Rivera ECHS
Follow along this Presentation on Laboratory Safety and Prepare to work with a partner. Students review safe laboratory practices and design safety symbols appropriate for this lab activity.
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Students review class expectations and protocols. Students create Gmail account and review list of materials needed for class. Welcome to Environmental Science Today we will review the class syllabus and class expectations. First we need to..... Create a Google account Click Here Complete and submit the online Info Sheet Click Here Print the following documents, review with an adult and bring back signed by your parent/guardian. Class Syllabus Emergency Medical Info Lab Safety Contract You will need the following for this class:
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What is an Environment Video Part 2 Video Part 3 Video Part 4 Video Part 5 Video Part 6 Video Part 7 Video Part 8 Video Part 9 Video Part 10 Human Footprint Questions will be due on Monday September 4th during your class period...
1. Active Reading Ch 14 How We Use Land 2. Active Reading Ch 15 Feeding the World 3. Video Homework Americal Revealed- The Food Machine 5. In a sheet of paper I need the names of the people in the group along with the location and descriptio of the land in brownsville where the eco-friendly project will take palce. A sketch of the land and total acres should be included. 6. The State of Food and Agriculture introduction questions (1-15)
Chapter 14 Active Reading Homework due 4/27/2018
Section 14.1 How We Use Land
Objectives 1. Distinguish between urban and rural land. 2. Describe three major ways in which humans use land. 3. Explain the concept of ecosystem services. 14.1 Vocabulary urban rural ecosystem service
Section 14.2 Urban Land Use
Objectives 1. Describe the urban crisis, and explain what people are doing to deal with it. 2. Explain how urban sprawl affects the environment. 3. Explain how open spaces provide urban areas with environmental benefits. 4. Explain the heat-island effect. 5. Describe how people use the geographic information system as a tool for land-use planning. 14.2 Vocabulary urbanization infrastructure urban sprawl heat island land-use planning geographic information system (GIS)
Section 14.3 Land Management & Conservation
Objectives 1. Explain the benefits of preserving farmland. 2. Describe two ways that rangeland can be managed sustainably. 3. Describe the environmental effects of deforestation. 4. Explain the function of parks and of wilderness areas. 14.3 Vocabulary overgrazing deforestation reforestation wilderness |