Environmental Science

First Quarter

• A: Risk and Toxicity
• B: Recognizing Global and Local Environmental Issues
• F: Cycles in Nature

• Textbook Alignment:

  Introduction to Environmental Science & Ecology

  • Safety, Scientific Method
  • Chapter 1: Science and the Environment
  • Chapter 2: Tools of Environmental Science
  • Chapter 3: The Dynamic Earth (do only section 3)
  • Chapter 4: The Organization of Life
  • Chapter 5: How Ecosystems Work

Second Quarter

• E: Biotic and Abiotic Factors
• H: Biomes
• D: Impact on the Planet of an Ever-Increasing Human Population

• Textbook Alignment:

  Ecology & Populations

  • Chapter 6: Biomes
  • Chapter 7: Aquatic Ecosystems
  • Chapter 8: Understanding Populations
  • Chapter 9: The Human Population

Third Quarter

• C: Identify Humans' Adverse Effects on Our Environment
• D: Impact on the Planet of an Ever-Increasing Human Population

• Textbook Alignment:

  Water, Air, and Land

  • Chapter 10: Biodiversity
  • Chapter 11: Water
  • Chapter 12: Air
  • Chapter 13: Atmosphere and Climate Change
  • Chapter 14: Land

Fourth Quarter

• A: Risk and Toxicity
• C: Identify Humans' Adverse Effects on Our Environment
• G: Energy

• Textbook Alignment:

  Energy Resources & Our Health and Future

  • Chapter 17: Nonrenewable Energy
  • Chapter 18: Renewable Energy
  • Chapter 19: Waste
  • Chapter 20: The Environment and Human Health
  • all Risk/Toxicity handouts and labs

The following textbook chapters may be worked in as and if time permits:

• Remainder of Chapter 3: The Dynamic Earth
• Chapter 15: Food and Agriculture
• Chapter 16: Mining and Mineral Resources
• Chapter 21: Economics, Policy, and the Future

Revision Date:
May 2008