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Quarterly Content Guide 2017-2018

Environmental Science (Course #2001340) Environmental

Science Honors (Course #2001341) Adopted Instructional Materials: Environmental Science: Your World, Your Turn, Florida Edition 2012. Prentice Hall

Benchmarks Covered Each Quarter: Environmental and Honors

Quarter 1: Standards Chap Quarter 2: Standards Chap

Safety

1 class

0 Evolution & Natural Selection

5 classes

15.13/17.4

17.6/17.8

17.9

5

Science Overview (Nature of Science)

2 classes N.1

Biomes & Aquatic Ecosystems

5 classes 17.4/17.7

6

Intro to Environmental Science

4 classes

1 Biodiversity & Conservation

5 classes

15.3/17.8

17.11 7

Environmental Systems

7 classes

17.6/17.10

18.1/N.3.5

N.4.1

3 Human Population

5 classes

17.1/17.5

17.8/17.18

17.20

8

Populations Ecology

Ecosystems

7 classes

17.1/17.5

17.6/17.8

4

Semester Review Mid-term Check

Quarter 3: Standards Chap Quarter 4: Standards Chap

Environmental Health

5 classes

14.6/16.10/

17.18 9

Global Climate Change

5 classes

17.4

17.16

16

Urbanization

5 classes 17.20/17.18 10 Nonrenewable Resources

5 classes

17.11

17.13

17.19

17

Soil & Agriculture

5 classes

16.10/17.15

17.19/17.20 12

Renewable Resources

5 classes 17.11

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Water Resources

5 classes

17.11/17.14

17.19/17.20

18.12

14 CCE Review

5 classes

All chapters are planned for 2 week units with an activity

Create a Pre/Mid/Post for data tracking purposes: Biology Standards

Test recommended to be give the first week, midterm, and finals Non Highlighted are Environmental standards

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Academic Plan

Narrative:

Quarter - 1

Essential Knowledge Vocabulary/Key Terms Standards/Benchmarks Instructional Resources Assessments

1 Chapter 1, Lesson 2 & 3

Chapter 3, Lesson 1 :

Science Overview

Essential Question: How do

scientists uncover, research

and solve problems? Key

Topics: Lab

Safety Equipment Metric

System & Measuring

Nature of Science

Graphing Matter & the

Environment

atom; compound; controlled

studies; data; dependent

variable; Element; ethics;

hypothesis; independent

variable; mass; matter;

molecule; predictions;

solution; theory; volume;

SC.912.N.1.1 Use the scientific

method and inquiry to solve

scientific problems;

SC.912.N.1.2 Science;

SC.912.N.1.4 Information

reliability; SC.912.N.1.5 Similar

studies, similar outcomes;

SC.912.N.1.6 Scientific

inferences; SC.912.N.1.7

Creativity in science;

SC.912.N.2.1 Science &

pseudoscience; SC.912.N.2.4

Science is durable & robust;

SC.912.N.2.5 Influences on

science; SC.912.N.3.1 Scientific

theory; SC.912.N.4.1 Imperial

perspective;

District Science Webpage

Science SharePoint

Science Safety Contracts:

Creole; English; Spanish

Best Practices:

5E Learning Cycle;

CPALMS.org;

Understanding Science

Chapter 1, Lessons 2 & 3 TE pp

12-29 SE pp 12-29 Chapter 3,

Lesson 1 TE/SE pp 64-71 Skills &

Reference Handbook

Textbook pp SH-1 through SH-

32 Pearson Teacher

Resources: 3-D Geo Tour:

Discovery of the Ozone Hole

Bell ringer Video: Ecofriendly

Food Labels Marquee Lab:

Green vs. Conventional

Cleaners

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Chapter Assessments

Benchmark Assessments

Env Sci CCE Blueprint

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2 Chapter 1: An Introduction

to Environmental Science

Lesson 1 Essential

Question: How does

Environmental Science help

us understand the natural

world? Key Topics: Humans

& the Environment

Environmental Science vs.

