Welcome back!Please sit in a new seat – one where you can be successful!

The road we’ve travelled

•Scientific Method•Ecology•Biodiversity•Population•Food•Air pollution

Where we’re going . . .

•Fossil Fuels•Climate change•Alternative energy•Waste and Environmental Economics•Water – supply and pollution•Soils•AP TEST!

With your neighbor:List 10 ways you’ve used energy today

How have you used energy today?•Electricity•Heat•Motion/Mechanical•Chemical energy (food, fuel)•Light•Energy of Position

Compare/contrast

•Energy = The ability to do work•Fuel = a substance which can be used to

provide energy

A proposition:

•We NEED energy. The FORM of energy and the FUELS we use to create convenient energy are a matter of choice.

What the frack?

BBC: Fracking on the Eagle Ford Shale •Notes - Tradeoffs•Advantages disadvantages Questions

Homework – Prepare to Discuss!• Prepare for Friday’s Socratic Dialogue on

Fracking.• Tonight:

▫ Read Chronicle article “Texans say dreams dying amid flares in Eagle Ford”.

▫Create Tree map to analyze article. Title: Impacts of Fracking boom. Due next class.

• By Friday: Find two articles based on last name. (Cite source) Print out or bring in on device. Read and summarize for dialogue. ***Must be focused on what regulations exist for this aspect of fracking!

Wrap up check:

•Do you have all three?• Five Fracking Facts• New Objective Sheet• Field Journal Note assignment