Transcript Environmental Health x

VIDEO RESOURCES
Del Monte Production video, includes environmental and social issues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wVsQQ1eWRw&feature=related
Home made video by college students to give students tips for conservation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdDSw4EeC_o&NR=1
Change the world in 5 minutes a day – at school (made by middle school kids in
Australia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oROsbaxWH0M&feature=related
10 ways to help the environment (animation)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvCUEagudHY&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Charlie Chipmunk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryltq9-EFDA
(I dare you to not sing this catchy song the rest of the day!)
2015 Fall
Short Enviro
Monday 9/21
Unit 3: Environmental Health
Classwork:
• Intro slides –
pollution
•Planet EarthPole to Pole
Do Now:
1. Define
conservation.
2. Draw a diagram
that shows the
greenhouse
effect.
Focus:
Our environment
surrounds us. Its
health directly
effects our health.
• Workbook
outline and vocab
for Chap 20
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‘Do Now’ answers…
1. Conservation- the saving of resources.
(p.553)
2. Diagram of the ‘greenhouse’ effect. (next
slide)
Radiant heat from the sun enters the atmosphere as usual but air pollution blocks some
from escaping and will warm up the atmosphere. This changes weather patterns and the
distribution of moisture across the planet.
2015 Fall Environmental Health
Environmental Health is the state of
overall wellness of a persons
surroundings.
Therefore, the condition of a persons
surroundings directly effects that
persons wellness.
Environmental Health?
Los Angeles, CA.. Is this a healthy environment? Why?
What could be done to clean up this air?
4 sources of air pollution. Record these in your comp book…
Environmental Health?
Torin, Italy. Results of a two week garbage collectors strike. What types of pollution
do you see?
Water pollution
through toxic
run-off
Environmental Health?
Torin, Italy. Results of a two week garbage collectors strike. What types of pollution
do you see?
Thailand
India
Don’t assume that this is a ‘third
world’ problem for developing
countries to solve…
Lake Michigan, Illinois, USA
Saranac Lake, New York, USA
SO WHAT CAN BE DONE?
WHAT CAN WE DO?
End of day 1
Show video- Planet Earth, Pole to Pole
This shows the natural beauty of the
planet.
"In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love
only what we understand, we will understand only what we
are taught."
-John Muir
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You control your actions.
Classwork:
• Workbook time
• Unit 3- Chapter
20
Tuesday 9/22
Do Now:
1. Taking action
now to protect
the environment
will ________
future
generations.
Focus:
Our environment
surrounds us. Its
health directly
effects our health.
2. All forms of life
on earth depend
on _____ to
survive.
Change the world in 5 minutes a day – at school (made by middle school kids in Australia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oROsbaxWH0M&feature=related
Workbook – Environmental Health
• CHAPTER 20: LESSON 1 OUTLINE
Your Environment
Your environment is your surroundings It includes:
1. home
2. school
3. community
4. Air you breathe
5. Water you drink
6. All living and non-living things
Pollution is a broad term that covers any dirty or harmful substance in the
environment.
Taking action to protect the environment now will benefit your health and
the health of others. Future generations will be able to enjoy the results of
your efforts.
Workbook continued…
Air Pollution
Natural events, such as an erupting volcano or a dust storm
cause air pollution but most pollution is the result of human
activities.
Major Sources of Air Pollution
How do these cause air pollution:
Burning: releases harmful gasses such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide
and nitrogen oxides
Chemicals: industrial chemicals (construction, manufacturing, etc.) break
down and release harmful substances into the environment
Other Sources: forest fires, oil spills and fires, dust storms, volcanic
eruptions, etc.
Hong Kong
Thailand
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Beijing
A thick haze of eye-stinging smog hangs
over Beijing's Olympic Stadium, without
any blue sky in sight.
Downtown Beijing
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Workbook continued…
• Effects of Air Pollution
What effects do these have on air pollution:
Acid Rain: acid rain kills plants which produce oxygen and filter
our air
Smog: makes it difficult for people with respiratory problems to
breathe
Destruction of Ozone: the Ozone layer protects Earth from
harmful solar radiation, air pollution causes degredation of
the layer making our planets’ surface hotter
Climate Change (Global Warming): air pollution cause the
‘Greenhouse Effect’ which traps heat near the Earths’
surface making our atmosphere hotter and changing our
climate (extreme weather)
Reduce Reuse Recycle
Classwork:
•Green
house
Effect &
CLIMATE
CHANGE
discussion and notes and
video…
Do Now:
1.
