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2013-2014 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE COURSE CODE: 2001340 COURSE NAME: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

UNIT TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

SEMESTER: 1ST GRADING PERIOD: 1ST

UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTION/S:

CONCEPT CONCEPT CONCEPT

An Introduction to Environmental Science Economics and Environmental Policy Earth’s Environmental Systems

-Our Island, Earth -Economics -Matter and Environment -The Nature of Science -United States Environmental Policy -Systems in Environmental Science - The Community of Science -International Environmental Policy -Earth’s Spheres and Approaches -Biogeochemical Cycles

STANDARDS STANDARDS STANDARDS

NGSSS:

Define a problem based on a specific body of knowledge, for example: biology, chemistry, physics, and earth/space science, and do the following:

1. Pose questions about the natural world, (Articulate the purpose of the investigation and identify the relevant scientific concepts).

2. Conduct systematic observations, (Write procedures that are clear and replicable. Identify observables and examine relationships between test (independent) variable and outcome (dependent) variable. Employ appropriate methods for accurate and consistent observations conduct and record measurements at appropriate levels

Common Core ELA: For Students in Grades 9-10 LACC.910.RST.1.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions. LACC.910.RST.1.3 Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks attending to special cases or exceptions defined in the text. LACC.910.RST.3.7 Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information expressed visually or mathematically (e.g., in an equation) into words.

Common Core MATHEMATICS: MACC.K12.MP.1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. MACC.K12.MP.2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively. MACC.K12.MP.3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. [Viable arguments include evidence.] MACC.K12.MP.4: Model with mathematics. MACC.K12.MP.5: Use appropriate tools strategically. MACC.K12.MP.6: Attend to precision. MACC.K12.MP.7: Look for and make use of structure. MACC.K12.MP.8: Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

How do scientists uncover, research, and solve environmental problems?

How can we best balance our own interests and needs with the health of the environment?

How do nonliving parts of Earth’s systems provide the basic materials to support life?

2013-2014 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE of precision. Follow safety guidelines).

3. Examine books and other sources of information to see what is already known,

4. Review what is known in light of empirical evidence, (Examine whether available empirical evidence can be interpreted in terms of existing knowledge and models, and if not, modify or develop new models).

5. Plan investigations, (Design and evaluate a scientific investigation).

6. Use tools to gather, analyze, and interpret data (this includes the use of measurement in metric and other systems, and also the generation and interpretation of graphical representations of data, including data tables and graphs), (Collect data or evidence in an organized way. Properly use instruments, equipment, and materials (e.g., scales, probeware, meter sticks, microscopes, computers) including set-up, calibration, technique, maintenance, and storage).

7. Pose answers, explanations, or descriptions of events,

8. Generate explanations that explicate or describe natural phenomena (inferences),

9. Use appropriate evidence and reasoning to justify these explanations to others,

10. Communicate results of scientific investigations, and

11. Evaluate the merits of the explanations produced by others.

SC. 912. N. 2.2 – Identify which questions can be answered through science and which questions are outside the boundaries of scientific investigation, such as questions addressed by other ways of

LACC.910.WHST.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes. LACC.910.WHST.3.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. For Students in Grades 11-12 LACC.1112.RST.1.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account. LACC.1112.RST.1.3 Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks; analyze the specific results based on explanations in the text. LACC.1112.RST.3.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem. LACC.1112.WHST.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes. LACC.1112.WHST.3.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

2013-2014 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE knowing, such as art, philosophy, and religion. SC.912. N.2.1- Identify what is science, what clearly not science is, and what superficially resembles science (but fails to meet the criteria for science). SC.912.L.17.20- Predict the impact of individuals on environmental systems and examine how human lifestyles affect sustainability. SC.912.N.4.1- Explain how scientific knowledge and reasoning provide an empirically-based perspective to inform society’s decision making. SC.912.N.4.2 –Weigh the merits of alternative strategies for solving a specific societal problem by comparing a number of different costs and benefits, such as human, economic, and environmental. SC.912.N.3.5- Describe the function of models in science, and identify the wide range of models used in science. SC.912.L.17.10- Diagram and explain the biogeochemical cycles of an ecosystem, including water, carbon, and nitrogen cycle.

LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS



Why do people need the natural world?

How does environmental science help us understand the natural world?

How do we use resources sustainably?

What does it mean if a scientific idea is “accepted”?

What did Molina and Rowland hypothesized about the ozone layer?

What is the difference between an independent and dependent variable?

What does it mean for variables to show correlation?

Why isn’t anything in science “just” a theory?

What does it mean to have an ecocentric world view?

How could addressing market failure help make an economy more environmentally sustainable?

