WELCOME!
Environmnetal Science
With
Mrs. Jensen
What Do Humans NEED?
Station 1 BLUE Station 2 YELLOW Station 3 PINK Station 4 GREEN Station 6 WHITE
Human Needs Continuum
Work Cooperatively to choose the following: TOP 5 things humans need—
most important BOTTOM 3 things humans need
—least importantWhen finished, send 1 person to record results on white board.
What Humans Need vs. Want
Life does NOT exist without Water Food/Nutrition Clean Air/Oxygen Health/MedicineHave you ever NOT had access to any of these?
Earth Day ExpressDuring the readings, think about how life in the US is different from other parts of the world. US Population = 300 million+ World Pop. = almost 7 BILLION
What can YOU/ME/WE do to help?
Apollo 13 and the Earth
What problems are the crew of Apollo 13 facing?
How can these problems be solved?
Do you see the correlation?
What problems are the crew of Apollo 13 facing?
Running out of Power No Waste Dumps Only Solutions can
come from materials they have on the shuttle
Do you see the correlation between the Apollo 13 and
Earth?
Fossil Fuels Where should we put
our waste? Solutions must come
from the Earth
….and how can taking this class help?
Raise Awareness Learn small changes we can make
every day that have a BIG impact Become GLOBAL citizens
The purpose and goal of environmental science is SUSTAINABILITY.
Sustainability Meeting the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
What Do YOU Think? Do you have any reusable cups?
How much do you save?
How much would you pay for a reusable cup?
Should people by them to save $ or to save the Earth?
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An Ecological Footprint is a measure of the amount of resources from Earth needed to support a person’s lifestyle.
Do You Have Big Feet?
Access this document on the Shared folder—Students, Environmental Science, “Ecological Footprint”
Homework: You will be asked to share your results in class tomorrow, but you may turn in assignment today….but don’t forget you learned!
ReDuce, ReUse, ReCycleTip of the Day
Each of you will be responsible for sharing a tip over the course of the semester on recycling days.
I will give you several examples, and a couple days to research and create.
FORMAT: RRR topic/Reading Why it is important to RRR this product/effects
on the Earth Solution/What we can do to help!
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Tip of the DayPaper or Plastic
Readings on the Topic
http://environment.about.com/od/recycling/a/reusablebags.htm
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/paper-plastic.htm
Effects on the Earth
You should create several questions for classmates to answer from the readings for this part.
1. How is our plastic debris/garbage negatively affecting our oceans?
2. What are some negative effects of paper bags?
Solutions How are other places around the globe
tackling this problem?
Make something from them! http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvc7ZCYf30U
Neither!!!
Things to Consider Do you ReUSE the paper or plastic bags? How can you remember to bring the
reusable bags? Can you make a statement?
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Tip Day 2Starbucks hoping new plastic cup entices customers to reuse them
4 BILLION paper cups generated each
Year by Starbucks (Americans drink 400Million cups of coffee each day) Set original goal of 25% of users for 2015, but reduced it to 5%
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Tip Day 4Use Less Paper