The trapping of solar
radiation and heat in
the Earth’s
atmosphere by
carbon-dioxide and
other gasses in the
air is known as the
____________
____________
2.
_____ is a yellow
brown haze that
forms when sunlight
reacts with air
pollution.
3.
Oil and coal are
examples of
___________
resources.
Wednesday
9/23
Focus:
Our environment
surrounds us. Its
health directly
effects our health.
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What causes climate change and why should I care?
Global warming refers to the increase
in the average temperature of the
Earth's surface.
Climate change is the extreme
weather patterns brought on by an
increase in the earth’s temperature.
The Greenhouse
Effect
• What is it?
The greenhouse effect is the process
in which infrared radiation trapped by
the atmosphere warms a planet's
surface.
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Global Warming or Climate Change?
• Global warming refers to the increase in the average
temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans.
• Climate change is the extreme weather patterns brought on by
an increase in the earth’s temperature.
Drought
Blizzard
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• Climate change can be a change in the average weather or a
change in the distribution of weather events around an average
(for example, greater or fewer extreme weather events). Climate
change may be limited to a specific region, or may occur across
the whole Earth.
http://www.un.org/climate
change/blog/2013/09/27/u
n-urges-global-response-toscientific-evidence-thatclimate-change-is-humaninduced/
In the future, warmer
temperatures, different patterns
of precipitation and runoff, and
rising sea levels will profoundly
affect the ability to manage
water supplies and other natural
resources.
Shanghai, China
Adapting our use of natural resources to climate change presents one of
the most significant challenges for the 21st century.
Adapting our water management systems to climate change presents
one of the most significant challenges for the 21st century.
The fact.
• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) concludes, “most of the
observed increase in globally averaged
temperatures since the mid-20th century is
very likely due to the observed increase in
anthropogenic (human caused) greenhouse
gas concentrations” via the greenhouse effect.
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The global average air
temperature near the
Earth's surface rose
0.18 °C (.32°F) during the
last 100 years.
Temperature trends over
the past 1000 years. Data
from chemical analysis of
core samples taken from
rocks, ice and trees.
This basic conclusion has been endorsed by
at least 30 scientific societies and
academies of science, including all of the
national academies of science of the major
industrialized countries in Europe, Asia and
North and South America.
So what?
• An increase in global temperatures is expected
to cause many changes, including sea level
rise, increased intensity of extreme weather
events, and changes in the amount and
pattern of precipitation. Other effects of
global warming include changes in agricultural
yields, glacier retreats, species extinctions and
increases in the ranges of disease carrying
vectors.
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Now what?
• There is ongoing political and public debate
worldwide regarding what, if any, action
should be taken to reduce or reverse future
warming or to adapt to its expected
outcomes. Most national governments have
signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol, aimed
at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Thursday 9/24
Classwork:
• Health advocacy
poster, due Monday
• Complete Chapter
20 notes in WB
Do Now:
Focus:
Our environment
surrounds us. Its
health directly
affects our health.
Homework due Monday 9/28
New vocabulary – advocacy; to support or call for an idea or a plan.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Health Advocacy Poster
(Worth 15 points)
You will be working on a poster that will encourage others to reduce, reuse, and
recycle. Please read ALL of the directions carefully before you begin. If something
about the assignment is unclear or you do not understand what is expected please
ask!
Directions…
1. Poster needs to have all three words clearly visible. The words are Reduce,
Reuse, and Recycle. (3 pts)
2. 3 pictures total – One drawing for each word. (6pts)
a. You can draw the recycle symbol once, it only counts as one drawing.
b. Make it nice these will be posted in the hallways!
3. Neat and Visually appealing (4pts)
4. No pencil on final product (2 pts)
a. Meaning you can use pencil as long as you go over it with marker or colored
pencil.
5. Due Monday
Friday 9/25
Classwork:
• Work book day!
