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2/18 Sustainability?

2/18/2014

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GQ page 71.....
1. What is sustainability? 
2.  Do you think that your product would be considered, sustainable?
3.  Do you think that people should be given more information to help them make more informed decsions about what to consume?
4.  If yes, who do you think should provide that information? 
GQ
The real price of Gold
Video
Is It Sustainable?  Activity
Chipotle's New Ad
The Price of Gold: Nat Geo
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1/30 & 1/31

1/29/2014

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learning targets:
1.  Investigate the amount of waste we throw away each day, where it goes and solutions.  
Garbage: the rotten truth
No impact Man
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week of 1/13 - 1/17

1/12/2014

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Natural Resources Maps:  Fossil Fuel Deposits due Wednesday
Learning Targets:
1.  Investigate and create demographic maps that show connections between population growth and the distribution of natural resources including fossil fuels, water, metal ores and arable land.  
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the story of stuff
Counting 7 billion
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12/11

12/11/2013

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No GQ
1.  Get your Exponential Growth cups and line them up. 
2.  On Page 6 create a data table that has 3 columns. 
3.  Name the columns: Time, Population, & % of Empty Volume.
Agenda
Exponential Growth Lab
Learning Targets:
1.  Investigate Exponential Growth of Humans
and factors that affect the rate of change.
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7 billion and counting
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12/10

12/9/2013

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GQ Page 5.......
1.  What is the estimated Earth's Carrying Capacity Range? 
2.  In your own words what is the definition of Carrying Capacity?
 
Pre-Lab Questions Page 6
3.  How long have Humans been on Earth?
4.  How do you think the early rate of human population compares with the population growth rate today?
 

5.  Why did this rate change?
Agenda
GQ
HW Review
Exponential Growth Activity
Learning Targets:
1.  Investigate Exponential Growth of Humans and factors that affect the rate of change.
 
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12/9

12/9/2013

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1.  List the 4 spheres that we interact with. 
2.  Of the 4 which is the most vulnerable and why?
Agenda
GQ
Footprints
Carrying Capacity Article
1.  Investigate the carrying capacity of the Earth and
calculate your own ecological footprint.

Population Clock
carrying capacity activity
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12/4 wacky wednesday

12/3/2013

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GQ.....
Make a list of everything you have bought or someone has bought for you in the last week.  Must be at least 10 items long.  
Agenda
Inconvenient Truth Questions
Carrying Capacity
Ecological Footprint 
1.  Investigate the carrying capacity of the Earth and calculate your own ecological footprint. 
2.  Calculate the ecological footprint for a particular item.  
Ecological Footprint Calculator with Adult
Ecological footprint for kids
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My ecological footprint:  5 planet Earths, 22.4 global acres
Carrying Capacity of the Earth Article
Eco Footprints/Carrying Capacity Assignment
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11/15

11/15/2013

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Use the design process to create a homemade water filtration system. 
Your product should be made out of materials that are easy to find.  
    Include:
        Explanation on what type of filtration system you created and what types of contaminants it will remove.    20 pts
        Design your filtration system and create a model.                                                                                          30 pts
               model should be effective and economical 
        Present your design, and come up with improvements that could be added if you had the means               20 pts. 
                should present with your weebly website and your model
                                    Total  = 70 points. 
        
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10/28 One flush of a Western toilet uses as much water as the average person in the developing world uses for a whole day's washing, drinking, cleaning and cooking.

10/28/2013

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Grab a Pretest and complete what you know about water .........
Agenda
Pretest
Student Webpages & Blogposts
Safe Drinking Water
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10/22

10/20/2013

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GQ....
Adding to your water research from science class.....
Use the following links on your devices to answer these questions:
1.  How many gallons of water does the average american use?  
2.  In which category of our lives do we use the most water?
3.  How much water is needed to produce just one quarter pounder from McDonald's?  
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Water conservation Tips
The Last Drop: Nat Geo
Assignment:  55 points
Create a flyer that explains the importance of water, how much we consume and why it is important to conserve.  
Must have:  
           10 WOW Facts that you think kids should know
           5 Conservation Tips 
           Creativity & Neatness
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