2013-2014 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Why is nitrogen scarce in biosphere?

What are two ways in which nitrogen fixation occur naturally?

VOCABULARY VOCABULARY

VOCABULARY

Environment environmental science environmentalism natural resource renewable natural resource sustainable fossil fuel ecological footprint hypothesis prediction independent variable dependent variable controlled study data peer review theory ethics environmental ethics policy environmental policy Environmental Impact Statements command-and-control approach subsidy green tax cap-and-trade lobbying matter atom element nucleus molecule compound hydrocarbon solution macromolecules protein nucleic acid carbohydrate lipid pH feedback loop erosion geosphere lithosphere biosphere atmosphere hydrosphere Law of Conservation of Matter nutrient biogeochemical cycle primary producer photosynthesis consumer decomposer cellular respiration eutrophication nitrogen fixation

ACTIVITIES/RESOURCES ACTIVITIES/RESOURCES

ACTIVITIES/RESOURCES

An Introduction to Environmental Science

Lesson 1 Modeling Activity, Finite Resources Graph It, An Introduction to Graphing Map It Online Lesson 1.1 Worksheets Lesson 1.1 Assessment Chapter 1 Overview Presentation Lesson 2 Scientific Method Lab, Green vs. Conventional Cleaners

Economics and Environmental Policy Lesson 1 Paper and Pencil Activity, Working Trees Bell Ringer Video, Wal-Mart’s Green Revolution Lesson 2.1 Worksheets Lesson 2.1 Assessment Chapter 2 Overview Presentation Lesson 2

In your Neighborhood Activity, Pending Legislation Lesson 2.2 Worksheets Lesson 2.2 Assessment

Earth’s Environmental Systems

Lesson 1 Lesson 3.1 Worksheets Lesson 3.1 Assessment Chapter 3 Overview Presentation Lesson 2 Lesson 3.2 Worksheets Lesson 3.2 Assessment Chapter 3 Overview Presentation

2013-2014 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Lesson 1.2 Worksheets Lesson 1.2 Assessment Chapter 1 Overview Presentation Lesson 3 In Your Neighborhood Activity, Local Research Studies Bell Ringer Video, Eco-Friendly Food Labels Lesson 1.3 Worksheets Lesson 1.3 Assessment Chapter 1 Overview Presentation

Chapter 2 Overview Presentation Lesson 3 Paper and Pencil Activity, Choose an Approach Real Data Online Lesson 2.3 Worksheets Lesson 2.3 Assessment Chapter 2 Overview Presentation

Lesson 3 Paper and Pencil Activity, Age the Islands Bell Ringer Video, Volcano to Earthquake Map It Online Lesson 3.3 Worksheets Lesson 3.3 Assessment Chapter 3 Overview Presentation Lesson 4 Paper and Pencil Activity, Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Plants Lesson 3.4 Worksheets Lesson 3.4 Assessment Chapter 3 Overview Presentation

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Create a KWL chart for each of the vocabulary terms in this lesson. Explain the focus of Environmental science. Describe the recent trends in human population and resource consumption Reference: Pearson Environmental Science Student Edition Withgott, J. (2012). Environmental science. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson.

2013-2014 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

COURSE CODE: 2001340 COURSE NAME: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

UNIT TITLE: ECOLOGY

SEMESTER: 1ST GRADING PERIOD: 2ND



Population Ecology Evolution and Community Ecology Biomes And Aquatic Ecosystems -Studying Ecology -Evolution -Defining Biomes -Describing Populations -Species Interactions -Biomes -Population Growth -Ecological Communities -Aquatic Ecosystems -Community Stability Biodiversity and Conservation -Our Planet of Life -Extinction and Biodiversity Loss -Protecting Biodiversity


NGSSS: SC. 912.L.17.6 Compare and contrast the relationships among organisms, including predation, parasitism, competition, commensalism, and mutualism. SC.912.L. 17.1 Discuss the characteristics of populations, such as number of individuals, age structure, density, and patterns of distribution.

Common Core ELA: For Students in Grades 9-10 LACC.910.RST.1.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions. LACC.910.RST.1.3 Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments,

Common Core MATHEMATICS: MACC.K12.MP.1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. MACC.K12.MP.2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively. MACC.K12.MP.3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. [Viable arguments include evidence.]

How do changes in population size relate to environmental conditions? How do organisms affect one another’s survival and environment? How does the environment affect where and how an organism lives? Why is it important to protect biodiversity?

