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ABACUS 01-SCES-05
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Environmental Science Curriculum Page
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Objectives:
- Students will analyze costs, trade-offs of various hazards and evaluate possible solutions to environmental problems and related health issues at the local/regional level.
Time Range:
1st and 4th Quarter
Suggested Teaching Strategies:
Help students understand the concept of risk taking by first ranking major risks of death in the U.S. from least to most hazardous then discussing the actual risk. They then read about risk from a handout on Risk Analysis and answer guided reading questions.
Define toxicology and associated terminology. Explain the ways toxins enter the body and how they build up in the environment. To understand practical aspects of toxicity, show the movie "Silkwood", which is about a plutonium plant here in Oklahoma that had questionable safety practices.
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Revision Date:
June 2005
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