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Teaching Environmental Science
CYNTHIA V. ANDAYAPhilippine Science High School
Main Campus
Why Teach Environmental Science? 1. Environmental topics relate to
everyday life.
Air Water Energy Resources Waste Management
2. It promotes environmental literacy among students.
So they can make informed decisions to protect themselves, their families, and their communities against environmental problems.
3. We live in a vulnerable world. How we care for the environment now
will determine our future.
How should we teach Environmental Science?
1. Conduct investigative activities.
Apply the methods of science – observe, determine the problem, gather and analyze data, infer, make conclusions.
2. Bring students outside the classroom. to observe and understand the local
environment
to know what’s going on in their community
3. Teach students how to think. Provide situations / exercises where they will
explore different perspectives of an environmental issue.
Role –play.
4. Do service – learning.Combine environmental lessons with community service:
waste recycling programs
water quality monitoring
cleanliness campaign
promote environmental awareness through various media
Create a Primer !
5. Watch videos.
6. Update using newspapers / magazines, the InternetKnow about what’s going on in the community.
Cebu City ‘not yet ready for plastic bags ban’
By Doris C. Bongcac, Cebu Daily News, 11:35 am, Sunday, June 3, 2012
www.inquirer.net
Climate Change is Happening http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/basics/
Major Environmental Topics The Earth’s AtmosphereThe Earth’s HydrosphereSoil and Land Resources Energy ResourcesIntegrated Waste Management
The Earth’s AtmosphereActivities: Graphing the atmospheric layers (Distance from the earth’s surface vs.
Temperature) Understanding ozone formation and
depletion Air Quality Monitoring (particulate matter in air) Film viewing: The Inconvenient Truth
UVbradiation
Oxygen Molecule
Stratospheric UV Filtering
Ozone Molecule
O2 + UVb radiation O + OO2 + O O3 + Heat
Stratospheric Ozone Formation
Stratospheric Ozone Formation
Stratospheric Ozone Concentration
1mm = 100 dobson units Std: 300 dobson units
1 mm
Stratospheric Ozone Destruction
CFCl3 + UV CFCl2 + ClClO + O3 O2 + O2
A Single Atom of Cl can destroy up to 100,000 ozone molecules
The Earth’s Hydrosphere Tap water vs. Bottled water
Groundwater Movement
Water quality monitoring using the GLOBE protocols (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment)
Visit to a Water Filtration/Treatment Plant
Properties of Water
•Water is a polar substance, with hydrogen bonds that make the forces of attraction between the molecules of water stronger
Source: http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/H/HydrogenBonds.html
• It has a high heat capacity--it can store a large amount of heat without a large change in temperature.
It has a high heat of vaporization
(540 calories per gram of H2O).
It absorbs a large amount of heat energy as it evaporates.
It also releases a large amount of heat as it condenses.
•boiling point at sea level = 1000C
melting point = 00C
It has a high surface tension, and a high wetting ability.
Major Indicators of Water Quality
TransparencyWater temperatureDissolved oxygenpHElectrical ConductivitySalinityAlkalinityNitrate
Soil and Land ResourcesSoil CharacterizationGrowing a Vegetable GardenHydroponics
Energy ResourcesA Study of a Coal-Fired Power Plant
(Production and Distribution of Electricity)
Estimating Electricity Consumption
A Study of a Geothermal Power Plant
Integrated Waste ManagementTypes of Wastes – Biodegradable,
Nonbiodegradable Plastics in Our Lives (Comparing
Polymers)Reuse, Recycle
Published and distributed by C & E Publishing, Inc.
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