2013-2014 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SC.912.L.17.5 Analyze how population size is determined by births, deaths, immigration, emigration, and limiting factors (biotic and abiotic) that determine carrying capacity. SC.912. L. 15.13- Describe the conditions required for natural selection, including: overproduction of offspring, inherited variation, the struggle to survive, which result in differential reproductive success. SC.912.L.17.9 Use food web to identify and distinguish producers, consumers, and decomposers. Explain the pathway of energy transfer through trophic levels and the reduction of available energy at successive trophic levels. SC.912.L.17.4 Describe changes in ecosystems resulting from seasonal variations, climate change and succession. SC.912.L.17.7 Characterize the biotic and abiotic components that define freshwater systems, marine systems and terrestrial systems. SC.912.L.17.11 Evaluate the costs and benefits of renewable and nonrenewable resources, such as water, energy, fossil fuels, wildlife, and forests. SC.912.L.15.3 Describe how biological diversity is increased by origin of new species and how it is decreased by natural process of extinction. SC.912.N.4.2 Weigh the merits of alternative strategies for solving a specific societal problem by comparing a number of different costs and benefits, such as human, economic, and environmental. SC.912.17.20 Predict the impact of individuals on environmental systems and examine how human lifestyles affect sustainability. SC.912.L.17.8 : Recognize the consequences of the losses of biodiversity due to catastrophic events, climate changes, human activity, and the introduction of invasive, non-native species.

taking measurements, or performing technical tasks attending to special cases or exceptions defined in the text. LACC.910.RST.3.7 Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information expressed visually or mathematically (e.g., in an equation) into words. LACC.910.WHST.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes. LACC.910.WHST.3.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. For Students in Grades 11-12 LACC.1112.RST.1.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account. LACC.1112.RST.1.3 Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks; analyze the specific results based on explanations in the text. LACC.1112.RST.3.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem. LACC.1112.WHST.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes. LACC.1112.WHST.3.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

MACC.K12.MP.4: Model with mathematics. MACC.K12.MP.5: Use appropriate tools strategically. MACC.K12.MP.6: Attend to precision. MACC.K12.MP.7: Look for and make use of structure. MACC.K12.MP.8: Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

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2013-2014 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE LESSON ESSENTIAL

QUESTIONS LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS


1. What is the difference between a species and a population? Between a population and a community? 2. When is sampling necessary? 3. What is the difference between population density and distribution? 4. Which type of survivorship curve describes populations whose mortality is highest at young ages? 5. What is the typical unit of measurement for population growth? 6. What is the connection between adaptations and fitness? 7. What is the difference between artificial selection and natural selection? 8. How does resource partitioning affect competition between species? 9. How do mycorrhizae fit the definition of a symbiotic relationship? 10. What is the primary difference between photosynthesis and chemosynthesis? 11. What happens to energy that is not passed from trophic level to the next, or used to power life processes? 12. Why are most communities best represented with a food web instead of a food chain? 13. Why does secondary succession usually happen faster than primary succession? 14. What is an invasive species? 15. Why was the cane toad introduced to Australia? 16. What’s the difference between an ecosystem and a biome? 17. Why don’t scientists know exactly how many species there are on Earth? 18. How can extinction of a single species affect how an ecosystem functions? 19. What is the difference between endangered and threatened species? 20. What is the relationship between carrying capacity and population growth?


VOCABULARY

Ecology, species, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere, biotic factor, abiotic factor, habitat, population size, population density, population distribution, age structure diagram, sex ratio, survivorship curve, immigration, emigration, migration, exponential growth, limiting factors, carrying capacity, biotic potential, logistic growth, exponential growth, density-dependent factors, density-independent factors, evolution, gene, mutation, genetic drift, natural selection, artificial selection, fitness, adaptation, speciation, extinction, niche, tolerance, resource, partitioning, predation, coevolution, parasitism, symbiosis, herbivory, mutualism, commensalism, primary producer, photosynthesis, chemosynthesis, consumer, cellular respiration, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, detritivore, decomposer, trophic level, biomass, food chain, keystone species, succession, primary succession, pioneer species, secondary succession, invasive species, biome, climate, weather, climatograph, net primary production, salinity, photic zone, aphotic zone, benthic zone, littoral zone, limnetic zone, flood plain, estuary, upwelling, biodiversity, species, diversity, genetic diversity, ecosystem, diversity, extirpation, endangered species, threatened species, habitat fragmentation, poaching, Endangered Species Act, Captive breeding, biodiversity hot spot, endemic




