Link to the document we will use during the John A. Logan Museum visit on Tuesday.
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1vrCAWZ_AuLWpGe3l_inlAFPVZx5Bd0g-FccHu3L3STI
Monday, July 16, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
How to Protect the Environment? Pesticides
Pesticides
Pesticides
are widely used in the modern agriculture system. Most of the developed
countries are using tones of pesticides on yearly basis for the production of
different types of agricultural products. On one had that pesticides can keep
crops and vegetables secure from the threat of pests, on the other hand, it has
become a matter of concern to the environment and health protection agencies
throughout the globe about the negative effects of pesticides on human beings
and their surrounding environment.
This is the link for the United States
Environmental Protection Agency in which provides accurate and reliable
information on pesticides. This page covers a broad range of topics on
pesticides such as the difference between pesticides and pests, household
products that contain pesticides, the risks and benefits of pesticides,
pesticide control devices, and other related topics. Overall, a very
informative page on getting introduced to the pesticides.
This website offers a gigantic amount of
information related to the pesticides in the form of research studies,
experiments, interviews, and reports which are conducted by different
institutions on the negative effects of pesticides.
Pesticides as water pollutants:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/w2598e/w2598e07.htm
This link is apparently a chapter of a book in
the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) website which discusses the
historical development of pesticides as well as its effects, management, and
control.
Using
Pesticides safely: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/safely.htm
This
link gets you to the website of the United States Environment Protection Agency
(EPA) which provides several valuable documents/reports on securing yourself
from the pesticides. The reports which are in the pdf formats, offer
precautious and essential information on controlling pests and pesticides,
protecting household, protecting pets, protecting kids, as well as protecting
garden.
Citizen’s Guide to Pest Control and Pesticide Safety:
http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/Publications/Cit_Guide/citguide.pdf
This pdf book provides a huge amount of information on pesticide
that can help students grab a thorough understanding of pesticides.
Activity
Household Chemicals:
http://extension.psu.edu/ipm/schools/educators/curriculum/homegarden/householdchem
The above link is an activity for students to understand about the
risks of using pesticides and chemicals that are provided in detail.
How to Protect the Environment? Air Pollution
Air
Pollution
Air
pollution has become much of concern to the industrial countries as well as
those countries who struggle with the population growth. Air pollution is caused by many factors in the
world in which we live. All human beings have the right to get benefit of the
clean weather which is crucial to their health and well-being. Air pollution is
caused by different factors in which we will provide information below.
This website provides essential information on
the importance of air quality and its effects on our environment.
Causes
of air pollution
Sources of Air Pollution: http://www.nature.nps.gov/air/AQBasics/sources.cfm
This
website has good information on the sources of air pollution and the types of pollution
in the parks. It also discusses several core topics related to the air
pollution.
Effects of Air Pollution on environment: http://www.mass.gov/dep/air/aq/env_effects.htm
This is the official website of the Massachusetts Department of Environment Protection (MassDep) which provides accurate information on diverse issues related to the air pollution. The above link specifically guides students to understand about the different environmental effects of the air pollution that can be very helpful to the students to understand about the possible threats of air pollution in their surrounding environment.
Ways to Prevent Air Pollution: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/ways-to-prevent-air-pollution.html
The above link not only discusses
the causes and effects of the water pollution, but it also provides valuable
ideas on how to prevent air pollution.
http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/peg/reduce.html
The above webpage is a series of recommendations which is offered on the reduction of air pollution by the United States Environment Protection Agency (EPA) official webpage.
http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/air_pdf/cleanair10.pdf
This pdf
document from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
provides 10 easy steps of clean air which helps students to gain an
understanding of how they can contribute to the clean air by following these
steps.
Effective methods of air
pollution control: http://www.enviro-news.com/article/which_air_pollution_control_method_is_most_effective.html
This website offers the day to day effective
air pollution control methods that can help students to understand which
methods are effective to minimize the risk of air pollution by the big
industries.
Activity
1-2
Activity 1
In this
activity, students will undertake an experiment in which they will investigate
the exhaust emissions, class car use, and air pollution.
Guide to the teacher:
The link below will explain in detail all
required steps regarding that the instructor needs on guiding students to
conduct the experiment.
Activity
2
In the second activity, students will be
discussing the possible placement of a factory in their community or in their
nearby areas and will discuss its effects on the air quality.
Directions: This activity is based on a 5e model in which
the instructor can make required changes to make it more effective for the
students.
