Week 31, Environmental Science, Mr. Vaught April 7^th – April 11^th, 2008

Objectives:

1. HFACEnvironmentalScience.blogspot.com

2. Chapter 12, Learn the causes and climate and climate change, the ozone layer, and global warming.

3. Extra credit: field guide and community garden and news articles.

4. Continue labs, Winogradsky column, look at water samples with microscopes

6. Please bring 20oz plastic bottles and 16oz glass jars before Wednesday

Monday: 040708

Discuss factors that influence our climate

Turn in 13.1 outline

Handouts/homework:

Tuesday: 040808

Globe and flashlight, latitude and longitude, seasons, sunset, prevailing winds.

Quiz on 13.1: Climate and Climate change

Handout/Homework: Outline 13.2 The ozone shield, due Thursday the 10^th

Wednesday: 040908

Ozone layer, the hole and prevention

Homework/handout:

Bring plastic bottles (20oz) and glass jars(16oz).

Thursday: 04-10-08

Handout/homework:

Friday: 04-11-08

Turn in journals and review

Environmental Journal Topics

040708 What is the most important factor in determining climate?

040808 Describe the difference between El Nino and La Nina weather patterns and how they affect the US.

040908 Describe three ways the hole in the ozone layer will affect life on earth?

041008 How many tons of CFCs were produced by Developed countries in 1986? How many were produced in 1996?

041108 Winogradsky columns.