Population Ecology Lesson 1 Bell Ringer Video, Weekend Window to Katmai National Park Lesson 4.1 Worksheets Lesson 4.1 Assessment Chapter 4 Overview Lesson 2 Modeling Lab, Using Mark-and Recapture Lesson 4.2 Worksheets Lesson 4.2 Assessment Chapter 4 Overview Presentation Lesson 3 In Your Neighborhood Activity, Migrating Populations Scientific Method Lab, Yeast Population Growth Real Data Online Real Data Math Worksheet Lesson 4.3 Worksheets Lesson 4.3 Assessment Chapter 4 Overview Presentation Evolution and Community Ecology Lesson 1 Modeling Lab, Simulating Adaptations Lesson 5.1 Worksheets Lesson 5.1 Assessment Chapter 5 Overview Presentation Lesson 2 Bell Ringer Video, The “Invisible Cloak” of the Cuttlefish Lesson 5.2 Worksheets Lesson 5.2 Assessment

Biomes And Aquatic Ecosystems Lesson 1 Lesson 6.1 Worksheets Lesson 6.1 Assessment Chapter 6 Overview Presentation Lesson 2 Outdoors Lab, Collecting Climate Data Bell Ringer Video, Great Migration—Alaskan Caribou Real Data Online Lesson 6.2 Worksheets Lesson 6.2 Assessments Chapter 6 Overview Presentation Lesson 3 Paper and Pencil Activity, Mapping Kelp Forests Lesson 6.3 Worksheets Lesson 6.3 Assessment Chapter 6 Overview Presentation

Biodiversity and conservation Lesson 1 Outdoors Lab, Exploring Plant Diversity Lesson 7.1 Worksheets Lesson 7.1 Assessment Chapter7 Overview Presentation Lesson 2 Modeling Lab, Overharvesting Map It Online Lesson 7.2 Worksheets Lesson 7.2 Assessments Chapter 7 Overview Presentation Lesson 3 In your Neighborhood Activity, Endangered Species Bell Ringer Video, Belize’s Safe Haven for Animals Real Data Online Real Data Math Worksheets Lesson 7.3 Worksheets Lesson 7.3 Assessment Chapter 7 Overview Presentation

2013-2014 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Chapter 5 Overview Presentation Lesson 3 Outdoors Lab, Life in a Drop of Pond Water Real Data Online Real Data Math Worksheet Lesson 5.3 Worksheets Lesson 5.3 Assessment Chapter 5 Overview Presentation Lesson 4 In Your Neighborhood Activity , Invasive Organisms Near You Lesson 5.4 Worksheets Lesson 5.4 Assessment Chapter 5 Overview Presentation


Reference: Pearson Environmental Science Student Edition Withgott, J. (2012). Environmental science. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson.



UNIT TITLE:HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

SEMESTER: 2nd GRADING PERIOD: 3rd



Human Population Environmental Health Urbanization Trends in Human Population Growth An Overview of Environmental Health Land Use and Urbanization Predicting Population Growth Biological and Social Hazards Sprawl People and their Environments Toxic Substances in the Environment Sustainable Cities Natural Disasters


NGSSS: SC.912.L. 17.1 Discuss the characteristics of populations, such as number of individuals, age structure, density, and patterns of distribution. SC.912.17.20 Predict the impact of individuals on environmental systems and examine how human lifestyles affect sustainability. HE. 912. C.1.3 Evaluate how environment and personal health are interrelated. SC.912.L.14.6 Explain the significance of genetic factors, environmental factors, and pathogenic agents to health from the perspectives of both individual and public health. SC.912.L.17.18 Describe human population size and resource use relate to environmental quality. SC.912.17.20 Predict the impact of individuals on

Common Core ELA: For Students in Grades 9-10 LACC.910.RST.1.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions. LACC.910.RST.1.3 Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks attending to special cases or exceptions defined in the text. LACC.910.RST.3.7 Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information expressed visually or mathematically (e.g., in an equation) into words. LACC.910.WHST.1.2 Write informative/explanatory

Common Core MATHEMATICS: MACC.K12.MP.1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. MACC.K12.MP.2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively. MACC.K12.MP.3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. [Viable arguments include evidence.] MACC.K12.MP.4: Model with mathematics. MACC.K12.MP.5: Use appropriate tools strategically. MACC.K12.MP.6: Attend to precision. MACC.K12.MP.7: Look for and make use of structure. MACC.K12.MP.8: Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

How does human population affect the environment?

What is the relationship between environmental health and our own health?

How can we balance our needs for housing and jobs with the needs of environment?

2013-2014 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE environmental systems and examine how human lifestyles affect sustainability.

texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes. LACC.910.WHST.3.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. For Students in Grades 11-12 LACC.1112.RST.1.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account. LACC.1112.RST.1.3 Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks; analyze the specific results based on explanations in the text. LACC.1112.RST.3.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem. LACC.1112.WHST.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes. LACC.1112.WHST.3.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research




What is the relationship between carrying capacity and population growth?

Will an organism always have the same response to a chemical regardless of the dose it is exposed to? Explain.

