Materials for Chapters 16-18

Unit 7

Risk, Pollution & Waste

Chapters 19, 20, 22 & 24 (Test March 6)

Unit 7 Power Point

Graded Assignments for Unit 7

Study Guides (20 points, due March 6)

Scavenger Hunt: Toxics in the Home (10 points, due Feb 14)

Environmental Health Risk Assessment (50 points, due Feb 17, don't wait until the night before to start this!)

Personal Trash Inventory (20 points, begin collecting trash on Feb 18, collect into March 1, data analysis in class and written assignment due at the end of the period on March 1)

Unit 7 Test FRQs

Both are on the topic of pollution.

1. Know about and be able to describe metals that are toxic, how they are released and transported within an ecosystem, how the amount could be reduced, and the specific effects on human health. Also be able to describe biomagnification and bioaccumulation as it relates to toxic materials.

2. Know about and be able to describe indoor air pollutants, the type of building most affected and why, the sources of the pollutants, the specific effects on human health, and the methods of prevention and cleanup of the pollutant.

FRQ Reminders

If you are asked to "describe" you must do more than list an idea to get credit. Also, avoid vague terms that are not explained. The following terms and phrases need some specific descriptive information: pollution, factory, contamination, runoff, kills stuff, smokestacks, bad, toxic, harmful, bad for the environment, negatively influences, is harmful to humans, waste, chemicals, pesticides, good/bad, better/worse.
Here are some specific examples of phrases that earn no points.
Pollution is harmful.

Toxins are a threat to humans.

Chemicals are bad for the environment.

Ranking Risks (in class activity, not to be turned in)

Field Trips

Tuesday, February 21: Wastewater Reclamation Facility (on the bus by my room at 10:15)

Tuesday, February 28: Coffin Butte Landfill & Compost Facility (on the bus by my room at 10:15)

Optional Readings

20 Plastic Things You Maybe Didn't Know You Can Recycle

Packaging Study (analyzes the environmental and economic costs of packaging)

Co-op America: Getting to Zero Waste

Race and Pollution

Risk Introduction