Environmental Science

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Topic Standard
(Keystone/PA Core)
Chapter Labs/activities
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Lab Safety/Scientific method
Economics & environmental policy
Systems in Env.Science feedback
loops
Biogeochemical cycles
Photosynthesis
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Population Ecology Borneo/Intro
Species Interactions & Ecological
Communities
Food chains/webs/energy
Succession
Ecological pyramids
Symbiosis

BIO.B.2. Apply scientific thinking,
processes, tools and technologies;
BIO.B.4.2.3 Describe how matter
recycles through an ecosystem (i.e.
water cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen
cycle, nitrogen cycle)
BIO.B.4.1.1 Describe the levels of
ecological organization
BIO.B.4.2.1 Describe how energy
flows through an ecosystem
BIO.B.4.2.2 Describe biotic
interactions in an
ecosystem(competition, predation,
symbiosis)

4.1.10.F: Compare & contrast
scientific theories; know that both
direct & indirect observations are used
by scientists to study the natural world
and universe; identify questions &
concepts that guide scientific
investigations; formulate & revise
explanations and models using logic &
evidence; recognize & analyze
alternative explanations & models.
4.1.10C: Evaluate the efficiency of
energy flow within a food web.
Describe how energy is converted
from one form to
another(photosynthetic, geothermal)
4.1.10.E: Analyze how humans
influence the pattern of natural
changes (i.e. primary/secondary
succession & desertification) in
ecosystems over time.)




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3.4

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Experimental design
diagram
Alka seltzer
Rockets
Saltine cracker lab
Water Cycle Activity
Chromatography lab
Elodea photosyn lab
Ecological Pyramid
Popcorn lab
Food web lab
Virtual Lab: Population
Lab (Biology Corner)


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Graphing Introduction/Review
Biomes and Aquatic Ecosystems
Tundra/Desert
Taiga/TDF/Rainforest
(succession/desertification)
Forestry & Resource
Management
Grassland/Chaparral
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Climategraph Project
(revised)
Aquatic Ecosystems
Watersheds



BIO.B.4.1.2 Describe the
characteristic biotic & abiotic
components of aquatic & terrestrial
ecosystems
BIO.B.4.2.4 Describe how ecosystems
change in response to natural and
human disturbances (i.e. climate
changes, introduction of nonnative
species, pollution, fires)

4.1.10.E: Analyze how humans
influence the pattern of natural
changes (i.e. primary/secondary
succession & desertification) in
ecosystems over time.)
4.2.10.A Examine the interactions
between biotic & abiotic factors within
a watershed(i.e. topography,
vegetation, effects of land use on
water quality)
4.2.10.B: Examine how human
interactions impact wetlands & their
surrounding environments
4.2.10.C: Explain the relationship
between water quality & the diversity
of life in a freshwater ecosystem;
explain how limiting factors affect the
growth & reproduction of freshwater
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Planet Earth
Biome readings
Biome products

Ocean Acidification lab
Overharvesting lab
Microscope lab
Protist lab

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Humans and the Environment
Biodiversity & Conservation
endangered species,


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Environmental Health
Bacteria/Viruses
structure/function; resistance;
reproductive cycles
Chemical/social hazards
Natural disasters


BIO.B.4.2.5 Describe the effects of
limiting factors on population dynamics
and potential species extinction

4.1.10.D: Research practices that
impact biodiversity in specific
ecosystems. Analyze the relationship
between habitat changes to plant and
animal population fluctuations.
4.1.12.A: Analyze the significance of
biological diversity in an ecosystem:
explain how species adapt to limiting
factors; analyze differences between
natural causes and human causes of
extinction
4.5.10.E: Describe the impact of
occupational exposure to pollutants
4.5.12.C: Explain mitigation and its
role in maintaining environmental
health
4.5.12.E: Analyze how consumer
demands promote the production of
pollutants that affect human health



















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Movie: Contagion
Marking
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Earths Resources/Sustainable future
Issues: endangered species,
urbanization, habitat
destruction, fossil fuels, water
conservation, atmosphere,
food/agriculture, waste
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SC Project quarterly project

BIO.B.4.2.5 Describe the effects of
limiting factors on population dynamics
and potential species extinction
BIO.B.4.2.4 Describe how ecosystems
change in response to natural and
human disturbances (i.e. climate
changes, introduction of nonnative
species, pollution, fires)

4.3.10.A: Evaluate factors affecting
the use of natural resources (i.e.
consumer demands, technologies
modern mining, harvesting)
4.3.10.B: Analyze how humans
manage & distribute natural resources
4.3.12.A: Evaluate the advantages &
disadvantages of using renewable &
nonrenewable resources
4.1.12.E: Research solutions
addressing human impacts on
ecosystems overtime
4.4.10/12 Agriculture???





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Sustainable City Project
Research
Student teams
Student design
and presentation







NOTES:
Weekly Schedule: Mon: WOD/Homework Tues: WOD Wed: WOD /Homework Thurs: WOD Fri: Quiz/Test
Save boxes/cardboard for sustainable city/current city example/create a new city? Or fix a current one? Present to City
council (teachers)
Ecopolis Discovery Ed
Philly carsharing/bike sharing; speakers from philly? Green initiative; West Chester Bike
Field trips? Waste water treatment plant; water cleaning plant;
Water pollution gasland- fossil fuel
How to do homework?
4
th
mp? Earth, fracking, plate tech, fossil fuel???
Environmental Club?
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