What is the difference between tsunami and storm surge?

How is it more efficient to deliver goods and services to people in a city than to people in sparsely populated rural areas?

What are three benefits of greenways?



VOCABULARY

Industrial Revolution, infant mortality, life expectancy, growth rate, demography, total fertility rate, replacement fertility, demographic transition, wealth gap, environmental health, hazard, pathogen, epidemiology, toxicology, toxicity, dose, response, dose-response relationship, risk, risk assessment, infectious disease, emerging disease, pollution, carcinogen, teratogen, neurotoxin, asbestos, radon, bioaccumulation, biomagnifications, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, tornado, hurricane, thunderstorm, avalanche, land cover, land use, urban area, rural area, urbanization, infrastructure, heat island, sprawl, city planning, Geographic Information System, Zoning, Urban Growth Boundary, smart growth, ecological restoration, greenway



Human Population Lesson 1 Paper and Pencil Activity, Longevity Bell Ringer Video, Long Live America Real Data Online Real Data Math Worksheets Lesson 8.1 Worksheets Lesson 8.1 Assessments Chapter 8 Overview Presentation Lesson 2 In Your Neighborhood Activity, Using Census Data Paper and Pencil Activity, Interpreting Age Structure Graph It, Age Pyramids and Population Growth Lesson 8.2 Worksheets Lesson 8.2 Assessment Chapter 8 Overview Presentation Lesson 3 Lesson 8.3 Worksheets Lesson 8.3 Assessment Chapter 8 Overview Presentation

Environmental Health Lesson 1 Lesson 9.1 Worksheets Lesson 9.1 Assessment Chapter 9 Overview Presentation Lesson 2 Paper and Pencil Activity, Tracking an Outbreak Bell Ringer Video, Swine Flu Could be Global Pandemic Lesson 9.2 Worksheets and Assessments Chapter 9 Overview Presentation Lesson 3 In your Neighborhood Activity, Home Hazmat Survey Scientific Method Lab, Testing For Lead Lesson 9.3 Worksheets Lesson 9.3 Assessment Lesson 9 Overview Presentation Lesson 4 Map It Online Lesson 9.4 Worksheets Lesson 9.4 Assessment Chapter 9 Overview Presentation

Urbanization Lesson 1 In Your Neighborhood Activity, Local Land Cover Lesson 10.1 Worksheets Lesson 10.1 Assessment Lesson 10 Overview Presentation Lesson 2 Paper and Pencil Activity, Patterns of Sprawl Bell Ringer Video, Ghostburbs Real Data Online Real Data Math Worksheets Lesson 10.2 Worksheets Lesson 10.2 Assessment Chapter 10 Overview Presentation Lesson 3 Paper and Pencil Activity, Green Building Design Lesson 10.3 Worksheets Lesson 10.3 Assessment Chapter 10 Overview Presentation






UNIT TITLE: EARTH’S RESOURCES

SEMESTER: 2ND GRADING PERIOD: 3RD



Forestry and Resource Management Soil and Agriculture Mineral Resources Resource Management Soil Minerals and Rocks Forests and Their Resources Soil Degradation and Conservation Mining Forest Management Food Production Mining Impacts and Regulation Food Production Water Resources The Atmosphere Water Resources Earth’s Atmosphere Uses of Freshwater Pollution of the Atmosphere Water Pollution Controlling Air Pollution


NGSSS: SC.912. L.17.13 Discuss the need for adequate monitoring of environmental parameters when making policy decisions. SC.912.L.17.11 Evaluate the costs and benefits of renewable and nonrenewable resources such as water, energy, fossil fuels, wildlife and forests. SC.912.L. 17.12 Discuss the political, social and environmental consequences of sustainable use of land. SC.912.L.17.19 Describe how different natural resources are produced and how their rates of use and renewal limit availability.

Common Core ELA: For Students in Grades 9-10 LACC.910.RST.1.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions. LACC.910.RST.1.3 Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks attending to special cases or exceptions defined in the text. LACC.910.RST.3.7 Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual

Common Core MATHEMATICS: MACC.K12.MP.1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. MACC.K12.MP.2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively. MACC.K12.MP.3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. [Viable arguments include evidence.] MACC.K12.MP.4: Model with mathematics. MACC.K12.MP.5: Use appropriate tools strategically. MACC.K12.MP.6: Attend to precision. MACC.K12.MP.7: Look for and make use of structure. MACC.K12.MP.8: Look for and express regularity in

How can we use Earth’s resources sustainably?

How can we balance our growing demand for food with our need to protect the environment?

