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but encouraging your student and staying up-to-date are key to their engagement and success!
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We will be saving the planet (or at least learning where to start)! Environmental Science is a very
interdisciplinary subject which is exciting and means students will be doing something a little different every
day. This class will incorporate aspects of biology, earth science, physical science, engineering, economics, and
social science in discussions, projects, and (of course) experiments.
Unit 1: Current Event Case Study: (among others) plastic bag bans, management of public lands, adaptations and effects
of global warming, investigations of recent research, synopsis of 2015 Paris climate conference, the IPCC, and more.
Unit 4: Land Use: land types, urban land use, land management
and conservation, feeding the world, crops and soil, animals and
agriculture.
Unit 5: The Dynamic Earth, and Mining and Mineral Resources: the
geosphere, mining and mineral resources, mineral exploration and mining, mining regulations and mine reclamation.
Unit 6: Energy Resources: nonrenewable energy resources and fossil fuels, nuclear energy, renewable energy today,
alternative energy and conservation.
Unit 7: The Environment and Human Health: pollution and human health,
biological hazards
Unit 10: Waste and Sustainability: solid waste, reducing solid waste,
hazardous waste.
Unit 11: Atmosphere and Climate: the atmosphere; air pollution; air, noise,
and light pollution; acid precipitation; climate; the ozone shield, global warming.