Welcome! Get ready to dive into our next unit!Please get out your

permission slip and $5.

Trip reminders:All day Wednesday Feb

2590 min boat ride on

ship channel to see the wildlife and industry

Check out Last Organic Outpost

Tour of Allen’s Landing

Where does it come from?

Where does it go?Why does it matter?

Reading the article

Bacteria in Houston’s WaterwaysDate!

Right side: New termsPathogen – Organism which makes you sick

(bacteria, virus, worm, protist)Pollutant – something which doesn’t belong Source – place where a pollutant comes fromEffect – harm caused by pollutant

Pollutant, source or effect?LitterStreetsChoking wildlifeAcidFactoryBenzeneRefineryCancerOil spill

HypothermiaHorsehead pumpCO2SOxShip channel

Right side – two more termsPoint Source: Easily identified locationNon-point source: spread out, hard to tell

exactly where pollutant is coming from

Point or nonpoint?

Point or nonpoint?

Point or nonpoint?

Point or nonpoint?

Point or nonpoint?

Point or nonpoint?

Point or nonpoint?

Left Side: Cause and Effect

New Objective sheetFind the review conceptsCheck the calendar

Fossil Fuel Test ReteachSwitch Interactive Notebooks!

Carbon Cycle Jan 21Carbon isn’t created or destroyed – the atoms

move through the ecosystem.Organisms that decompose can’t become

fossil fuels.Oil = petroleum

Oil Refinery Jan 16Petroleum inGasoline out

Fracking Jan 20Only been widely

used since 2008