Human+Impact+on+the+Environment

=Human Impact on the Environment=

Key Concepts
//Overall Expectations// By the end of this course, students will: • analyse selected current environmental problems in terms of the role human activities have played in creating or perpetuating them, and propose possible solutions to one such problem; • investigate air, soil, and water quality in natural and disturbed environments, using appropriate technology; • demonstrate an understanding of some of the ways in which human activities affect the environment and how the impact of those activities is measured and monitored.

Daily Agenda

 * = **Date** ||= **Agenda** ||= **Homework** ||= **Readings** ||
 * Feb.2 || # Administration
 * 1) Lab Safety
 * 2) Working in Teams ||   ||   ||
 * Feb.3 || # Recycling
 * 1) Environmental Science Introduction ||   ||   ||
 * Feb.4 || # Environmental Science
 * 1) The "Spheres"
 * 2) Lithosphere and Soil
 * 3) Soil Lab Prep. ||   ||   ||
 * Feb.5 || # Human Impact on Soil
 * 1) Soil Questions ||   ||   ||
 * Feb.8 || # Soil Lab ||  ||   ||
 * Feb.9 || # Monitoring Soil Quality
 * 1) Soil Quality Questions ||   ||   ||
 * Feb.10 || # The Hydrosphere
 * 1) Acids and Bases ||   ||   ||
 * Feb.11 || # Neutralization
 * 1) pH of household items ||   ||   ||
 * Feb.12 || # Human Impact on Water
 * 1) Water Questions ||   ||   ||
 * Feb.16 || # Recycling ||  ||   ||
 * Feb.17 || # More Water ||  ||   ||
 * Feb.18 || # Acid Rain Lab
 * 1) Develop questions for water treatment plant ||   ||   ||
 * Feb.19 || # Monitoring Water Quality
 * 1) Water Questions ||   ||   ||
 * Feb.22 || # Recycling
 * 1) Questions for Water Treatment Plant ||   ||   ||
 * Feb.23 || # Water Quality Lab ||  ||   ||
 * Feb.24 || # Water Treatment Plant Visit ||  ||   ||
 * Feb.25 || # Acid Rain Lab week 1 check
 * 1) Finish Water Quality Lab
 * 2) Water Treatment Questions ||   ||   ||
 * Feb.26 || # The Atmosphere
 * 1) Components of Air
 * 2) Important Gases ||   ||   ||
 * Mar.1 || # Recycling ||  ||   ||
 * Mar.2 || # Human Impact on Air Quality ||  ||   ||
 * Mar.3 || # Monitoring Air Quality ||  ||   ||
 * Mar.4 || # Air Quality Study ||  ||   ||
 * Mar.5 || # Review ||  ||   ||
 * Mar.8 || # Recycling
 * 1) Review ||   ||   ||
 * Mar.9 || # Air Quality Study
 * 1) Review ||   ||   ||
 * Mar.10 || # Test Review ||  ||   ||
 * Mar.11 || # Human Impact Test ||  ||   ||