Environmentalism Natural

Resources Human

Population Growth

Ecological Footprints The

Tragedy of the Commons

Ecological footprint;

environment;

Environmentalism; Fossil fuels;

sustainable;

SC.912.N.2.2 Limits of science;

Chapter 1 - Lesson 1 pp 4-11

Skills & Reference Handbook

Textbook pp SH-1 through SH-

32 Pearson Teacher

Resources: Map It--Comparing

Ecological Footprints

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Chapter Assessments

Benchmark Assessments

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3 Chapter 2: Environmental

Policy Case Study-Cleaning

the Tides of San

Diego & Tijuana Essential

Question: How can we

best balance our own

interests & needs with the

health of the

environment? Key Topics:

Environmental Policy

Environmental Impact

Statement; Environmental

Policy;

SC.912.L.17.14 Waste

management; SC.912.N.4.2

Alternative strategies;

Chapter 2 pp 34-35 & follow

up pp 56-57 Skills & Reference

Handbook Textbook pp SH-1

through SH-32 Pearson

Teacher Resources: 3-D Geo

Tour: Economics &

Environmental Policy on the

Mexican Border Bell ringer

Video: Walmart's Green

Revolution Inquiry Activity:

Working Trees

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Chapter Assessments

Benchmark Assessments

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4 Chapter 3, Lesson 2 & 3

Chapter 9, Lesson 4 Plate

Tectonics & Natural

Disasters Essential

Question: How can physical

events affect our

environment, health &

convergent boundary;

divergent boundary;

earthquake; hurricane;

tornado; transform boundary;

volcano;

SC.912.L.16.10 ; SC.912.L.17.10

Ecosystem biogeochemical

cycles; SC.912.L.17.16 Human

environmental impacts;

SC.912.L.17.18 Human

population size; SC.912.N.3.5

Models;

Chapter 3 - Lesson 2 and 3 pp

72-82 Chapter 9 - Lesson 4 pp

277-285 Bell ringer Video:

Volcano to Earthquake

(Chapter 3) Lab: Age the

Islands(Chapter 3) Skills &

Reference Handbook

Chapter Assessments

Benchmark Assessments

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Safety? Key Topics:

Interacting Systems Plate

Tectonics The Biosphere

The Atmosphere The

Hydrosphere

Textbook pp SH-1 through SH-

32

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Academic Plan

Narrative:

Quarter - 2

Essential Knowledge Vocabulary/Key Terms Standards/Benchmarks Instructional Resources Assessments

1 Chapter 4: Population

Ecology Essential Question:

How do changes in

population size relate to

environmental conditions?

Key Topics: Population size

Population

Density Population

Distribution Age Structure

Diagrams Population

Growth Rate Types of

Population Growth Limiting

Factors Biotic Potential

Carrying Capacity

abiotic factor; Biotic factor;

boreal forest; Carrying

capacity; community;

ecology; ecosystem;

emigration; exponential

growth; habitat; immigration;

migration; population;

population density; resource;

species;

SC.912.L.14.6 ; SC.912.L.17.1

Populations; SC.912.L.17.5

Analyze how population size

changes as a result of various

factors; SC.912.L.17.6

Relationships among

organisms; SC.912.L.17.8

Recognize the consequences

of the losses of biodiversity due

to catastrophic events;

Chapter 4 pp 98-119 Florida

Case Study 1 - Invasion from

Earth TE: FL T38 SE: FL 38 Skills &

Reference Handbook

Textbook pp. SH-1 through SH-

32 Pearson Teacher

Resources: Marquee Labs:

Using Mark & Recapture

Method Yeast Population

Growth Lab

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Chapter Assessments

Benchmark Assessments

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2 Chapter 8: Human

Population Lesson 1 & 2

only Essential Question:

How does the human

population affect the

environment? Key Topics:

Human Population Growth

Fertility Rates Age Structure

Diagrams Social Factors

growth rate; infant mortality;

life expectancy; total fertility

rate;

SC.912.L.17.1 Populations;

