Conservation, National Parks

Extra time? Watch these documentaries on National Parks from PBS.

Wednesday

• watch video below
• Answer the questions: (rubric)
• Why are national parks important? Or not important?
• Why is it still important for our government to invest in our national parks when we have a struggling economy?
• Watch 1 video from the Untold Stories

Thursday - Friday

"The Lorax"

Worksheet

Conservation

SimCity EDU game

XPN9R

Conservation

Monday

1. Bell work - Infographic

Conservation II, week 8

This week you should be implementing your approved clean up plan!

Read:

BEES!

Conservation II, week 7

Monday - Friday
Students will be able to design and implement a watershed clean-up project.

• Watershed clean up project
• Decide on your clean up area
• Why would it be beneficial to clean up this area?
• Read and summarize main points:
• Cigarette Butt Waste
• Flooding
• Reduce Watershed Cleanup
• Done?
• No Impact Man - continue reading

Conservation II, week 6

Monday
Students will be able to reflect on carbon footprints and create ways in which to reduce theirs.

•  Is there such a thing as a lifestyle that makes no impact on the environment? How much impact is too much? How much personal obligation do we each have in reducing our individual carbon footprints? For great ideas on ways to leave a smaller carbon footprint, visit Carbon Shredders at www.carbonshredders.org. 
• read chapter 2 of No Impact Man

Tuesday

Students will be able to define the term watershed and determine what watershed that they live in.

• Answer:
• What is a watershed?
• How are watersheds determined?
• What watershed to you live in?
• Determine what watershed you live in. Find a topographic map, print it and mark your house on it. 

Conservation II, week 5

Students will be able to demonstrate their learning of energy sources by writing a letter to the Michigan state government regarding their opinion of what type of energy plant should be created and why.

• Letter to the government regarding a non-coal burning power plant
• No Impact Man

Conservation II, week 4

Monday
Students will be able to reflect on the articles/news clips given.

• Finish last week's articles
• Design a non-coal burning power plant
• Design the electricity plant on an actual map
• Why did you choose this type of energy creation?

Conservation II, week 3

Michigan's Energy Future web page - Detroit Free Press

Click here for original image.

Monday - Electricity Shortfall projections
Students will be able to reflect on the articles/news clips given.

1. Audio clip 
2. Article 1
3. Article 2
4. Reflection questions
1. Summarize the point of view of each article:
2. Which article did you think provided the best information? Why?
3. How do these articles change your understanding of this concept?

Tuesday - Energy dependency

Students will be able to reflect on the articles/news clips given.

1. article (The other links at the bottom of the article provide lots of information as well.)
2. article
3. Video
4. Reflection questions
1. Summarize the point of view of each article:
2. Which article did you think provided the best information? Why?
3. How do these articles change your understanding of this concept?

Wednesday - What is fracking?
Students will be able to reflect on the articles/news clips given. Students will be able to define the term "fracking" and identify the risks/benefits.

1. Video (actually watch this one.)
2. Article
3. Reflection questions:
1. What advancements have been made in fracking technology?
2. If fracking has been occurring in Michigan for years, why is it now more of a concern?
3. What are some items to research/consider before signing a lease?
4. What are the pros of fracking?
5. What are the cons of fracking?
6. How are fracking "spills" cleaned up? What happens to the brine water after it is used? (Research these answers)

Click here for original image.

Other resources:

• Ban Michigan Fracking site
• (Check the Youtube. There is a wealth of good information.)

Thursday - Coal burning power plants

Students will be able to reflect on the articles/news clips given.

1. Audio clip
2. Article 1
3. article - coal ash spill
4. article - coal ash in Detroit
5. Reflection questions - 
1. Summarize the point of view of the articles.
2. What is coal ash?
3. How is it cleaned up? (This you will need to research.)

Friday- Natural Gas burning power plants

Students will be able to reflect on the articles/news clips given.

Conservation, week 12

Article

Conservation, week 11

Sustainability Notes

Monday
Students will be able to reflect on their car design.

• Take a pic of your team and car. Post it to your blog. 
• Answer (on blog):
• Your team name? How did your team work together to design the car?
• How does your car work?
• What did you use to make your car and why?
• Did you test your car? Did you make any improvements after you tested your car? Why?
• How do you think that your car will do against other cars in the class?
• wind car tests with fan
• Why do you think that your car performed them way that they did?

Tuesday

Students will be able to discuss green building. Students will be able to create a presentation on a career in sustainability.

• PBS - Green Building 
• careers in sustainability

Wednesday

Students will be able to define sustainability. Students will be able to create a presentation on a career in sustainability.

• video on sustainability
• Bambeco.com
• Mary Jane's Farm
• career presentations

Conservation, week 10

Alternative Energy Review materials

• Tesla Video
• Nuclear Power video - Thorium

Monday
Snow Day

Tuesday
Students will be able to discuss alternative forms of energy. Students will be able to define the various alternative energies and discuss the benefits and drawbacks of each energy source.

• review

Wednesday
Students will be able to discuss alternative forms of energy. Students will be able to define the various alternative energies and discuss the benefits and drawbacks of each energy source.

• alternative energy test
• What is sustainability? It means a lot of different things to different people. Find something interesting on sustainability and email it to me! (Video, picture, info-graphic, article, etc.)

Thursday
Students will be able to work productively in a group to design a wind powered car. 

• Group discussion on how cars impact the environment.
• Work in groups to design a wind powered car. You may only use the materials in the picture below. Remember you have a budget of $40. You can go over, but it will be penalized!

