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CoreCoursesandElectives EnvironmentalScience EnvironmentalScienceisaninterdisciplinarycoursecoveringawidevarietyoftopicsincludingbiology,physics, geology,ecology,chemistry,geography,astronomy,meteorology,oceanography,andengineering.Thecoursealso considerswaysinwhichhumanpopulationsaffectourplanetanditsprocesses.Ofspecialemphasisistheconceptof sustainabilityasameansofusingresourcesinawaythatensurestheywillalwaysbearoundus. Theunifyingconceptsthattiethedifferentareasofenvironmentalsciencetogetherareasfollows: x x x x x x Scienceprovidesawaytolearnmoreabouttheworldandinfluenceshowweunderstandit. Energyconversionsunderlieallecologicalprocesses. TheEarthisoneinterconnectedsystem. Humanschangenaturalsystems. Environmentalissueshaveaculturalandsocialcontext. Humanexistencedependsinpartonincreasingpracticesthatwillachievesustainability. x x x x x x x x x Defineenvironmentalscienceanddescribethefieldofenvironmentalsciencestudies; Identifytheotherfieldsofstudythatcontributetoenvironmentalscience; Identifywaysinwhichhumansdependontheenvironment; Giveexamplesofrenewableandnonrenewableresourcesanddistinguishbetweenthem; Listthefivegeneralcausesofenvironmentaldegradation; Explainwhatismeantbysustainability; Defineenergy; Describedifferentformsofenergy,andgiveexamplesofeach; Understandenergytransformation,energyefficiency,andthelawofconservationofenergy. Studentsatthislevelshouldshowdevelopmentintheirunderstandingofscientificinquiry.Thecourseprovides handsŊonlabsandresearchtoaidinarrivingatadeeperunderstandingoftheenvironmentandtheimpactofhumans onittodayandinthepast.Thelabswillcalluponstudentstoanalyzemanydifferentprocessesandsystems,arriveat conclusions,anddeterminewaysinwhicheverypersoncanpositivelyinfluencetheenvironment. Uponcompletionofthecourse,studentsshouldbeableto: ©2016Glynlyon,Inc.317 CoreCoursesandElectives Unit1:EnvironmentalScienceSemesterOne EnvironmentalScience Assignments 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. CourseOverview IntroductiontoEnvironmentalScience Lab:IntroductiontoLabSafety Earth'sHistory PlateTectonics Earth'sAtmosphere Lab:AirPressure WeatherandClimate AtmosphericCirculation Lab:AtmosphericCirculationandPatterns Earth'sWater Project:Earth'sWater WaterUse Lab:SoapyWater Project:WaterUse WaterConservation Lab:WaterConservation RockCycle Lab:RocksRock! Project:RockCycle Soil Lab:DiggingforSoil SoilConservation Lab:ErosionVirtualExperiment Project:SoilConservation Ecology Project:Ecology EvolutionandBiodiversity Lab:SpeciesDiversity Project:EvolutionandBiodiversity EnergyFlowinEcosystems Lab:LocalFoodWebs Project:EnergyFlowinEcosystems NutrientCycles WaterCycle Lab:BuildingaModelWatershed 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. PopulationEcology CommunityEcology EcologicalSuccession ThreatenedandEndangeredSpecies Lab:OilSpillExperiment Project:ThreatenedandEndangeredSpecies ProtectingBiodiversity Project:ProtectingBiodiversity TerrestrialBiomes Project:TerrestrialBiomes AquaticLifeZones Lab:DescendingintotheDepths FreshwaterLifeZones Lab:FreshwaterLifeZones PopulationAgeStructure Project:PopulationAgeStructure EffectsofaGrowingHumanPopulation Project:EffectsofaGrowingHumanPopulation FoodResources Lab:FoodResources PestManagement Project:PestManagement Forestry Project:Forestry Rangelands Project:Rangelands LandConservation Project:LandConservation Mining Project:Mining Fisheries SpecialProject* Review MidtermExam GlossaryandCredits ©2016Glynlyon,Inc.318 CoreCoursesandElectives Unit2:EnvironmentalScienceSemesterTwo EnvironmentalScience Assignments 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. IntroductiontoEnergy EnergyConsumptionHistory FossilFuels Project:FossilFuels Lab:TheEffectsofanOilSpill Coal Project:Coal SyntheticFuels Lab:EnergyofanAlternateFuelSource IntroductiontoNuclearEnergy Project:IntroductiontoNuclearEnergy NuclearPowerPlants Lab:NuclearChainReaction Project:NuclearPowerPlants NuclearEnergyandtheEnvironment Project:NuclearEnergyandtheEnvironment HydroelectricPower Project:HydroelectricPower TidesandWaves Project:TidesandWaves Lab:WhatCanaWaveDo? SolarEnergy Lab:SolarEnergy WindPower Project:WindPower GeothermalPower Project:GeothermalPower HydrogenFuel Project:HydrogenFuel EnergyEfficiency Lab:EnergyUseandYourFamily Project:EnergyEfficiency IntroductiontoAirPollution 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. Project:IntroductiontoAirPollution Lab:TemperatureInversion AcidDeposition Lab:AcidRain,PartOneŊAnalysis Lab:AcidRain,PartTwoŊHandsŊon Project:AcidDeposition ClimateChange Lab:GreenhouseGassesandClimateChange Project:ClimateChange ReducingAirPollution Lab:HowGreenIsYourCar? Project:ReducingAirPollution NoisePollution Project:NoisePollution WaterPollution Lab:Solubility SewageTreatment SolidWaste Project:SolidWaste Lab:SolidWaste HazardousWaste Project:HazardousWaste EnvironmentalHealth Project:EnvironmentalHealth SustainableCities Project:SustainableCities EnvironmentalEconomics Project:EnvironmentalEconomics Lab:AnEnvironmentalScienceFieldTrip SpecialProject* Review FinalExam GlossaryandCredits ©2016Glynlyon,Inc.319