SC.912.L.17.18 Human

population size; SC.912.L.17.20

Predict the impact of

individuals on environmental

systems and sustainability;

pp 226-249 Include Case

Study: China's One Child

Policy/U.S. Census Skills &

Reference Handbook

(Without Environmental

Science textbook) pp SH-1

through SH-32 Pearson

Teacher Resources Lab:

Interpreting Age Structure

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Chapter Assessments

Benchmark Assessments

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3 Chapter 5: Evolution and

Community Ecology

Essential Question: How do

organisms affect one

another's survival and

environment? Key Topics:

Evolution Natural Selection

Niche Competition

Predation Symbiosis Energy

Transformations Food

Webs Ecological

Succession Invasive

Species

carnivore; Commensalism;

consumer; evolution; herbivore;

Mutualism; Natural

Selection; Niche; omnivore;

Parasitism; predation;

producer; Symbiosis;

SC.912.L.15.13 Describe the

conditions required for natural

selection; SC.912.L.17.4

Ecosystem change;

SC.912.L.17.6 Relationships

among organisms;

SC.912.L.17.8 Recognize the

consequences of the losses of

biodiversity due to catastrophic

events;

SC.912.L.17.9 Use a food web to

identify and distinguish

producers, consumers etc.;

SC.912.N.1.3 Scientific

argumentation; SC.912.P.10.1

Forms of energy; SC.912.P.10.2

Explore the Law of

Conservation of Energy by

differentiating among open,

closed, and isolated systems

and explain that the total

energy in an isolated system is a

conserved quantity;

Chapter pp 124-159 Include

Case Study: Black and White

and Spread All Over pp 125

A Broken Mutualism pp. 156-

157 Skills & Reference

Handbook Textbook pp. SH-1

through SH-32 Pearson

Teacher Resources Marquee

Lab: Life in a Drop of Pond

Water Other Lab: In Your

Neighborhood Activity:

Invasive Organisms Near You

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Chapter Assessments

Benchmark Assessments

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4 Chapter 6: Biomes &

Aquatic Ecosystems

Essential Question: How

does the environment

affect where and how an

organism lives? Key Topics:

Climate Biomes Net

Primary Production

Terrestrial Biomes Aquatic

Ecosystems

biome; climate; deciduous;

estivation; estuary; Hibernation;

net primary production;

salinity; weather; wetlands;

SC.912.L.17.4 Ecosystem

change; SC.912.L.17.7 Biotic &

abiotic components;

SC.912.N.4.1 Imperial

perspective; SC.912.N.4.2

Alternative strategies;

pg. 162-193 Include Case

Study: Too Much of a Good

Thing pg. 162-163

Skills & Reference Handbook

(Withgott Environmental

Science textbook) p. SH-1

through SH-32 Pearson Teacher

Resources 3-D

Geo Tour: Controlling African

Elephant Populations

Chapter Assessments

Benchmark Assessments

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Bell ringer Video: Great

Migration--Alaskan Caribou

Outdoor Lab: Collecting

Climate Data Pencil/Paper

Activity: Mapping Kelp Forests

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5 Chapter 7: Biodiversity &

Conservation Essential

Question: Why is it

important to protect

biodiversity? Key Topics:

Biodiversity Loss of

Biodiversity Protecting

Biodiversity

Biodiversity; endangered

species; endemic; invasive

species; threatened species;

SC.912.L.15.3 Describe how

biological diversity is increased

by the origin of new species;

SC.912.L.17.11 Renewable &

nonrenewable; SC.912.L.17.8

Recognize the consequences

of the losses of biodiversity due

to catastrophic events;

SC.912.N.4.2 Alternative

strategies;

pg. 198-219 Emphasis on

Case Study: Saving The

Siberian Tiger, pg. 199

Follow up Case Study: A

Couple of Birds Make Big

Comebacks, pg. 218-219

Skills & Reference Handbook

(Withgott Environmental

Science textbook) p. SH-1

through SH-32 Pearson

Teacher Resources

www.myenvironmentalscienc

e.com Bell ringer Video:

Belize's Safe Haven for Animals

Lab: Overharvesting

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Chapter Assessments

Benchmark Assessments

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Academic Plan

Narrative:

Quarter - 3

Essential Knowledge Vocabulary/Key Terms Standards/Benchmarks Instructional Resources Assessments

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1 Chapter 11 - Forestry and

Resource Management

Lesson 1: Resource

Management Essential

Question: How can we

manage renewable

resources for sustainable

use? Key Topics:

Renewable Resource

Management

Management Approaches

clear-cutting; deforestation;

prescribed burns; resource

management;

SC.912.L.17.12 Sustainability;

SC.912.L.17.13 Environmental

monitoring;

Chapter 11 - Forestry and

Resource Management

Lesson 1: Resource

Management pp 324-327

Study Workbook pp 190-193

Success Stories "Reforesting

Africa" pp 344-345 Modeling

Lab: Making Recycled Paper

Marquee Activity: Project Wild

K-12 Curriculum and Activity

Guide "Back from the Brink"

and/or "Checks and

Balances"

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2 Chapter 12 - Soil and

Agriculture Lessons 1, 2, 3,

and 4 Essential Question:

How can we balance our

growing demand for food

with our need to protect

the environment? Lesson

1: Soil Review Chapter 3 -

Lesson 4 (Nitrogen and

Phosphorous Cycles) Key

Topics: Soil Formation Soil

Horizons Soil

Characteristics Lesson 2:

agriculture; biotechnology;

irrigation; pesticides; soil;

weathering;

SC.912.L.16.10 ; SC.912.L.17.10

Ecosystem biogeochemical

cycles; SC.912.L.17.15

Environmental quality;

SC.912.L.17.16 Human

environmental impacts;

SC.912.L.17.19 Natural

resources; SC.912.L.17.20

Predict the impact of

individuals on environmental

systems and sustainability;

Chapter 12 - Soil and

Agriculture pp 350-389 Inquiry

Lab: Testing Soil Properties

(Scientific Method) Chapter 3

- Earth's Environmental

Systems Lesson 4:

Biogeochemical Cycles pp

86-87 Central Case Study

(Chapter 3) The Gulf of

Mexico's Dead Zone Textbook

pp 62-63 Study Workbook pp

54-55

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Soil Degradation and

Conservation Refer to

Chapter 9 - Lesson 3 (Toxic

Substances) Key Topics:

Erosion Desertification Soil

Conservation Policies Soil

Pollution Lesson 3:

Agriculture Key Topics:

Development of

Agriculture Industrial

Agriculture Pests Pollinators

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3 Chapter 14 - Water

Resources Lessons 1, 2 and

3 Essential Question: Why

are we running out of

water and how does it

affect humans and

ecosystems? Lesson 1:

Earth - The Water Planet

Review Chapter 3 - Lesson

4 (The Hydrosphere) Key

Topics: Surface Water,

Watersheds Ground

Water, Aquifers Lesson 2:

Uses of Fresh Water Key

Topics: How Water Is Used

Overview Using Surface

Water Using Groundwater

Solutions to Freshwater

depletion Lesson 3: Water

Pollution Types/Sources of

Freshwater Pollution Refer

to Chapter 9 - Lesson 2

(Biological Hazards) Key

aquifer; dam; Eutrophication;

fresh water; Ground water;

nonpoint-source pollution;

point-source pollution;

pollution; reservoir; Surface

Water; wastewater; water

table; Watershed; well;

SC.912.E.7.8 Florida geography;

SC.912.L.17.10 Ecosystem

biogeochemical cycles;

SC.912.L.17.14 Waste

management; SC.912.L.17.19

Natural resources;

SC.912.L.17.20 Predict the

impact of individuals on

environmental systems and

sustainability;