2013-2014 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SC.912.17.20 Predict the impact of individuals on environmental systems and examine how human lifestyles affect sustainability. SC.912.L.17.15 Discuss the effects of technology on environmental quality. SC.912.L.16.10 Evaluate the impact of biotechnology on the individual, society and environment, including medical and ethical issues. SC.912.L.17.16 Discuss the large scale environmental impacts resulting from human activity, including waste spills, oil spills, runoff, greenhouse gases, ozone depletion, and surface and ground water pollution. SC.912.L.17.14 Assess the need for adequate waste management strategies.

form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information expressed visually or mathematically (e.g., in an equation) into words. LACC.910.WHST.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes. LACC.910.WHST.3.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. For Students in Grades 11-12 LACC.1112.RST.1.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account. LACC.1112.RST.1.3 Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks; analyze the specific results based on explanations in the text. LACC.1112.RST.3.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem. LACC.1112.WHST.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes. LACC.1112.WHST.3.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

repeated reasoning.





What are two ways that soil and water are similar as renewable resources?

What are two different selection systems?

What is the effect of the roadless rule?

Why is there less biodiversity in a tree plantation than in a similar-sized forest?

What is one risk of introducing a predator or parasite from a different ecosystem?

What are the three essential steps to global food security?

Why are today’s GM crops unlikely to help feed poor people in developing nations?

What is slurry?

How does mining increase the rate of acid drainage?

What is a river system?

Why might a water table drop?

How does drip irrigation save water?

Where do groundwater pollutants come from?

Why can’t clouds form unless there are tiny particles in the air?

What is the difference between industrial smog and photochemical smog?


VOCABULARY

Resource management, maximum sustainable yield, ecosystem-based management, adaptive management, even-aged, uneven-aged, clear cutting, seed-tree approach, shelterwood approach, selection system, deforestation, old growth forest, multiple use, monoculture, prescribed burn, salvage logging, sustainable forestry certification, soil, parent material, bedrock, weathering, soil horizon, soil profile, clay, silt, sand, loam, soil degradation, intercropping, crop rotation, cover crop, shelterbelt, tilling, terracing, contour farming, overgrazing, desertification, irrigation, salinition, pesticide, traditional agriculture, yield, industrial agriculture, green revolution, biological pest control, integrated pest management, pollinator, arable land, food security, malnutrition, genetic engineering, genetically modified organism, biotechnology, feedlot, aquaculture, seedbank, sustainable agriculture, organic agriculture, mineral, precipitation, polymorph, rock, rock cycle, ore, strip mining, subsurface mining, open pit mining, mountain top removal, placer mining, tailings, smelting, acid drainage, fresh water, surface water, runoff, river system, watershed, groundwater, permeable, impermeable, aquifer, water table, recharge zone, well, water diversion, dam, reservoir, desalination, xeriscaping, point-source pollution, nonpoint-source pollution, cultural eutrophication, wastewater, algal bloom, pathogen, red tide, septic system, atmosphere, relative humidity, air pressure, troposphere, stratosphere, ozone layer, mesosphere, thermosphere, radiation, conduction, convection, convection current, air mass, front, air pollution, emission, fossil fuel, primary air pollutant, secondary air pollutant, smog, temperature inversion, acid deposition, Clean Air Act, catalytic converter, scrubber, ozone hole, CFC, Montreal Protocol




Forestry and Resource Lesson 1 Lesson 11.1 Worksheets Lesson 11.1 Assessment Lesson 11 Overview Presentation Lesson 2 Outdoors Activity, How Much Lumber? Modeling Lab, Making Recycled Paper Real Data Online Lesson 11.2 Worksheets Lesson 11.2 Assessment Lesson 11 Overview Presentation Lesson 3 In Your Neighborhood Activity, Your National Forest Bell Ringer Video, Angeles Ashes—L. A Wildfire Contained Lesson 11.3 Worksheets Lesson 11.3 Assessment Chapter 11 Overview Presentation Water Resources Lesson 1 Paper and Pencil Activity, Watershed Boundaries Graph It, Global Freshwater Resources Map It Online Lesson 14.1 Worksheets Lesson 14.1 Assessment Lesson 14 Overview Presentation Lesson 2 Bell Ringer Video, Great Wall or Great Disaster? Real Data Online

Management Soil and Agriculture Lesson 1 Scientific Method Lab, Testing Soil Properties Lesson 12.1 Worksheets Lesson 12.1 Assessment Lesson 12 Overview Presentation Lesson 2 Modeling Lab, Combating Erosion Lesson 12.2 Worksheets Lesson 12.2 Assessment Lesson 12 Overview Presentation Lesson 3 In Your Neighborhood Activity, Local Planting Conditions Map It Online Lesson 12.3 Worksheets Lesson 12.3 Assessment Chapter 12 Overview Presentation Lesson 4 Bell Ringer Video, Fish Farms of the Future Graph It, Animal Food Products and Feed Input Lesson 12.4 Worksheets Lesson 12.4 Assessment Chapter 12 Overview Presentation The Atmosphere Lesson 1 Lesson 15.1 Worksheets Lesson 151.1 Assessment Lesson 15 Overview Presentation Lesson 2

