ENVIRONMENTAL+SCIENCE

=Environmental Science=

Period 7, room 18
Course Syllabus

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Second Semester:
 * 1/06 - Final Exam corrections (Multiple Choice ONLY). For each question missed, find and mark the correct answer.
 * 1/07 - Reading Response "How Bad Could BP Oil Spill Get for the Gulf and the Nation." In your response, include reference to and examples from our oil spill lab.
 * 1/13 - Read chapters 7.1 and 7.2, answer section review questions for each section.
 * 1/18 - Read chapters 7.3, answer section review questions and thinking critically questions
 * 1/20 - Online lab report - Particulate air pollution - due END OF CLASS!
 * 1/21 - Personal Carbon Footprint
 * 1/26 - FAQ's global warming, take notes on 5 out of the 10 FAQ's. You will exchanged answers with a partner in class.
 * 1/28 - Possible Consequences of Global Warming, notes + response
 * 1/31 and 2/02 - Air Pollution Presentations (see below)
 * 2/04 - Unit Exam, Climate and the Atmosphere
 * 2/16 - The Economics of Fuel Efficiency math and graphing problems
 * 2/23 and 2/24 - Energy resource presentations

First Semester:
 * 8/23 - Read "The Mirror of our Fate" by Jared Diamond
 * 8/25 - Parent signatures due (letter + safety contract)
 * 8/25 - Respond to writing prompts, "The Lorax" and "The Mirror of our Fate"
 * 8/26 - Read "The Tragedy of the Commons" by Garrett Hardin
 * 8/30 - Read chapter 1.1 (textbook), answer questions 1-4 on pg. 12
 * 9/07 - "Field Activity" on page 15 (textbook), use either your neighborhood or the neighborhood around the school.
 * 9/09 - Salinity lab report due
 * 9/10 - Read chapters 2.1 and 2.2. Take notes using the graphic organizer provided in class.
 * 9/20 - Colorado Food Webs - posters due at the beginning of class. Vote to follow, winners will have their posters hung on the wall, and will receive a special bonus prize!
 * 9/30 - Read chapter 3.3: How ecosystems change. Answer "Thinking Critically" questions on pg. 69, and "Section Review" questions on pg. 70.
 * 10/1 - Lab report due: The Effect of Invasive Species on Biodiversity.
 * 10/7 - Read articles on Ecosystem services. Mark the text as you read: definition and examples of ecosystem services, the economic value of ecosystem services/biodiversity, how humans affect the ability of ecosystems to provide these services.
 * 10/8 - Invasive species WANTED POSTERS
 * 10/14 - Unit exam: Intro to ecology
 * 10/19 - Read "Population" article (from the Environmental Literacy Council) and answer the response questions on the last page.
 * 10/22 - Exponential Population Growth problems, Part 1: calculations
 * 10/26 - Exponential Population Growth problems, Part 2: graphs and response questions.
 * 10/28 - Quiz: Populations, Exponential Growth, and Doubling Time
 * 11/01 - Read Chapter 13.3. Take notes on each section with a bold, red heading, and answer Review question 16-19 on page 349.
 * 11/03 - Global Population Trends investigation: using population pyramids to understand how populations change.
 * 11/11 - Investigation 13: What causes a population explosion? Calculations, graphs, and questions.
 * 11/15 - Unit Exam: Populations and Consumption
 * 12/01 - Read chapter 5.1, answer Thinking Critically questions and Section Review questions
 * 12/06 - Personal water use chart should be completed by this day! Begin filling in this chart on Monday 11/29. Response to data to be written in class on 12/06 (DUE END OF PERIOD!)
 * 12/08 - Rivers of Doubt (Newsweek) - response: What is the issue discussed in this article? Who/what is being affected, and what are they (it) being affected by?
 * 12/09 - Water Quality in St. Vrain (lab) DUE!

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FINAL PROJECT DETAILS!

SPRING 2011: 1 - Climate and the Atmosphere
 * Air Pollution Presentations
 * Climate Exam - Essay Prompt and Study Guide

2 - Energy
 * Energy Resources Presentations

3 - Land use, Soil, and Agriculture
 * Take-home lecture (READ THIS, ANSWER QUESTIONS PROVIDED IN CLASS)

4 - Protecting the environment
 * Environmental Policies and Agencies time line project

FALL 2010: 1 - The Lorax, The Mirror of our Fate, and the Tragedy of the Commons
 * Writing prompts
 * Watch The Lorax on Google Video
 * [|The Mirror of our Fate] (.pdf)
 * [|Tragedy of the Commons] (.pdf)

2 - Introduction to Ecology
 * [|Class Notes] (.pdf)
 * Food web activity - Borneo and DDT
 * Colorado Food Web Project
 * WANTED: Invasive Species

3 - Populations
 * Global Population Trends
 * The Have's and Have-Not's: Environmental Justice Videos