Friday

Students will be able to work productively in a group to design a wind powered car. 

• Wind powered car creation
• Take a pic of your team and car. Post it to your blog. 
• Answer (on blog):
• Your team name? How did your team work together to design the car?
• How does your car work?
• What did you use to make your car and why?
• Did you test your car? Did you make any improvements after you tested your car? Why?
• How do you think that your car will do against other cars in the class?
• 
  

Conservation, week 9

Questions??

Monday
Students will be able to present on a form of alternative energy.

• student presentations
• Geothermal
• Solar

Tuesday
Students will be able to 

• Articles 
• Green Sidewalks
• Solar Roads
• Student presentations

Wednesday
Students will be able to 
Thursday
Snow day

Friday
Students will be able to 


Presentation Links
Hydroelectric Power
Geothermal 
Solar Energy

Conservation, week 8

Monday
Students will understand how energy we use everyday to power all we use is traditionally created.

• What is energy?
• Pass out notes page
• Presentation

Tuesday

Students will understand how energy we use everyday to power all we use is traditionally created.

• finish traditional creation of "power" discussion
• What is alternative energy?
• Why use it?
• Why not? 
• Options:
• solar
• wind
• biomass
• nuclear
• geothermal

• In groups, research at alternative energy source
• Benefits?
• Drawbacks?
• Costs?
• SOURCES formatted correctly. Use 
• Any other interesting facts you would to include easybib.com to help.
• You may present your information however you like
• song
• "movie"
• presentation
• short story
• design a shirt

Wednesday

Students will be able to effectively work in groups to create a presentation of the alternative energy source of their choice.

Work on presentation - today will be you last day to work on this in class. After today, you will need to complete this on your own time

Thursday

Students will be able to analyze how conservation topics are taught to children. Students will be able to identify conservation topics to media.

Fern Gully and worksheet

Friday

Students will be able to analyze how conservation topics are taught to children. Students will be able to identify conservation topics to media. Students will be able to effectively present on an alternative energy of their choice.

 

Finish Fern Gully

Energy Presentations.

Conservation, week 7

Students will be able to discuss the relationship between topography and pollution. Students will be able to discuss the contamination plumes. Students will be able to define alternative energy.

Monday

• Review: topographic maps
• Finish topographic map from last week - Who done it? activity

Tuesday

• Using your topographic map of your area, have a partner place a contamination site on it
• What direction will the water flow in your area?
• Where will the contamination plume go?
• If I only told you that the soil was contaminated, why is it important which direction that the water will flow?

Wednesday

• Go over yesterday's status check question and clear up misconceptions
• Review

Thursday

• Pollution assessment

Friday

• What is alternative energy mean?

Pollution Presentations

Sound

light

Air

Ground water

Fresh Water

Ocean

Soil

Conservation, week 6

Monday

1. National Park presentation - Isle Royale
2. Air Pollution
1. Article 1
2. Article 2 

Tuesday

1. Air Pollution worksheet

Wednesday

1. Finish air pollution discussion
2. Start: Why is topography important when dealing with pollution contamination?
• What is a topographic map?
• How do I read a topographic map?
• Why are they important in life?
• How do I create a topographic map?
3. Create your own topographic map using the data provided.
• Worksheet

Thursday

1. How to create a topographic map
2. Go back to yesterday's map and make sure that you have the correct lines.
3. Map discussions

Conservation, week 5

We will be able to discuss pollution and how it impacts our world.

Monday

• Article - read this article. Turn to me when you are done and shout your name out.
• How can air pollution be combated?
• Sound Pollution
• Ocean Pollution presentation 2

Tuesday
Wednesday

• Light Pollution
• Soil Pollution
• Water Plant

Thursday
Friday

Conservation, week 4

Monday
Question: There is a bill going through the state of Michigan to make it legal to burn plastics and rubber tires. Is this a good or bad idea? Why?
News article

Tuesday
Question: What are the environmental impacts of a meltdown of a nuclear power plant vs. a trash burning power plant?

Wednesday

• Find a current event that has to do with conservation. Post the link to the article and a short summary of it in the comments section. Comment (as a reply) on two other people's post.
• Expectations for tomorrow
• Presentation: Air Pollution

Thursday

• After yesterday's presentation, what other questions do you still have on air pollution that you would like answered? (Post any questions as a reply to the comment "Air Pollution") This is not saying that yesterday's presentation was not great (it was), but sometimes presentations make us want to know more about a topic.)
• Either:
•  design a national park of your choosing (it can be completely imaginary)
• Done INDIVIDUALLY
• Name your park.
• What can I do there?
• Where would it be?
• Map of the park
• Using your field of pollution, create a document/video/song informing people how they can help reduce the pollution problem.
• Example: Air Pollution could create a video telling people why they should not smoke. (This one cannot be done.)
• Another example...  (This one has lots of ways, but you can only do one. Be sure to include HOW this helps reduce pollution. Ex: Why does driving the speed limit reduce air pollution?)

Friday
Turn in your work from yesterday
Ocean Pollution presentation 1

Conservation - Ocean Pollution

Conservation, week 3

Monday

• Finish our national parks tour

Tuesday

• watch video below
• Answer the questions: (rubric)
• Why are national parks important? Or not important?
• Why is it still important for our government to invest in our national parks when we have a struggling economy?
• Watch 1 video from the Untold Stories

Wednesday
What is pollution?

Thursday
Pollution presentation requirements