Mineral Resources Lesson 1 Scientific Method Lab, Mineral Identification Outdoors Lab, Local Geology Lesson 13.1 Worksheets Lesson 13.1 Assessment Lesson 13 Overview Presentation Lesson 2 Map It Online Lesson 13.2 Worksheets Lesson 13.2 Assessment Lesson 13 Overview Presentation Lesson 3 Bell Ringer Video, Coal Sludge Dam Breaks Lesson 13.3 Worksheets Lesson 13.3 Assessment Chapter 13 Overview Presentation

2013-2014 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Real Data Math Worksheet Lesson 14.2 Worksheets Lesson 14.2 Assessment Lesson 14 Overview Presentation Lesson 3 In Your Neighborhood Activity, The Water You Drink Scientific Method Lab, Testing Water Quality Lesson 14.3 Worksheets Lesson 14.3 Assessment Chapter 14 Overview Presentation

Scientific Method Lab, Acid Rain and Seeds Outdoors Lab, What’s in the Air? Lesson 15.2 Worksheets Lesson 15.2 Assessment Lesson 15 Overview Presentation Lesson 3 In Your Neighborhood Activity, Using Your UV Index Bell Ringer Video, Ozone Layer Under Repair Graph It, Monitoring Major Air Pollutants Real Data Online Real Data Math Worksheet Lesson 15.3 Worksheets Lesson 15.3 Assessment Chapter 15 Overview Presentation





UNIT TITLE: TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

SEMESTER: 2ND GRADING PERIOD: 4TH



Global Climate Change Nonrenewable Energy Renewable Energy Alternatives Our Dynamic Climate Energy: An Overview Biomass and Geothermal Energy Climate Change Fossil Fuels Hydropower and Ocean Energy Effects of Climate Change Consequences of Fossil Fuel Use Solar and Wind Energy Responding to Climate Change Nuclear Power Energy from Hydrogen Waste Management Municipal and Industrial Waste Minimizing Solid Waste Hazardous Waste


NGSSS: SC.912.E.7.9 Cite evidence that the ocean has had a significant influence on climate change by absorbing, storing, and moving heat, carbon and water. SC.912. E.7.7 Identify, analyze, and relate the internal (Earth system) and external (astronomical) conditions that contribute to climate change. SC. 912. L.17.4 Describe changes in ecosystems resulting from seasonal variations, climate change and succession. Sc.912. N.4.2 Weight the merits of alternative strategies for solving a specific societal problem by comparing a number of different costs and benefits,

Common Core ELA: For Students in Grades 9-10

LACC.910.RST.1.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.

LACC.910.RST.1.3 Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks attending to special cases or exceptions defined in the text.

LACC.910.RST.3.7 Translate quantitative or technical

Common Core MATHEMATICS: MACC.K12.MP.1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. MACC.K12.MP.2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively. MACC.K12.MP.3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. [Viable arguments include evidence.] MACC.K12.MP.4: Model with mathematics. MACC.K12.MP.5: Use appropriate tools strategically. MACC.K12.MP.6: Attend to precision. MACC.K12.MP.7: Look for and make use of structure. MACC.K12.MP.8: Look for and express regularity in

What are the causes and consequences of a warming Earth?

Can we depend on nonrenewable energy sources for our energy needs?

What are the potential uses and limitations of renewable energy sources?

How do our choices as consumers and waste producers affect our environment?

2013-2014 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE such as human, economic, and environmental. SC.912.P. 10.1 Differentiate among various forms of energy and recognize that they can be transformed from one form to others. SC.912.L.17.19 Describe how different natural resources are produced and how their rates of use and renewal limit availability. SC.912.E.6.6 Analyze past, present, and potential future consequences to the environment resulting from various energy production technologies. SC.912.L.17.11 Evaluate the costs and benefits of renewable and nonrenewable resources such as water, energy, fossil fuels, wildlife and forests. SC.912.L.17.14 Assess the need for adequate waste management strategies. SC.912.17.20 Predict the impact of individuals on environmental systems and examine how human lifestyles affect sustainability.

information expressed in words in a text into visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information expressed visually or mathematically (e.g., in an equation) into words.

LACC.910.WHST.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.

LACC.910.WHST.3.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

For Students in Grades 11-12

LACC.1112.RST.1.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account.

