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Chapter 23 Living Resources
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Teacher Resources Student Extra Credit
| 23-1 Environmental Issues Types of Environmental Issues Making Environmental Decesions |
23-2 Forest and Fisheries Forest resources Managing Forests Fisheries |
| 23-3 Biodiversity The Value of Biodiversity Factors Affecting Biodiversity Gene Pool Divesity Evolution of Species Causes of Extinction Protecting Biodiversity |
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Day 1 Who Dirtied the Water
Prentice Hall 778-782 Science Explorer pages 175-177 # 1-11 |
Day
3
Prentice Hall 792-801Science Explorer pages 194-196 # 1-22 |
| Day
4 The Rare Scene |
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| Day 2
Prentice Hall 784-788Science Explorer pages 185-187 # 1-15 |
Day
5 Animals At Risk: Cube Project |
| Day 1 |
| Topic 23-1 Environmental Issues |
| Objectives Identify the general categories of environmental issues. Describe how decsion makers balance different needs and concerns. Distinguish between renewable and nonrenewable natural resources. |
| State Goals |
Classwork-Homework
On the BoardNatural Resources: material found in nature that is used by living things Renewable Resource: natural resource that can be reused or replaced Nonrenewable Resource: natural resource that cannot be reused or replaced Conservation: wise use of natural resource On the
BoardRenewable Resources Trees Livestock Vegetables On the
BoardNonrenewable Resources Fossil fuels: oil, coal, and natural gas Metals: aluminum, copper, silver and gold Minerals: phosphates, sulfur, sand and diamonds |
| TEC |
Resources Natural Resources Pollution Renewable & Non-Renewable Resources |
| Day 2 |
| Topic 23-2 Forest and Fisheries |
| Objectives Describe how forests can be managed as renewable resources. Describe how fisheries can be managed for a sustainable yield. |
| State Goals |
| Classwork-Homework Prentice
Hall 784-788 |
| TEC Modern
Fishing Equipment Science Explorer page 189 |
| Resources |
| Day 3 |
| Topic 23-3 Biodiversity |
| Objectives Explain the value of biodiversity. Identify the factors that affect biodiversity. Name some human activities that threaten biodiversity. List some ways to protect biodiversity. |
| State Goals |
| Classwork-Homework Excerpts from the Works
of Aldo Leopold
Prentice Hall 792-801 |
| TEC Endangered
Species Science explorer page 198 |
| Resources |
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| Topic 23-3 Endangered Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Objectives Recognize that in an ecosystem, every orgamism is part of an ever changing environment |
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| State Goals | ||||||||||||||||
| Classwork / Homework
On the Board Endangered Species: species of living organisms in danger of becoming extinct On the
BoardEndangered Species
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| TEC | ||||||||||||||||
Resources Top 10 Reasons for
extinction Rachel Carson
grew up with an appreciation of the countryside in Springdale, PA. While attending
college, Rachel Carson studied English and biology which gave her the skills she needed to
eloquently express her concerns about the environment in her best-selling book Silent
Spring . Read Rachel Carson: The
Coming At a Silent Spring and answer the questions. |
| Day 5 |
| Topic 23-3 Reasons for Extinction |
| Objectives Research an endangered species. |
| State Goals |
| Classwork-Homework Imaginary
Animals: Prone to Extinction or Animals At Risk: Searching for Answers & Six-Sided Search |
| TEC |
| Resources |
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| ACID RAIN |
 Statue
Damaged from Acid Rain |
| ENVIRONMENTALISTS |
| Famous
Environmentalists Article, questions, and timeline. |
| FIRE FIGHTING |
 SmokeJumpers
This site is designed to provide an understanding of
the role of Smokejumpers in the USA. Smokejumpers are men and women who
parachute into rough mountainous terrain to fight wildfires in inaccessible areas of the
forests within the USA. This is an elite professional group, made up of people from all
walks of life. |
| LEOPOLD, ALDO |
| Excerpts from the Works
of Aldo Leopold |
| Selective
Cutting and Forest Stewardship Planning |
| The Good Oak
Good
Oak pages 73-80 longer story with questions and tree cookie |
| The
Land Ethic |
| WEB QUESTS |
| Saving Polluterville: An
Ocean Pollution Investigation In this WebQuest, you
or your small group will become an investigative team, in search of pollution's impact on
the ocean and pollution solutions. Each member of your group will take a special
investigation role. Your investigation will help you convince the town of
Polluterville to stop polluting. Let the investigation begin! You may complete this
on your own taking on all three parts, you may work with a partner and divide the work
equally, or you may work as a team of three with each one choosing one of the roles. |
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| Bermuda Wave Height
Graphing Activity Calculate average wave heights and plot the data. |
| City
Temperature Data Collection Choose two
cities. Use the Internet to collect information about the daily high and low
temperatures experienced recently by your chosen cities. Collect information about
your chosen cities for five days. Try to choose cities in different biomes
. Compare the temperatures in a line graph. |
| Wildfires
Search Search for information about wildfires in a particular state or group of
states. Create a chart with the following information about each fire:
location, acreage burned, cause of the wildfire, and one other fact about the wildfire. |
Investigations
Art