A. Cause and effect
B. Current vs. past
1. Possible future
C. Prevention and maintenance overview
A. Scientific method
A. Laws
B. Overview
C. Review prior knowledge from chemistry and biology (if they’ve taken it by 10th grade…)
A. Populations, communities
B. Food chains and webs
C. Energy flow
1. Life cycles
a. Carbon, nitrogen, oxygen all important
b. Geo-chemical cycles
A. Macro and micro
B. Theories
A. Niches, habitats
B. Biomes
C. Weather patterns
1. Water currents
2. Wind
A. Species
1. Nonnative or exotic
2. Indicator and keystone
B. Competition
1. Inter- and intraspecific
2. Competition for food
3. Competition for sunlight
4. Competition for habitats
C. Symbiosis
[Sample Lesson Plan- Earthworm Dissection]
A. Carrying capacity
B. Growth rates
1. Exponential vs. logistic curves
C. Biotic potential and environmental resistance
D. What causes changes in ecosystems
E. Speciation
[Sample Lesson Plan- Apple Maggot Case study]
A. Growth
1. Factors affecting growth
a. Birth and death rates
2. Age structure histograms?
B. Demography
C. Population distribution
D. Carrying capacity
A. Extinction
1. Risks
2. Causes
3. Laws (international, national, state, local)
B. Endangered animals and plants
C. Effect of humans on biodiversity
D. Wildlife management
1. Land management (public)
a. Conservation
b. Problems
c. Wilderness
2. Forest management
a. Tree harvesting
b. Fires, importance
3. Other habitat/environment management
E. Gap analysis and ecological hesitation
F. Preservation
1. Human encroachment and sustainable management
[Sample Lesson Plan- Transpiration Lab]
A. Geologic processes
1. Plate tectonics
2. Rock cycle
a. Rocks and minerals
B. Erosion and weathering
C. Volcanoes, earthquakes, natural disasters
D. Soil
1. Formation
2. Profiles
3. Characteristics
E. Global warming and ozone depletion
1. Causes and solutions
A. Alternative sources of energy
1. Solar
2. Hydroelectric
3. Wind power
4. Biomass
5. Solar- hydrogen
6. Geothermal energy
7. Micro power
B. Sustainable energy use
A. Identifying, locating, removing nonrenewable minerals
1. Mining
a. Types and effects
B. Oil
1. Extraction, refinement, and use
C. Natural gas
D. Coal
E. Nuclear energy
A. Properties of water
B. Types
1. Fresh and salt
C. Water shortages
D. Dams
1. Flooding and floodplain management
E. Desalinization
F. Irrigation
G. Solutions to overuse of water
1. Effects and causes of overuse
A. Water sources
1. Stream, groundwater, and ocean pollution
B. Types
1. Point and nonpoint sources
C. Prevention
1. Wastewater treatment
A. Types
1. Municipal solid waste (MSW)
2. Hazardous
B. Disposal
1. Detoxifying, burning, burying, and exporting
2. Land disposal
C. Regulations
D. Prevention
1. Reduce, reuse, recycle
A. Outdoor
1. Smog, inversions, acid deposition
B. Indoor
1. Types, sources, effect on human health
C. Solutions and prevention
A. Natural Greenhouse Effect
B. Global warming
C. Ozone depletion
D. Causes and solutions to all 3
1. Effects on human health
A. Toxic and hazardous substances
1. Biological and chemical
B. Diseases
C. Risk analysis
A. Food production and nutrition
1. Healthy Food Choices
2. Increasing crop production
a. Genetic engineering
b. Irrigation
3. Meat production
4. Positive and negative effects
B. Boundaries
1. Biological, physical, and social
A. History
B. Types
C. Regulations
1. National and local
D. Pros and Cons
E. Alternatives
F. IPM
[Sample Lesson Plan- Journal Club]
A. Dealing with environmental policy
B. Problem solving
C. Environmental education
D. Issues around IPM