LACC.1112.RST.1.3 Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks; analyze the specific results based on explanations in the text.

LACC.1112.RST.3.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem.

LACC.1112.WHST.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.

LACC.1112.WHST.3.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research

repeated reasoning.





What accounts for the change in season in temperate zones?

What are three kinds of climate data scientists can measure directly?

How is the increase in atmospheric temperature affecting the migration of some bird species?

What is the largest source of U.S. greenhouse gases?

What kind of energy does a compressed spring have?

What nations are the main producers of coal today?

How do fossil fuels affect water?

How can biomass energy cause indoor pollution?

How does a flat-plate solar collector work?

What is electrolysis?

Which type of material is the largest single contributor to municipal solid waste?

What are the three main ways to dispose of hazardous waste?


VOCABULARY

Greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas, thermohaline circulation, topography, global climate change, global warming, proxy indicator, climate model, fossil fuel coral bleaching, carbon footprint, carbon tax, carbon offset, carbon sequestration, Kyoto Protocol, Energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, combustion, energy efficiency, renewable energy, nonrenewable energy, strip mining, subsurface mining, petroleum, petrochemical, oil sands, oil shale, methane hydrate, acid drainage, energy conservation, nuclear energy, nuclear fission, nuclear reactor, meltdown, nuclear fusion, biomass energy, biofuel, biopower, geothermal energy, ground source heat pump, hydro power, tidal energy, ocean thermal energy conversion, passive solar heating, active solar heating, wind farm, electrolysis, fuel cell, waste, municipal solid waste, industrial waste, hazardous waste, sanitary land fill, leachate, incineration, source reduction, biodegradable, composting, recycling, material recovery facility, e-waste, surface impoundment, deep-well injection, radioactive waste, Superfund



Global Climate Change Lesson 1 Modeling Lab, Effects of Greenhouse Gases Lesson 16.1 Worksheets Lesson 16.1 Assessment Lesson 16 Overview Presentation

Renewable Energy Alternatives Lesson 1 In Your Neighborhood Activity, Regional Renewable Energy Paper and Pencil Activity, Compare Biofuels Bell Ringer Videos, Autos—The Nation that Runs on

Waste Management Lesson 1 In Your Neighborhood Activity, Where waste Goes Bell Ringer Video, Bottled Water Backlash Lesson 19.1 Worksheets Lesson 19.1 Assessment

2013-2014 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Lesson 2 Paper and Pencil Activity, Tracking Carbon Dioxide and Temperature Bell Ringer Video, Climate Change in our Backyards Graph It, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Temperature Change Real data Online Lesson 16.2 Worksheets Lesson 16.2 Assessment Lesson 16 Overview Presentation Lesson 3 Lesson 16.3 Worksheets Lesson 16.3 Assessment Chapter 16 Overview Presentation Lesson 4 Lesson 16.4 Worksheets Lesson 16.4 Assessment Chapter 16 Overview Presentation Nonrenewable Energy Lesson 1 In Your Neighborhood Activity, Home Energy Use Lesson 17.1 Worksheets Lesson 17.1 Assessment Lesson 17 Overview Presentation Lesson 2 Paper and Pencil Activity, Fossil Fuel Use Bell Ringer Video, Coal Mines—Integral to Economy Graph It, Global Oil Production and the Hubert Curve Lesson 17 Overview Presentation Lesson 3 Scientific Method Lab, Identifying Insulators Real Data Online

Ethanol Real Data Online Real Data Math Worksheet Lesson 18.1 Worksheets Lesson 18.1 Assessment Lesson 18 Overview Presentation Lesson 2 Lesson 18.2 Worksheets Lesson 18.2 Assessment Lesson 18 Overview Presentation Lesson 3 Scientific Method Lab, Energy from Wind Map It Online Lesson 18.3 Worksheets Lesson 18.3 Assessment Chapter 18 Overview Presentation Lesson 4 Lesson 18.4 Worksheets Lesson 18.4 Assessment Chapter 18 Overview Presentation

Lesson 19 Overview Presentation Lesson 2 Scientific Method Lab, Over packaging Scientific Method Lab, Observing a Compost Graph It, Municipal Solid Waste Trends in U.S. Lesson 19.2 Worksheets Lesson 19.2 Assessment Lesson 19 Overview Presentation Lesson 3 Real Data Online Lesson 19.3 Worksheets Lesson 19.3 Assessment Chapter 19 Overview Presentation

2013-2014 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Map It Online Lesson 17.3 Worksheets Lesson 17.3 Assessment Chapter 17 Overview Presentation Lesson 4 Lesson 17.4 Worksheets Lesson 17.4 Assessment Chapter 17 Overview Presentation



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