To begin:

• Read pp. 16-17 Answer reading check on p. 17• Define supply and demand, costs and benefits,

and risk assessment in your own words

Bellringer 1-11-10

• All of the following are renewable resources EXCEPT:

• a. energy from the sun• b. minerals• c. crops• d. fresh water

1-11-10environmental science

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Standards and elements

SCSh6. Students will communicate scientificinvestigations and information clearly. d. Participate in group discussions of scientificinvestigation and current scientific issues.

SCSh9. Students will enhance reading in all curriculum areas by:

c. Building vocabulary knowledge

SEV4. Students will understand and describeavailability, allocation and conservation of

energy and other resources. a. Differentiate between renewable and

nonrenewable resources including how different resources are produced, rates of use, renewal rates, and limitations of sources. Distinguish between natural and produced resources.

SEV5. Students will recognize that human beings are part of the global ecosystem and will evaluate the effects of human activities and technology on ecosystems.

c. Explain how human activities affect global and local sustainability.

agenda1. Welcome2. Standards, elements, essential questions,

bellringer; homework3. Review for formative assessment4. Tragedy of the Commons-reading5. Tragedy of the Commons-performance

assessment6. Closing http://www.bunnygame.org/7. Homework-read pp. 16-21 Answer 1-5

Essential questions• How do economic factors affect how we use

resources? • How do developed and developing countries

differ in their structure and effects on the environment?

• How can you decrease your ecological footprint?

Homework

• Read pp. 12-15 answer 1-6

Most missed on formative assessment13% correct; see p. 15

_____ is a biodegradable material that becomes a pollutant if allowed to accumulate more rapidly than it can decompose.

a. Plasticb. Mercuryc. Newspaperd. Metal from junk cars

13% correct; see p. 14

6.Which of the following describes the depletion of a renewable resource?

A. hunting of excess deer to maintain a healthy population size

B. intensive cultivation of farmland that exhausts soil nutrients

C. mining coalD. increasing use of solar energy to generate

electrical power

39 % correct; see p. 15

9.The term “biodiversity” refers toa. The number of species living on Earth.b. The number and variety of species living on

Earth.c. The number and variety of species that are

considered renewable.d. The number and variety of species that live in

an area.

39% correct; see p. 7

10. A scientist studying the culture, history and genetics of an aborigine tribe in Australia is a(n):

a. geologistb.physicistc.anthropologistd.engineer

Tragedy of the Commons

• Working in a group-see sign

lesson

• Introduction to tragedy of the commons exercise; include safety, lab routines, benchmark work-refer to rubric

• Students will read lab parts aloud and restate directions.

• Students will review rubric aloud.• What will a good lab report look like???

work

• Gather data• Write report

closing

• How is the tragedy of the commons evident on earth today?

• How is shared responsibility related to government?

Homework

• Complete lab report; review pp. 16-17