How to Protect the Environment? Recycling
Recycling
Background information
Recycling
is the process of separating, collecting and remanufacturing or converting used
or waste products into new materials. There are several reasons why recycling
is so important. It saves energy, land space, money, reduces air and water
pollution, preserves habitat for wildlife, and creates new jobs for people. In
addition, there are many ways to produce less waste: 1) Reduce the amount and toxicity of trash you throw
away. 2) Reuse containers and products. 3) Recycle as much as possible and buy products with
recycled content. In this lesson, students
will have an opportunity to investigate how to recycle, the types of recycle
materials, benefits of recycling, and hazardous waste recycling.
How to
recycle
Recycling
guide: This website provides tips and advice on how to recycle almost anything, including
news and readers' comments.
Department of Environmental Services, City and County of Honolulu : This website provides services,
including the wastewater from our drains, the trash and
green wastes from our homes and lawns, along with debris washed from the land
by storm water.
57 Ways: This website describes a variety of
practical steps we can take to protect our health, our family's health, and the
small piece of the planet that we call home.
Mass DEP: This website provides information about clean air and water, the safe management of toxics and
hazards, the recycling of solid and hazardous
wastes, the timely cleanup of hazardous waste
sites and spills, and the preservation of wetlands and
coastal resources.
Recycling Materials
Benefits-of-recycling: This
website presents well-researched information on the topic of recycling and the benefits
of recycling.
Mt.gov: This is Montana’s official state website, it
provides information in order to protect, sustain, and improve a clean and healthful environment to benefit present and future generations.
Benefits of Recycling
DHEC’S Office of Solid Waste, Reduction & Recycling:
This website provides technical assistance and
education/awareness programs to local governments, schools and the public
regarding solid waste and recycling issues. The office also offers several
grant programs to local governments, schools and colleges/ universities.
Cal Recycle: This
website is designed for California consumers, businesses, recycling and
waste-hauling industries, nonprofit organizations, educational facilities, and
others.
Hazardous waste recycling
Earth911:
This
website guides local resources including recycling centers, on how
to recycle, prevent pollution, and how to protect the environment.
Local hazardous waste management program in King County,
Washington: The
mission of this website is to protect and enhance public health and
environmental quality in King County by reducing the threat posed by the
production, use, storage and disposal of hazardous materials.
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency: This
website addresses outstanding solid and hazardous waste
management concerns and participants, as appropriate, in the national deliberations
on reauthorization of the hazardous waste program.
Activities
Common Core Standard
Reading
Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6–8
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
9. Compare and contrast the information
gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that
gained from reading a text on the same topic.
Teachers can plan
scavenger
hunts and the clean-up activities through recycle city. All of the games and locations have been
designed to make it easy for a teacher to set different goals that can match up
with lessons being taught in class.
2.
Recycling lesson plans for grade 4-6th
Common Core Standard
Grade
4
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Grade
5
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Grade
6
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Mathematics
Measurement and Data ( 5th grade)
Geometry(6th grade)
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Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate
volume to multiplication
and to addition.
4. Measure volumes by counting unit cubes, using cubic cm, cubic
in, cubic ft, and improvised units.
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Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area,
surface area, and volume.
2. Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with fractional
edge lengths by packing it with unit cubes of the appropriate unit fraction
edge lengths, and show that the volume is the same as would be found by
multiplying the edge lengths of the prism.
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Science
Craft and Structure
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6. Analyze the author’s purpose in providing
an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing
an experiment in a text.
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Writing
Text Types and Purposes
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1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point
of view with reasons and information.
a. Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and
create an organizational structure
in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer’s
purpose.
b. Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details.
c. Link opinion and reasons using words and phrases (e.g., for instance, in order to, in
addition).
d. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the
opinion presented
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1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point
of view with reasons and information.
a. Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an
opinion, and create an organizational structure
in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s
purpose.
b. Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts
and details.
c. Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses
(e.g., consequently, specifically).
d. Provide a concluding statement or section
related to the
opinion presented
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1. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and
relevant evidence.
a. Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence
clearly.
b. Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence,
using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or
text.
c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships
among claim(s) and reasons.
d. Establish and maintain a formal style.
e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from
the argument presented.
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How to Protect the Environment? Water Pollution
Big Idea: Environment Protection
Purpose/Big Idea
The purpose of this activity is
to help students be aware that the
protection of our environment is important for human health. As the
human population increases, the environmental problems increase such as more garbage
around us, more pollution, more disasters, and so forth. Over time, we become
more aware of trying to protect the environment. Protecting the environment
ensures our own longevity, our good health, and a healthy environment all
around us.The ability to breathe
clean air, to have a wholesome supply of drinking water and to be protected
against the harmful effects of things like waste are essential to our
well-being. Human beings consciously protect and reasonably make use of
natural resources and prevent natural environment from pollution, because we
are totally dependent on the natural environment. In order to learn how
to protect the environment, we divided our lesson into four sub-categories: 1)
Air Pollution, 2) Water Pollution, 3) Pesticides, and 4) Recycling. In each lesson,
we provide important websites associated with each environmental problem and
also provide an activity for each sub-category.