Chapter 14 - Water Resources

pp 418-444 Paper and Pencil

Activity: Watershed

Boundaries Florida Case

Study 2 - The Rise and Fall of

Mercury TE: pp FL T40 SE: pp FL

40 Inquiry Lab: Outdoors

Testing Water Quality

(Scientific Method) Marquee

Activity: Project Wild *Aquatic

K-12 Curriculum and Activity

Guide "Fishable Waters"

Chapter 9 - Environmental

Health Lesson 2 : Biological

and Social Hazards pp 261266

Central Case Study

(Chapter 9) - The Rise and Fall

- and Rise? of DDT Textbook

pp 254-255 Study Workbook

pp 169-170

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Topics: Groundwater

Pollution Ocean Water

Pollution Controlling Water

Pollution

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4 Chapter 15 - The

Atmosphere Lessons 1, 2

and 3 Essential Question:

How can we ensure

everyone has clean air?

Lesson 1: Earth’s

Atmosphere Refer to

Chapter 3 – Lesson 3 (The

Atmosphere) Key Topics:

Properties of the

Atmosphere Layers of the

Atmosphere The

Troposphere and Weather

Lesson 2: Pollution of the

Atmosphere Refer to

Chapter 9 - Lesson 3 (Toxic

Substances) Key Topics:

Sources of Air Pollution

Smog and Temperature

Inversions Acid Deposition

Lesson 3: Controlling Air

Pollution Key Topics: The

Clean Air Act Ozone: A

Success Story

atmosphere; conduction;

Convection; Fossil fuels; ozone;

ozone layer; radiation; relative

humidity;

Stratosphere; thermosphere;

Troposphere;

SC.912.L.16.10 ; SC.912.L.17.13

Environmental monitoring;

SC.912.L.17.16 Human

environmental impacts;

SC.912.L.17.19 Natural

resources;

Chapter 15 - The Atmosphere

pp 450-480 Inquiry Lab:

Outdoors What's in the Air?

Bell Ringer Video: Ozone Layer

Under Repair (ABC News)

Take it Local: Local Air Quality

Real Data Online

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Narrative:

Quarter - 4

Essential Knowledge Vocabulary/Key Terms Standards/Benchmarks Instructional Resources Assessments

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1 Chapter 16: Climate

Change Lessons 1, 2, 3

and 4 Essential Question:

What factors determine

Earth’s climate? Lesson 1:

Our Dynamic Climate Key

Topics: Energy from the

Sun Wind Patterns in the

Atmosphere The Oceans

and Climate Other Factors

that Climate Lesson 2:

Climate Change Key

Topics: Evidence of a

Warming Earth Studying

Climate Finding the Cause

of Climate Change Lesson

3: Effects of Climate

Change Key Topics:

Effects on Ecosystems and

Organisms Impact on

People Right Now Future

Impact on People Lesson

4: Responding to Climate

Change Key Topics: Use

and Production of

Electricity Transportation

Other Approaches to

Reducing Greenhouse

Gases Cooperation

carbon sequestration; El Nino;

global warming; greenhouse

effect; topography;

SC.912.E.7.7 Identify, analyze,

and relate the internal (Earth

system) and external

(astronomical) conditions that

contribute to global climate

change; SC.912.E.7.9 Ocean &

climate change; SC.912.L.17.14

Waste management;

SC.912.L.17.16 Human

environmental impacts;

SC.912.N.4.2 Alternative

strategies;

Chapter 16 Global Climate

Change pp. 482-508 Bell

Ringer Video Florida Case

Study 3- Rising Sea Levels TE

pg. FLT 42 SE pg. FL 42 Lab

Activities Modeling Lab: Effects

of Green House Gases Paper

and Pencil Activity: Tracking

Carbon Dioxide and

Temperature Marque Lab

Global Warming (Ward's

Biological Supply) Video

Media: 6 Degrees What's Up

with the Weather Climate

Change

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Among Nations

2 Chapter 17:

Nonrenewable Energy

Lessons 1 pg. 520, 2, 3 and

4 Essential Question: What

is Nonrenewable Energy

and how is it used? Lesson

1: Energy: An Overview

Key Topic: Sources and

Uses of Energy Lesson 2:

Fossil Fuels Key Topics: How

Fossil Fuels Form Coal, Oil,

Natural Gas The Supply of

Fossil Fuels Lesson 3:

Consequences of Fossil Fuel

Use Key Topics:

Pollution from Fossil Fuels

Damage Caused by

Extracting Fuels

Dependence on Foreign

Sources Energy

Conservation Lesson 4:

Key Topics: Nuclear Power

Generating Electricity

Benefits and Costs of

Nuclear Power Nuclear

Fusion: The Future?

combustion; electricity;

energy; Energy conservation;

kinetic energy; nonrenewable

energy; nuclear energy;

nuclear fission; Nuclear waste;

petroleum; potential energy;

renewable energy; strip

mining; subsurface mining;

SC.912.E.6.6 Energy production

impacts; SC.912.L.17.11

Renewable & nonrenewable;

SC.912.L.17.13 Environmental

monitoring; SC.912.L.17.19

Natural resources;

SC.912.P.10.1 Forms of energy;

Chapter 17: Nonrenewable

Resources pp. 515-543 Bell

Ringer Video Case Study: Oil

or Wilderness Marque Lab:

CPALM: Cookie Mining Lab

Lab Activities: Scientific

Method : Identifying Insulators

(demonstration) Paper and

Pencil: Fossil Fuel Lab Inquiry

Lab: Home Energy Use

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3 Chapter 18: Renewable

Energy Alternatives Lessons

1, 2, 3, and 4 Essential

Question: Can we use and

active solar heating; biomass;

electrolysis; fuel cell;

geothermal energy;

hydroelectric power; passive

SC.912.E.6.6 Energy production

impacts; SC.912.L.17.11

Renewable & nonrenewable;

SC.912.N.4.2 Alternative

Chapter 18: Renewable

Energy Alternatives pp. 550575

Florida Case Study 4: The

Gulf Stream- A River of Energy

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rely on renewable energy

sources for power? Lesson

1: Biomass and

Geothermal The Reasons

for Alternative Energy

Biomass Energy

Geothermal Energy

Lesson 2: Hydropower and

Ocean Energy Generating

electricity with

Hydropower Benefits and

Costs of Hydropower

Energy from the Ocean

Lesson 3: Solar and Wind

Energy Harnessing Solar

Energy Benefits and Costs

of Solar Power Harnessing

Wind Power Benefits and

Costs of Wind Power

Lesson 4: Energy from

Hydrogen Key Topic:

Producing Hydrogen

Power Fuel Cells

solar heating; renewable

energy; solar energy; tidal

energy; wind turbine;

strategies;

TE FLT44 SE FL 44 Bell Ringer

Video Lab/Activities: Inquiry

Lab: Regional Renewable

Energy Paper/Pencil:

Comparing Biofuels Scientific

Method: Energy from the Wind

Alternative Energy Modeling

Kits

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4 Chapter 19: Lessons 1, 2

and 3 Essential Question:

How does our current

waste disposal impact our

environment? Lesson1:

Key topics What is waste

Methods of Solid Waste

Lesson 2: Minimizing Solid

Waste Reduction

Waste Recovery Lesson 3:

Hazardous Waste What is

Biodegradable; hazardous

waste; incineration; municipal

solid waste; sanitary landfill;

waste;

SC.912.L.17.14 Waste

management; SC.912.L.17.20

Predict the impact of individuals

on environmental systems and

sustainability; SC.912.N.4.2

Alternative strategies;

Chapter 19: Waste

Management pp. 531-605

Florida Case Study TE FL T46 SE

FL 46 Bell Ringer Video

Lab/Activities: Inquiry Lab:

Where Waste Goes? Scientific

Method: Over Packaging

Scientific Method: Observing

Compost A Closer Look: The

Recycling Process pp. 604-605

Media Resources: The Story of

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Hazardous waste Sources of

Hazardous waste Disposal of

hazardous waste

Radioactive waste

Hazardous waste regulation

Stuff Tapped

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