Aug. 27-31 Aug. 27-31

A lesson on sustainability from the Lorax

A lesson on sustainability from the Lorax

Determining your carbon footprint& learning about alternative energy resources

Determining your carbon footprint& learning about alternative energy resources

World population World population

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Notebook TOC Update• 51 Weekly Overview 8/27• 52 Writing a Conclusion 8/21• 53 Water lab Procedure 8/21• 54 Data Water Lab (may be blank page) 8/21• 55 Graph Water & Solution (R or Y) 8/22 I have

still• 56 Sustainability 8/24• 57 The Lorax Worksheet 8/27• 58 Monday/Tuesday Warm-up 8/27

Warm-up Complete on page 58

• Why is understanding sustainability important? Please write a minimum of two sentences.

Investigative Science Aug. 27-31

• MondayDetermining Carbon Footprint

http://www.arcticclimatemodeling.org/lessons/acmp/acmp_912_GreenhouseEffect_Carbon_Footprint.pdf

Reducing your carbon footprint

http://www.carbonfootprint.com/minimisecfp.html

http://cleanet.org/resources/41910.html

The Lorax video

Another video source

http://sovereignhill.com.au/media/uploads/What_is_sustainability.pdf

http://www.ie.unc.edu/erp/resources/Lorax_and_Sustainable_Development.pdf

http://www.batesci.com/WebDocs/APES/Unit01_SustainableEarth/Lorax_makeup.pdf

http://mrlinseman.wikispaces.com/file/view/Lorax+Video+Worksheet.pdf

Fish game http://fishgame.cloudinstitute.org/games/fish_game.html

http://youtu.be/jRduc0pzQ_4

http://www.chandeliersforyou.net/what-is-carbon-footprint/

What Is Carbon Footprint?

- Sum total of the impact that a person, organization, or product has on the ecology

- Calculated as the amount of carbon dioxide or its equivalent greenhouse gases that are released into the atmosphere

- This can be in any form starting from land clearance to fuel used for transportation to even the day to day consumption of electricity

- Every person has a certain carbon footprint

Offsetting Your Carbon Footprint

An average American will release the equivalent of 20 tons of CO2 per year, and is the highest per capita output in the world

- World average of around 3.8 tons per year, and you’ll get the picture

- There are many countries where the average carbon footprint is less than 100 kg of CO2 per year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIhnDvb7Exo&feature=player_embedded

How does this story relate to our community, our country, and /or the

world?

Aug. 27-31

Characteristics or living organisms, inorganic & organic chemistry Assessment

Continue with organic chemistry and review

Organic molecules and enzymes activity

TBD

Aug. 27-31

Characteristics or living organisms, inorganic & organic chemistry Assessment

Continue with organic chemistry and review

Organic molecules and enzymes activity

TBD