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This course is not being offered again until the
2016-2017 school year.
Ongoing Newsworthy
Bites this Semester
Learn the school waste diversion maps.
BCI Waste Diversion Maps - PDF
Word
APA
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References Rough
Work
Unit 1: Intro/Safety Unit
Course
Outline / Outline
2
Letter
Information
for your Science Teacher
Safety
Rules
Welcome
PPT
Ecology
Worksheet and PPT
Homework Resource
Safety
Rules
WHMIS/HHPS
Symbols
Ecological
Footprint Quiz
The
Story of Stuff
Intro
Unit "I Knows"
REVIEW
QUESTIONS
Unit 2: Reducing and Managing
Waste
To Make
You Smile...
Region
of Waterloo - Waste Management Website homepage
Note 1
(solid) , 2
(liquid) , 3
(gas), 4
(5 R's), 5
(Waste Management Strategy Development)
Activity - Classifying
Solid Waste at Home
Poster
Project, Rough
Work, and Self-Evaluation
Videos - Forever Plastic A
and B,
The
Story of Stuff, BN-Garbage,
HHWM
Assignment:
Garbage and the Government
PPT
- Life Cycle Assessment, Video,
DVD,
Soccer
Unit
Topic Summary
Unit
- Review Questions
Video:
WALL-E
Weblinks - Waste
Unit
- Under
Construction
Unit 3: Sustainable Agriculture and
Forestry (Sem 1)
Student
Note for Sustainable Agriculture, Tales of the Sugarbush, Forests &
Forest Management, and Timber Management
Student
Note for Species at Risk
Assignment
Sheet for Species at Risk
Semester Project - Environmental Science In The
News - TBD
Ideas
fo SCIENCE IN THE NEWS assignment.
-check Science Daily website
(easiest source) and enter keywords to find relevant articles.
Other Stuff
Video:
The Nature of Things - Green Quiz (Worksheet)
Looking for something more cerebral? Check out The
Most Important Video You'll Ever See on the Internet.
It has 8 parts on YouTube and is a university level lecture. The speaker
talks about some very basic concepts
that have a direct relation to much of what we discuss in this course.
Anything past this point is OLD and NOT up to date.
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Unit 2: Sustainable Agriculture and
Forestry (Sem 1)
Soil
& Soil Uses
Soil
and Its Formation - A Textbook Activity
Lab:
Soil Profile
Species
at Risk
Pesticide
Reduction
Environmental
Effects of Fertilizers
Health
Risks of Fertilizers
Effects
of Chemical Fertilizers on Health
Toxicity
in Food Due to Chemical Fertilizers
Types
of Biofertilizers
Note:
Blue Baby Syndrome
Diagram:
Eutrophication
Diagram:
Nitrogen Cycle
Diagram:
Phosphorus Cycle
The
Effects of Cow Manure on the Environment
GMO - http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.shtml
GMO - Labelling - http://truefoodnow.org/?s=true+food+
Hormones
in Your Food
Article:
Woolwich Treeplanting
Article:
Pine Beetles
Video:
Hungry for Change
Video:
How to Boil a Frog
Food Recalls 2011: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/recarapp/recaltoce.shtml
Unit 3: Human Health and the
Environment - Under
Construction
Assignment:
Contaminants & Human Health
Harm
From Hazardous Substances
Definition
Introduction
Brownfields
Article:
Duke St. Factory
Article:
Gas Stations Out To Pasture
Article:
Waterloo Contaminated Sites
Benefits
of Green Cleaning
Elmira
Issue - Background
Elmira
Issue - 2010 Update
Healthe-Home
Article:
Canadian Chicken and Antibiotics
Video
Clip: Missing Blueberries
Article: BPA In Canned Soup (Link)
Reading:
Contaminated Water in Elmira (Questions)
Reading:
Town That Lost Its Water (Questions)
Video:
Up Close and Toxic
Video
- Erin Brockovich
Unit 4: Conservation of Energy -
Under
Construction
Intro:
Energy and Electricity
Poster:
Energy Conservation
Article:
How Gas Prices Work, Question
Sheet
Alternative
Energy
Article: Leaking
Carbon
Issue:
Fracking in New Brunswick - NEW!
Video:
Eyes of Nye - Global Warming
Other Waste Management Resources:
Articles - Cost
of Recycling, Ontario
Shipping Garbage, Incineration,
Impact
at Home
LCA - Activity,
Article,
Group
and Individual Worksheet
PPTs - Love Canal
Weblinks - Waste
Unit
Diagrams/OH - Garbage
Can, Biomagnification
ISU Package
Process
Sheet Package
APA
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