. Jan 31st • Complete Land Use project • Include answers to questions 1-5 in text • Write a paragraph about the highlights of your development – SELL IT • Turn in CW/HW: Text ch 14 p. 396-397 #1-25

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