Silence is
appreciated…
• What is that?
ppt
Do Now:
1. Products used
on crops to
control insects
and other pests
are called
___________ .
2. One example of
a fossil fuel is:
a. Wind
b. Solar
c. Oil
d. Hydro
Focus:
Our environment
surrounds us. Its
health directly
affects our health.
You control your actions.
Classwork:
• Let me catch
up…
• Mini posters
• Community
Based
Environmental
Health Projects
Do Now:
1. Taking action
now to protect
the environment
will ________
future
generations.
Monday
9/28
Focus:
Our environment
surrounds us. Its
health directly
effects our health.
2. Define
sustainability.
Change the world in 5 minutes a day – at school
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oROsbaxWH0M&feature=related
Community Environmental Projects
There are many examples of communities and companies initiating conservation and
environmentally healthy programs.
Today you and your group will conduct research to find examples of theses types of
programs. You will choose one of the programs, write a summary and present it to the
class. Be sure your summary includes:
• Project title, location and benefits to the community (Why they do it.)
• How will it help our planet?
• How the project helps communities be more environmentally friendly?
This is due at the beginning of class Tuesday.
Key words to search: green energy projects, community recycling projects, renewable
energy projects, environmental health projects, etc.
Zero Waste Initiative
WASTE TO ENERGY
From the Zoo’s web page…
http://www.denverzoo.org/sustainability-waste-energy
At Denver Zoo, 90% of our waste—from trash to animal
waste—will be converted into clean, sustainable energy
through our biomass gasification system. It’s the first of its
kind anywhere in the world and, along with our ongoing
commitment to overall waste reduction will help us reach our
goal of being zero waste by 2025.
Here at Denver Zoo we are working towards becoming a zero
waste facility by 2025! To achieve this difficult goal we have
developed an extensive recycling program, a green purchasing
policy and a waste to energy system. Denver Zoo monitors
waste generated through our everyday operations to devise
ways to reduce our waste stream and promote recycling
efforts to both zoo staff and visitors.
Housed in our new Toyota Elephant Passage exhibit will be our state-of-theart waste to energy system that will chemically convert zoo waste in a high
temperature, low oxygen process into a usable combustible gas, called
syngas. We will convert 90 percent of zoo's waste stream into energy,
resulting in diverting approximately 1.5 million pounds annually from the
landfill, saving the zoo as much as $150,000 a year in energy and waste
hauling costs. This system will meet the most stringent emissions standards
and will produce one bi-product: ash, which can be used as a soil
amendment. The electricity created by the system will be used to operate
motors and pumps needed in the new exhibit, as well as other zoo energy
needs (estimated
at 20 percent).
Tuesday and Wednesday
9/29-30
Classwork:
Do Now:
Focus:
Environmental Projects
1. Give two examples
of a non-renewable
resource.
• Group case study –
The Effects of
Environmental
Accidents: Exxon Valdez
2. _______ is
essential for life on
earth.
Our environment
surrounds us. Its
health directly
affects our health.
• Present Community
Tuesday/Wednesday –
video lesson ‘Changing
Tides in Tetetlik’ with
summary question, due
Wednesday 9/30/2015
Essential Question:
How does the health of the environment have a
direct impact on personal health?
Alaska
Boom and Bust Economy
Fur seals
Gold
Salmon
Oil
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OIL
Alaska
Exxon Valdez oil spill
Essential Question:
How does the health of the environment have a
direct impact on personal health?
Environmental Health Case Study:
The effects of man made pollution on the health and wellness of a rural community.
Changing Tides in Tatetlek
This is a documentary was produced a few years after one of the
largest oil spills in history. It highlights the lives of people who live
in the village of Tatetlik on the shores of Prince William Sound,
Alaska.
The Sound provides a livelyhood for local commercial fishermen
and their families as well as native hunting and fishing. The Sound
is the source of income, food and cultural heritage for everyone who
lives there.
This is the story of how an environmental disaster can effect the
overall health and wellness of the people who rely on the Sound for
their lives.
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Your assessment:
Compose a response to the following question that
describes the effects (positive and negative) on each side of
the villagers Health Triangle (M/E, P, S). Cite examples from
the video that supports your conclusions. This is due
Wednesday 9/30/2015, at the end of class.
How does the Exxon Valdez oil spill effect the
health triangle of the villagers?