INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Lab Manual

INTRODUCTION

TO

ENVIRONMENTAL

SCIENCE

Lab Manual

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Period______

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Set up Environment and Ecology Textbook Online

1. Go to

a. Sign in using your username and password as provided by Mrs. Kirman in class:

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c. Password

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2. Click on etext.

3. Explore the tools at the top of the page. Identify 3 tools and each tools purpose below.

Etext Tool

Purpose

4. Go to page 3 in the etext. Read the Central Case; ¡°Fixing a Hole in the Sky.¡±

5. Complete the organizer on the back.

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Directions: Read the categories below and then read the Case Study on page 3. As you read, fill in the

table. You must have at least term in the vocabulary box and a clear thought/explanation in each of the

other boxes.

FIXING A HOLE IN THE SKY

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SEEMS

IMPORTANT TO

ME

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SOMETHING I

DON¡¯T

UNDERSTAND

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SOMETHING I

DON¡¯T AGREE

WITH

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WORDS/TERMS

THAT SEEM

IMPORTANT

SOMETHING ELSE I

WANT TO TALK

ABOUT

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¡°THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS¡±

FISHING ACTIVITY

This is a simulation. Your group will need the following materials:

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16

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plate

¡°Goldfish¡± crackers

straws (or one for each person)

cups (or one for each person)

Each member in your group will represent a country¡¯s fishing industry. The

plate will represent the ocean, the ¡°Goldfish ¡°will represent real fish, the straws

will represent fishing boats/poles, and the cups will represent your country¡¯s food

supply. Follow the procedure listed below, keeping track of each season¡¯s fish

catch on the data table:

1.

Begin by placing 16 Goldfish on the plate. When the signal is given,

each member of your group will have ten seconds to fish for your country.

You do this by sucking up through the straw and picking up ¡°Goldfish¡± and

placing them in the cup. NO HANDS (EXCEPT TO HOLD YOUR CUP),

AND ONLY ONE FISH AT A TIME! You are required to catch at least

one fish, or your country will suffer a catastrophic famine. It¡¯s all up to

you! At the end of the simulation, a prize will be given to the person in

your group who has caught the most fish, so do your best! Finally, keep

your fish in the cups and don¡¯t eat them until counted! No stealing or

¡°wars¡± either!

2.

At the end of ten seconds (the end of the first season), count how many fish

you caught and enter this on the data table. Now each fish that is left in the

ocean will be given a chance to reproduce. However, I won¡¯t tell you how

many can reproduce and at what rate until after the first season!

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Repeat steps #1 and #2 until you have fished for a total of 6 seasons, or until

you have no more Goldfish remaining.

Data Table:

Season #

# of Fish left

in the Ocean

Catch of

Person #1

Catch of

Person #2

Catch of

Person #3

Catch of

Person #4

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TOTALS:

Questions:

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Was your fishing sustainable? In other words, at any point did you run out

of fish in the ocean? If so, when? Why did this happen?

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