EXPECTED LEARNING GOALS
Environmental Science
1. Explore and incorporate multicultural information in the study of science.
Themes:
a. Describe accomplishments of women and minority persons in science related fields.
b. Collaborate with peers in multicultural settings.
2. Demonstrate safety, scientific processes, and technology in science studies and career orientation.
Themes:
a. Demonstrate proper, safe, and accepted laboratory procedures and techniques.
b. Apply scientific processes and higher level reasoning skills to problem solving.
c. Employ appropriate technology in the laboratory setting.
d. Incorporate scientific knowledge and technology in career fields.
3. Describe basic ecology principles.
Themes:
a. Define ecosystem as the structural and functional unit.
b. Outline the flow of energy through an ecosystem.
c. Illustrate the cycling of mater within an ecosystem.
d. Describe the relationships between biotic and abiotic worlds.
e. Diagram a food chain and food web.
4. Differentiate between an extinct, endangered, and threatened species.
Themes:
a. Describe methods currently used to help species survive.
b. Conduct research to create a list of the traits possessed by endangered species.
c. List human practices which contribute to a species being placed on the endangered species list.
5. Define conservation as it applies to the maintenance of a healthy ecosystem.
Themes:
a. Explain conservation techniques currently employed in the areas of soils, water, air, and energy.
b. Relate the concept of conservation as it applies to energy flow and matter cycles.
c. Describe pollution as an imbalance (natural and human-made) within an ecosystem.
d. Interpret the role of agriculture in the maintenance of healthy soil, water and the world food supply.