Week 34, Environmental Science, Mr. Vaught April 28^th – May 2^nd , 2008

Objectives:

1. HFACEnvironmentalScience.blogspot.com

2. Chapter 20 review and exam, The environment and human health

3. Begin chapter 21, economics, policy and the future of our environment

4. Design lab on natural antibiotics

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

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

Monday: 042808

Review of chapter 20

Handouts/homework: 20 review, due Tuesday.

Tuesday: 042908

Exam on chapter 20

Handout/Homework:

Wednesday: 043008

Outline 21.1 Economics and international cooperation

Microscopy: look at specimen from last week

Homework/handout:

Thursday: 05-01-08

Design lab on natural antibiotics

Return exam and discuss current grades and make-up work and extra-credit opportunities

Handout/homework: Paper on Natural Antibiotics (200 words, due Tuesday the 6^th) write 200 words on a “natural antibiotic” such as garlic, onions, tumeric, honey, eucalyptus, sage, thyme, oregano, Echinacea, Ginger, olive leaf extract, tea tree oil, grapefruit seed oil, ginsing, or lemon oil. Some of the questions you should try to answer are:

Theories on how it works, the recommended dose, how it is extracted, possible side effects, warnings, or allergies, history of how it has been used in the past, and any scientific studies. You should use at least 3 sources and cite all you sources at the end of your paper.

Friday: 04-25-08

Sustainability and economics

Pour plates for next weeks experiment

Turn in journals

Handout: Quiz 21.1

Environmental Journal Topics

042808 What is the relationship between waste disposal and human health

042908 Name 4 emerging viruses

043008 What are two ways governments manipulate economics to achieve environmental goals?

050108 What are 3 steps we need to take to achieve sustainability.

050208 Give two examples of private efforts to address environmental problems.