Environmental+Sci+20

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World Population Clock Sea Levels Global CO2 Levels Local and Fresh America's Pledge

May 22 - Students began their notes on Aquatic Ecosystems.



May 17 - Students watched a documentary on the Flint Water Crisis

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May 15 - 16 - Students watched the film "Tapped" and completed the worksheet.

May 14 - Some more presentations today, then we completed our notes on water pollution.

May 10 - 11 - Students will be presenting their Pollution projects over the next two days.

May 8 - 9 - Students took notes on Water Pollution



May 2 - 7 - Students begin their Pollution Final Research Project. You will create a presentation detailing a pollution story from somewhere on the planet. Either a Pollution success story or a pollution disaster story. Details can be found in the attached document. The presentations will be ready to go for Thursday's class.



May 1 - Students watched the CBC Documentary Battle of the Bags



Apr 30 - Students watched the film Plastic Tide.



Apr 25 - 26 - Students began notes on Waste management.

Apr 24 - Students are learning about Fake News today. Complete the following worksheet by the end of tomorrows class.



Apr 20 - 23 - Students completed the following case study on the effects of lead in human development



Apr 19 - Students studied the effects of Lead on human development by completing the following activity.



Apr 16 - 18 - Students worked on their Environment and Human Health notes.



Apr 13 - Students used this class time to complete any missing assignments that they may have accumulated.

Apr 11 - 12 - Students compared World Census populations by completing the following worksheet

Use this link to complete your research



April 9 -10 - Today, we are studying Global Demographics by working on the following worksheet. Hardcopies available in class.



Use these links to help in your search

Mar 29 - Students watched the video "Overpopulated" and answered the following worksheet.



Mar 26 - 29 - Students Students began notes on Human population.



Mar 22 - Students brainstormed ideas for a class project about increasing awareness for environmental ideas around the school.

Mar 21 - Students discussed

The Death of Sudan - The last Male White Rhino, The details of the Donora incident (from their reading) The Global News exclusive on the Chemical Valley of Sarnia.



Mar 19 - 20 - Students conducted a survey of Saskatchewan polluters by completing the following activity.



Use this link to complete your research.

Mar 16 - Students examined a case study of the Donora Fog incident. Reading and questions available below.



Mar 13 - 15 - Students began their notes on Pollution issues.



Mar 5 - 12 - Students began working on their Climate Change Essays today. Due next Monday. Details of the assignment can be found below.



Mar 2 - Students were introduced to their first major project of the semester - Their Global Warming Research Essay We will be in the computer lab all next week completing our research. The final product will be due Monday March 12.

Mar 1 -2 - Students watched the film An Inconvenient Truth.



Feb 28 - Students watched the film Frozen Planet - On Thin Ice



Feb 27 - students worked on the Climate Refugee assignment. Due for tomorrow.



Feb 26 - Students completed their Climate Change notes, Then we watched The Eyes of Nye - Climate Change.



Feb 16 - Students watched the show Our rising oceans Discussing issues of Global Climate Change



We also introduced the Current event assignment, the first of which is due on March 2. Details attached.



Feb 13 - 15 - Students began an examination of Climate Change and Global Warming with the following notes.

Feb 12 - Students watched the original animated version of The Lorax, by Dr Seuss. Detailing the issues associated with environmental abuse. Worksheets are attached.



Feb 8 - 9 - Today, students looked more closely at two environmental issue - The Hetch Hetchy Resevoir and the Bhopal Chemical Disaster.



Feb 2 - 7 - Today we began some introductory notes on Environmental Science.



Feb 1 - Welcome back! Today we will be going over the and orienting ourselves to the subjects we'll be studying this year.