DO NOW: Examine the picture below Write down three things that you notice.

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DO NOW: Examine the picture below

Write down three things that you notice

Apollo 17 Picture of the Earth What are a few things you notice about the

picture? Upside down from what most are use to seeing.

Technically, anything from space cannot be upside-down.

Did you notice the storms? Africa? Desert? That the Earth is an island?

What is this a picture of

WHAT?

Environmental Science

SO WHAT?

The study of how the natural world works, how our

environment affects us, and how we affect our

environment

NOW WHAT?

Become familiar with our Environment by asking

thought provoking questions

Recent events in the world reminds of how fragile our environment really is.

Also, how nature can cause harm to humans BP Oil spill Tsunami in Japan Nuclear disaster in the making following Japan

the earthquake / Tsunami

Things to think about and recent events

Acid Rain Effects of How it happens

Other impacts still on going

What is this a picture of?

Impact of our actions or inactions

How does this occur?

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Impact of Great Pacific Garbage Patch

How big is the garbage patch?

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch - YouTube

How have we at Hyde reduced trash and waste?

Answer – removed trays in the dining hall. How did this happen? Scientific Method

Some things we have done here

Ask a questionCollect dataDevelop HypothesisTest HypothesisAnalyze resultsHypothesis true or false?Report results

Scientific Method

3 branches of recycling1. Minimize2. Recover 3. Re-useBut there are issues with recycling. Can we just

blindly assume re-cycling is fine?

What can we do to minimize the impact

Not In My Back Yard – typically means someone else has to deal with the dangers. The video demonstrates the problem with e-waste (Electronic Waste)

N.I.M.B.Y.

The Global Problem of Electronic Waste - YouTube

Wiki site Expectations

You are expected to be in class on time with a pen, paper, and environmental science binder

You will have a short quiz everyday over homework

You will have a cumulative quiz over the weeks homework every Thursday or Friday depending on when the class meets

House Keeping!

Read and complete split page notes on vocab (16) Chapter 1: Science and Sustainability: An

introduction to Environmental Science Our Island, Earth The Nature of Environmental Science

E- Wednesday F- Wednesday A- Thursday

Homework