SEV4b land pollution prevention Lesson

Reducing Air Pollution

Monday, February 12

The environmental problems directly
related to energy production and
consumption include:

My Class Expectations:

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SGB Block Schedule

03-19-2025

the BLOCK

Mr. Allen

Environmental

science

CAMERA POLICY

Teachers will send a private message then verbal warning if a student’s camera is not on.
Continued non-camera use will result in moving up the discipline ladder.

First offense: Teacher conferences with student and documents in IC.

Second offense: Teacher conferences with student, contacts LC and documents in IC.

Third offense: Teacher conferences with student, contacts LC, sends over to academic
coach for support and documents in IC.

Fourth offense: Academic coach submits discipline referral to discipline AP

Please make sure to turn your camera on at the beginning of each class.

You can set it to private (only teacher sees) or public (everyone sees).

Brain Break

Weathering, erosion, and deposition

• Weathering: breaking down of rock and land from wind, water, or other natural events.

• Erosion: The movement of rock and land to a new place.

• Deposition: The deposit, or putting down, the rock and land in a new place.

• Weathering happens first, then erosion, then deposition.

Weathering

• By wind: wind grinds against rocks, slowly wearing them down.

• By water: water grinds agains rocks, slowly wearing them down.

• By ice: water travels into cracks in the rock. It then freezes, and expands, and then melts. This process happens over and over again, eventually breaking the rock a part.

• By gravity: rocks fall and split, or fall on each other.

• By living things: Animals can break down rock, humans can as well. Even plants with roots can effect rocks.

Open Ended

What is one reason why rocks get weathered?

Erosion

• The movement of rock and land to a new place.

• Many things that cause weathering, also cause erosion.

• Wind can carry small rock particles from a cliff to a new place.

• Water can carry small sediment (bits of rock and land) to a new place.

• Ice in a glacier can break off rock and carry it to a new place.

• Human beings: cutting trees down would allow the soil to wash away more easily. Less trees means less vegetation, means animals won't eat, and it could start a really scary cycle!!!

Do you remember?

Voacb

Match

Match the following

ocean acidification

smog

eutriphication

car exhaust

agriculture erosion

• ocean acidification

• smog

• eutriphication

• car exhaust

• agriculture erosion

Reducing Air Pollution

Monday, February 12

The environmental problems directly
related to energy production and
consumption include:

Carbon

emissions




Eutrophication

Smog

Ocean

acidification

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Safe

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On Task

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Awesome Attitude

R

Responsible

When students
attend class or

face to face
events with

other students,

they will...

Use teacher-approved tools &

websites.

Follow the GCA Dress Code.

Protect private information.

Use school-approved learning

devices.

Have a learning coach close by.

Use webcam as requested.

Ask questions as needed.

Follow teacher directions for using the

chat, microphone, & taking turns.

Remain in class until dismissed.

Move to appropriate break out rooms

when prompted.

Close extra tabs.

Find a quiet, distraction-free

workspace.

Use kind words and faces.

Respect others’ cultures, opinions, and

viewpoints.

Raise hands to answer questions &

wait to be called on.

Respond to private chats from

teachers & participate when

prompted.

Turn off microphones when entering

the room.

Communicate courteously &

respectfully with peers and staff.

Attend all required sessions.

Use their cameras, whiteboard tools,

chat & polling tools appropriately.

Contact Tech Support with computer

issues as needed.

Log in to Canvas/Jigsaw on time.

Ensure their microphones are

working, computers are charged, &

materials are ready.

When students

work

independently

or

asynchronously,

they will...

Use teacher-approved websites.

Use school-approved learning

devices.

Have a learning coach close by.

Stay on the assigned task.

Log into Canvas & access recordings,

notes, & resources.

Email teachers with questions.

Find a quiet, distraction-free

workspace.

Complete their own work.

Take their time & do their best on

assignments.

Use a greeting & signature in all

emails.

Respond to teacher emails.

Turn in all assignments on time.

Ask Learning Coaches for

assistance.

During

assessments,
students will...

Use teacher-approved websites.

Use school-approved learning

devices.

Have a learning coach close by.

Be on camera with full face in view.

Work on the assigned assessment.

Close other tabs & browsers.

Find a quiet, distraction-free

workspace.

Put forth their best effort.

Take their time.

Complete assessments

independently.

Answer all test questions without
outside help (LC, internet, etc.).

Submit assessments on time.

Standard

SEV4. Obtain, evaluate, and
communicate information to analyze
human impact on
natural resources.

b. Design, evaluate, and refine
solutions to reduce human impact on
the environment including,
but not limited to, smog, ozone
depletion, urbanization, and ocean
acidification.

I can explain ways humans could
reduce their impact on air quality.

I can describe ways humans can
help reduce the causes and
consequences of global warming.

Learning Targets

This material will be divided to three main areas
land

How do
humans
effect the

land we live

on

Air

How do
humans

effect the air

we breath

water

How do
humans
affect the

water we use

The human impacts we will study

Agriculture

Crops,

and

livestock

industrial

Power

plants and
factories

Waste water

treatment

Clean

Water is
essential

​Why manage waste?

