WBECEnvSci20

WBEC Environmental Science 20

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Unit 1: Classroom Orientation & Career Exploration

Unit 1_Lesson 1: Introduction
Unit 1_Lesson 2: Classroom Orientation
Unit 1_Lesson 3: Sand County Almanac_Foreword Journal
Unit 1_Lesson 4: Career Exploration

Unit 2: The Nature of Environmental Science

U2_L1: Introduction To Mr. Endicott's Environmental Science 20 and Concept of Place (World View)
U2_L2: Spiritual Significance of Place and Early Pioneers of Environmental Conservation
U2_L3: World View and Environmental Ethics of the Hetch Hetchy Debate
U2_L4: Human Footprint and Tragedy of The Commons
U2_L6: Nature Walk
U2_L5: The Gap
U2_L7: Sand County Almanac - February Good Oak
Independent Research Project (Day 1)

Unit 3: Atmosphere and Human Health

U3_L1: The Air and why it is the way it is...
U3_L2: Types and Causes of Pollution
U3_L3: Air Quality
U3_L4: Effects of Air Pollution on Human Health and the Environment
U3_L5: Nature Walk
U3_L6: Birds and Indicator Species
U3_L7: Sand County Almanac
Independent Research Project (Day 2)

Unit 4: Human Health and Aquatic Systems

U4_ Water, the sacred relationship!
U4_L4: Water Pollution
Unit 4_Lesson 1 Assignment: Destroying the Dam_Why it Matters
U4_L2: Water as a Resource
U4_L3: Flooding and Effects To Health
U4_L5: Fracking - Definitely, Most Likely (or Not)
U4_L5: Waste Water Treatment Plant Tour
U4_L6: Water Quality Lab
U4_L8: Sand County Almanac Journal
Independent Research (Day 3)

Unit 5: Human Health and Terrestrial Ecosystems

U5_L1: First Nations and the Value of Soil
U5_L2: Climate and Biomes
U5_L3: Lesson Habitat Destruction
U5_L4: The Green Revolution
U5_L4 Assignment: Consequences of the Green Revolution
U5_L5: Agricultural Practices
U5_L6: Soil - A Key to Life in Saskatchewan
U5_L7: Organic and Genetically Modified Foods
U5_L8: European Corn Borer CB Infestation Lab
U5_L9: Plants and Climate Change
Unit 5_L9 Assignment: Lesson Activity - Mother Earth's Perspective on Plants and Climate Change
U5_L10: Environmental Journal_Sand County Almanac
Independent Research (Day 4)

Unit 6: Human Population and Pollution

U6_L1: Keystone Species
U6_L2: Population Dynamics
U6_L3: Demography
U6_L4: Human Populations
U6_L5: Urbanization
U6_L6: Human Health and Toxicology
Independent Research Project (Day 5)

Climate Change

U7_L1: Climate Change
Independent Research Day 6 (Final)

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10 courses
26 students
Kimberly Petit

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WBEC Environmental Science 20

WBEC Environmental Science 20

Course modified date: 4 Oct 2021

Teacher: Kimberly Petit
Enrolled students: 6