Environmental Science Objectives

ABACUS 01-SCES-15

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Objectives:

3. Students will identify how human activities affect our environment: mining, pollution, sewage treatment, acid rain, solid waste, radioactive waste, ozone depletion, global warming, and deforestation.

Time Range:
3rd and 4th Quarter

Suggested Teaching Strategies:
Students will read about and discuss human contribution to the following problems: greenhouse effect, ozone depletion, acid rain, soil pollution, mining, sewage treatment, solid waste disposal, nuclear waste disposal. Assign small groups of students to research cause and effect of a human activity on the environment. Each group then presents their findings to the class.

Aligned Resources:

• Core Lab 13: Why Are Some Soils and Lakes Damaged by Acid Rain?
• Core Lab 14: Parts of an Aquifer and Recharge Zone
• Core Lab 15: Soil Compaction
• Core Lab 16: Energy and Nutrients as Water Pollutants

Revision Date:
June 2005