Article for Discussion

Scientific American Article

Chasing Ice Documentary

Please answer the following questions:

1) Is a documentary like this effective in getting across environmental points to the public? Why or why not?

2) a. Why do you think that the issue of global climate change is so difficult for people to grasp/understand?

b. There is a plethora of evidence for climate change, yet people keep finding ways to try to de-validate the scientific evidence. Some people even attempt to state that human actions have no influence or do not contribute to climate change. Why is it so easy for people to be dissuaded about the facts that are present?

3) What do you feel/think about climate change?

4) What do you feel is society's responsibility when it comes to pollution and climate change? How do we act upon this?


The above questions must be answered no later than Friday midnight

Today

Please go through these items in order. You should be able to finish all of these in class today.

1) Go through each of the tutorials below (will not take long at all).

Earth Layers

Earth Structure


2) Look at the six major categories of of air pollutants considered by the EPA (Link is below). Pay careful attention to what they are, what they do/harmful effects, and how they are released in to the air.

EPA AIR POLLUTANTS



3) When you have finished with the above 2, you may go to the flashcard sets below and work on the vocab for these areas.

Online flashcard sets...

   Water Pollution and...water

Basic Geology/Earth vocab

POLLUTION!!!



4) If you have finished all of the above you may play with the game below


Smog City

AP Environmental Videos

APES Videos For Notes







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AP STUDY SESSION MOVED

THE STUDY SESSION IS MOVED TO THURSDAY AT LUNCH IN ROOM 232. 

Sorry for the adjustment. If you have any concerns, or can not make the new time, please let me know.

Test Help and AP Tutorial Videos

Diagram for Nuclear Power: (Be able to label and know what parts do).

Nuclear power Diagram (labeled)



APES Tutorial Videos

APES Video Link


DUE TO THE MANDATORY SENIOR MEETING ON WEDNESDAY AT TUTOR TIME, THE AP STUDY SESSION WILL BE MOVED TO THE TUESDAY AFTER SPRING BREAK AT LUNCH. 

A new kind of reactor

Please read the following article, and answer the question below.

Fourth Generation Reactor


What are the advantages of this new kind of reactor?
Does this solve some of the issues of older/1st/2nd/3rd generation reactors?
Do you feel there are disadvantages?


You Must respond/comment no later than Monday 11:59 pm