• To conserve resources and energy

• Reduce water and air pollution

• Saves Landfill space

​1. Reduction

• Preferred Method

• Goal is to reduce the amount of waste at the source and reusing waste to have less waste being collected

• Purchasing items with less packaging

• Avoid disposable products

• Compost food scraps to reduce waste

Let's do one together

●greenhouse gas is the term

●Where do we put the term?

●What is the definition?

●Do you know any examples?

●What would a characteristic
be?.

Open Ended

What are the Environmental, Economic and social benefits to this method?

Labelling

greenhouse gas cheese maze: starting with the term, definition, characterisitcs, and example

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

by absorbing reflected infrared rays

green house gas

gases in the atmosphere that trap heat

Carbon dioxide(emissions_

​2. Reuse

• Reduce waste by reusing products instead of throwing them away

• Repair, sell or donate items

• Items such as reusable bags, metal spoons and washable plates

How do human activities impact
land?

What can be done to improve air quality?

​3. Recycle

• Producing new materials from waste materials

• This process uses less energy and materials than creating new materials

• Reduces the amount of waste in Landfills

• Requires collection, processing and remanufacturing

• EPA claims more than 75% of American waste is recyclable, but only 30% is actually recycled

The hotter the
temperature, the
deeper the coal is
buried, and the
longer the amount
of time the coal is
buried, the more
efficient coal you
get.

Peat

Lignite

Bituminous

coal

Anthracite

Draw

Draw what items can be recycled.

Coal

steam
propels
turbine

burned to

heat
water

Electricity

burned for heat

• Coal is cheap and there is lots of it!
• When coal is are burnt it releases carbon

dioxide, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen
dioxide into the atmosphere contributing

to global warming and acid rain.

• Coal mining is harmful to the environment

and mine workers – toxic dust, cave-ins
and explosions.

​4. Recovery

• Converting waste to energy

  • Burn waste to create energy

• PRO: Reduces waste

• CONS: Creates ash, Not everything can be burned (rubber tires), High environmental and economic cost

Remind me… What is the greenhouse effect?

​5. Disposal

• Disposal of waste in a Landfill

• Creates Leachate; the breakdown of waste with the addition of rainwater

• Creates harmful gases: Methane and Carbon Dioxide

• Not properly managed

• Leads to Environmental damage such as poor soil and drinking water

Which of these surprise you the most?

Air Pollution

Look at real-time air
quality around the world.

Where is it good?

Where is the air
dangerous?

What do you think is
contributing to that?

Move your mouse over
the indicators to find out
more.

Multiple Choice

What keeps counries using fosil fuels?

• a. help developing countries increase their energy access and lift millions out of poverty

• b. help countries use renewable resources kkeping the world clean.

• Keep ahead and develop new ways with technology to access energy

• D. saving ecosystems from eutriphication

Burning fossil fuels leads to an increase in _______
_______, a greenhouse gas contributes to air
pollution and climate change,

Carbon Monoxide

Carbon Dioxide

Hydrogen Dioxide

Calcium Carbonate

Burning fossil fuels leads to an increase in _______
_______, a greenhouse gas contributes to air
pollution and climate change,

Carbon Dioxide

What can we do?

● Limit the amount of pollutants that make it into the air

○Scrubbers - used to remove pollutants from industrial exhaust

○Catalytic Converters - filters out harmful byproducts in vehicle exhaust

● Pass laws to lower air pollution

○Clean Air Act

○Environmental Protection Agency

● Using less fossil fuels or products that cause air pollution

Fantastic four this cycle

Air

Land

Water

Agriculture

What harmful
actions or
substances

Waste water
management

What harmful
substances
or actions

industrial

What harmful
substances
or actions

We will discuss in class
some human impacts on
the environment.

Today is the toxins that
are released into the
environment.

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WRONG ANSWER REASONING

Why are the other answers wrong? Place a sticky note in the squares to explain.

Requiring
scrubbers

in all

industries.

Making sure
the catalytic
converter in
your car is

working
properly.

Cutting

funding to
agencies

like the

EPA.

Reducing

the

amount of
electricity
you use.

Which would NOT help lower air pollution?

Labelling

Fill-in the blanks as best placed

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

eutriphication

green house effect

bacterial pollution

Now you try it!

●On the whiteboard, use a
text box to explain why
each wrong answer is
wrong!

●C https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-1i7Tc-vQjfnaKINsMRWqrTnN1muvOcajsTKXVei24c/copy Slides to Zap Zero

●We’ll come back to the main
room to discuss

quest Ice age

Zap Zero Quizizz and Frayer model connection

●Fantastic four turn in

●Written assignments need to
be submitted or they zero
out.

Grade drop?

Open and submit

Fantastic four turn in

Written assignments need to

be submitted or they zero

out.

Step 1 open assignment
Step 2 write notes in the daily
slides
Step 3 slide 2 is a chart with
important terms.
Step 4 Land, Air, and water

Step 5 submit
Get a grade(zero if not turned in)

Common

Assessment 1.31

How well did you do?

●Go back to your remediation
task tomorrow we will spend
class time on those.

●If you got 70% or higher you
get Gimkit spare time, enjoy
you earned it!

Poll

I can tell what to do to reduce my carbon footprint with greenhouse gas emissions.

• yes

• need to review air,water, and land

• no, email teacher

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