Mrs. Lindner
SVN 3E - HUMAN IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS:
B1- Analyse selected current environmental problems in terms of the role human activities have played in creating or perpetuating them, and propose possible solutions to one such problem
B2 -Investigate air, soil, and water quality in natural and disturbed environments, using appropriate technology
B3 - Demonstrate an understanding of some of the ways in which human activities affect the environment and how the impact of those activities is measured and monitored
THURS FEB 4 - INTRO/SAFETY
In-Class:
1) Welcome & Introduction
2) Kahoot - What do you know about environmental science?
3) Review Course Outline
4) Video - Extreme House Cleaning (review safety protocols)
5) WS - WHMIS/MSDS
FRIDAY FEB 5 - SAFETY
In-Class:
1) WS - Safety in the Classroom (needed textbook to help)
MONDAY FEB 8 - BASICS OF SOIL
In-Class:
1) Note - Soil
2) Assignment - Examining Soil Erosion (human impact in Bogoria, Kenya)
Link to website - Soil Erosion
TUESDAY FEB 9 - SOIL LAB
In-Class:
1) Divided into 4 groups - complete Soil lab
(test pH, phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium)
WEDNESDAY FEB 10 - SOIL LAB
In-Class:
1) Complied data from Soil Lab
2) Time to complete & hand in Soil Lab
3) Watched -Soil Erosion Documentary
THURSDAY FEB 11 - WATER CYCLE
In-Class:
1) Note - Water Cycle
2) Colour Plate - Water Cycle - answer questions & colour in picture
3) Took up - Soil Erosion Assignment
FRIDAY FEB 12 - HOW THE ENVIRONMENT WORKS (SPHERES ON EARTH)
In-Class:
1) Complete assignment - How the Environment Works (need text pages 4-7)
2) Quiz 1 - Tuesday Feb 16
THURSDAY FEB 25 - AIR POLLUTION
In-Class:
1) Human Impact Quiz 2: on the quiz will be
-Water Pollution GIZMO
-Biodiversity & Sustainability
-Invasive Species
FRIDAY FEB 26 - P.A. DAY
MONDAY FEB 29 - SAMPLING METHODS OF POLLUTANTS IN SOIL, WATER, AIR
In-Class:
1) Assignment - Investigating methods of sampling pollultion in soil, air, water
2) Teacher checked each section for answers
TUESDAY MARCH 1 - SAMPLING METHODS OF POLLUTANTS IN SOIL, WATER, AIR
WEDNESDAY MARCH 2 - SNOW DAY!
THURSDAY MARCH 3- REVIEW
FRIDAY MARCH 4 - REVIEW
MONDAY MARCH 7- HUMAN IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT UNIT TEST
MONDAY FEB 15 - FAMILY DAY HOLIDAY
TUESDAY FEB 16
In-Class:
1) GIZMO - Water Pollution (in library)
WEDNESDAY FEB 17- BIODIVERSITY & SUSTAINABILITY
In-Class:
1) Human Impact Quiz 1
-Soil
-Soil Erosion
-Water Cycle
2) Note - Biodiversity & Sustainability
3) WS - Biodiversity & Sustainability
THURSDAY FEB 18- CATCH UP DAY IN LIBRARY
In-Class:
1) TIme to complete GIZMO - Water Pollution
2) TIme to complete WS - B & S
FRIDAY FEB 19 - INVASIVE SPECIES
In-Class:
1) Took up WS - Biodiversity & Sustainability
2) Note - Invasive species
3) GIZMO - Coral Reefs & invasive species
MONDAY FEB 22 - INVASIVE SPECIES
In-Class:
1) Review Invasive Species
2) Complete GIZMO - Coral Reefs & invasive species
TUESDAY FEB 23 - AYUQUILA RIVER CASE STUDY
In-Class:
1) Examine Map of Ayuqila River
2) Complete Parts A, B, C of Case Study
3) Took up Parts B and C on board
WEDNESDAY FEB 24 - AYUQUILA RIVER CASE STUDY
In-Class:
1) Library - use computers to complete Part D of Case Study & hand in