Unit #1 Intro into Env



Unit #1

Intro into Env. Science and Waste Management

|Day |In class |Homework |

|Th |Student Information form |Get syllabus signed –Due Wed 8/21 |

|8/15 |Service Learning Project |Get lab contract signed-Due Wed 8/21 |

| |Syllabus-wash cloth, can tabs | |

| |Lab Contract-Field Trip perm form AP Exam and APES | |

| |Dues | |

| |Intro to Weebly | |

| |Google classroom (G cm) | |

| |Remind101 | |

|F |Unit #1 Cal |Book Quiz: Due 9/2 |

|8/16 |Book Quiz-Vocab Photos (15pts) |Photos Vocab: Due 9/3 |

| |Classroom exploration lab | |

| |Book Check | |

| |Maps | |

|M |Check – Exp Lab | |

|8/19 |Math Pre-test | |

|T |The Lorax |Current Event Due 8/30 |

|8/20 |--Current Event--- | |

|W |Tragedy of the Commons Activity | |

|8/21 | | |

|Th |UN Sustainability Goals survey |Watch “ Story of Stuff” at home |

|8/22 |What is Enviro Notes | |

|F |“Story of Stuff” discussion | |

|8/23 |Ext Cost Poster | |

|M |Finish Intro Notes |Book Quiz check |

|8/26 | | |

|T |External Cost Posters | |

|8/27 |Cost-Benefit discussion | |

| |Beck’s Creek, Spoon, Climate change | |

|W |Start Waste Notes | |

|8/28 | | |

|Th |Finish Waste Notes | |

|8/29 |-Waste project | |

|F |Practice FRQ |CE#1 due – on Google classroom (G cm) |

|8/30 |How to write, make rubric, score | |

|M |Labor Day-no school |Book Quiz Due |

|9/2 | |Post Weekend Plastic Trash Pic |

|T |Look at trash pics on Padlet Current Events - |Test Review 4:15-5:00 |

|9/3 | |Unit #1 Photos due – Google classroom (G cm) |

|W |Unit #1 Test FRQ’s | |

|9/4 | | |

|Th |Unit #1 Test MC | |

|9/5 | | |

|F |Pep Ralley-grade FRQ | |

|9/6 | | |

Unit #1 Economic, Politics, Sustainability, and Environment Ch 1,6,7 Waste management- Ch22

2 Natural Resources

2 Natural Capital

5 Globalization

2 Common

5 Tragedy of the Commons

3 Ethics

1 Human Resources

4 Anthropocentrism

1 Anthropogenic

5 Biocentrism

5 Nongovernmental organization – NGO

5 Stewardship

5 Sustainable

5 Cost-Benefit analysis

5 External Cost

4 Ecosystem services

5 Environmental Indicators

4 Environmental Laws

5 Environmental Justice

4 Environmental Economics

3 Environmental Literacy

3 Environmental Policy

5 World Bank

4 Ecocentrism

4 Lobbying

4 EPA

4 Affluence

3 Subsidies

4 Interest Groups

4 Lead

5 Mercury

2 Biodegradable

2 Nonbiodegradable

2 Waste management

3 Low waste approach

4 Fee-per-bag

5 Bioremediation

5 Phytoremediation

5 Chemoremediation

2 Municipal waste

2 Industrial waste

1 Paper

1 Postconsumer waste

2 Sanitary landfill

3 Leachate

5 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

5 Comprehensive Environmental and Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

5 Superfund program

5 Love canal

3 Brownfields

3 Anaerobic respiration

3 Methane

4 Incineration

2 Landfill

5 Waste to energy

3 Reduce

2 Reuse

2 Recycle

3 Refuse

1 Plastic

4 Bisphenol A – (BPA)

5 Mitigation

3 Contamination

3 Hazardous waste

3 E waste

Chapter 1

● Define the term environment and describe the field of environmental science

● Explain the Importance of natural resources and ecosystem services to our lives

● Discuss the consequences of population growth and resource consumption

● Characterize the nature of environmental science

● Understand the scientific method and the process of science

● Diagnose and illustrate some of the pressures on the global environment

● Articulate the concept of sustainability and describe campus sustainability efforts

Chapter 6

● Characterize the Influences of culture and worldview on the choices people make

● Outline the nature and historical expansion of ethics in Western culture

● Compare major approaches in environmental ethics

● Explain how our economies exist within the environment and rely on ecosystem services

● Describe principles of classical and neoclassical economics and summarize their implications for the environment

● Illustrate aspects of environmental economics and ecological economics

● Describe how individuals and businesses can help move our

● economic system In a sustainable direction

● Explain the pursuit of sustainable development

Chapter 7

● Describe environmental policy and assess its societal context

● Discuss the role of science In policy making

● Identify the Institutions Important to U.S. environmental policy and recognize major U.S. environmental laws

● Use the Institutions Involved with international environmental policy and describe how nations handle transboundary issues

● Categorize the different approaches to environmental policy

Chapter 22

● Summarize and compare the types of waste we generate

● Use the major approaches to managing waste

● Delineate the scale of the waste dilemma

● Describe conventional waste disposal methods: landfills and incineration

● Evaluate approaches for reducing waste: source reduction, reuse, composting, and recycling

● Discuss management of Industrial solid waste and principles of Industrial ecology

● Assess Issues In managing hazardous waste

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