Water Pollution
Background information
We cannot live without water. It is part of our lives. We need to drink water to stay alive. We need water for cooking, planting, and bathing. We eat fruits and vegetables. They all come from plants that can survive with the help of water. Everything living in this world depends upon water. This shows that water is a very important element we need to live. Nowadays, we use shortcuts to do everything. People sometimes throw garbage into water. Factories dispose their wastes into the bodies of water around them. This makes the water dirty and maybe harmful. If clean water is destroyed, life is going to be much worse on the Earth. In this lesson, students will find out information about how to protect water pollution. Students will have an opportunity to search for the causes, treatment, prevention, and effect of water pollution.
The causes of water pollution
Water Pollution Guide: This
website provides useful information about the sources of water pollution and
how they can be treated.
Environmental Pollution Center: This
website is designed to communicate the most updated and acute environmental
problems and risks as they may appear to you in everyday life.
Department of Geology and Geophysics,
University of Hawaii: This website will respond to all questions or
requests related to subjects provided.
Grinning Planet: This website
provides a variety of cartoons and great information about health, energy, and
environmental issues.
Treatment of water pollution
Water Pollution Guide: This
website provides useful information about the sources of water pollution and
how they can be treated.
California Environmental Protection
Agency: The mission of this website is to restore, protect
and enhance the environment, to ensure public health, environmental quality and
economic vitality.
Prevention of water pollution
Environmental Health and Safety, the
University of Texas at Austin: This website presents information
about healthy and safe operations on campus in order to protect students,
faculty, staff and visitors, and to ensure protection of the environment.
EPA: United States Environmental Protection Agency: As for environmental
pollution, EPA provides a variety of federal research, monitoring,
standard-setting and enforcement activities to ensure environmental protection.
Since its inception, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment
for the American people.
Environment Agency: The
purpose of this website is to protect and improve the environment and to promote
sustainable development.
Effect of water pollution
Natural Resources
Defense Council:
This
website works to protect wildlife and wild places and to ensure a healthy
environment for all life on earth.
Girlshealth. Gov:
This website focuses on health topics that girls are concerned about and
provides reliable, useful information on the health issues they will face.
Lovetoknow:
This website has a growing community of over 6 Million women looking for expert
advice on over 80 topics, including human health effects, overall ecological
risks, and water pollution impacts.
National Geographic:
This website provides free maps, photos, videos and daily news stories, as well
as articles and features about animals, the environment, cultures, history, etc
Activities
Common Core Standard
Reading
Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6–8
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
9. Compare and contrast the information
gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that
gained from reading a text on the same topic.
In order to see this video, Adobe Flash will be needed. By doing this interactive activity, students will understand how water is treated and delivered to their home or school as water that is safe to drink. In addition, students will learn how to protect the nation’s sources of drinking water. This video can be viewed in English and Spanish.
Common Core Standard
Grade 6
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Grade 7
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Grade8
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Mathematics
Ratios and Proportional Relationships
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3. Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve
real-world and mathematical
problems, e.g., by reasoning about tables
of equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or
equations.
d. Use ratio reasoning to convert measurement units; manipulate and
transform units appropriately when multiplying or dividing
quantities.
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2. Recognize and represent proportional
relationships betweenquantities.
c. Represent proportional relationships by equations. For example, if total cost t is
proportional to the number n of items purchased at
a constant price p, the relationship
between the total cost and the
number of items can be expressed as t
= pn.
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Speaking
and Listening
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
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5. Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics,
images, music, sound) and visual displays in
presentations to clarify information
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5. Include multimedia components and visual
displays in presentations to clarify claims and
findings and emphasize salient points.
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5. Integrate multimedia and visual displays into
presentations to clarify information, strengthen
claims and evidence, and add interest.
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Reading
Key Ideas and Details
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1. Cite textual evidence to support
analysis of what
the text says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn
from the text.
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1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence
to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the text.
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1. Cite the textual evidence that most
strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly
as well as inferences drawn from the text.
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The activities in Water Watchers help students to
learn how monetary value is applied to a family’s water service by examining a typical
water bill and by designing a conservation slogan and bumper sticker, students
express water’s value to the community.
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