IB ESS Summer Assignment, 2018 3 Parts: Articles, Math, and Laws

Name IB Environmental Systems and Societies Summer Assignment

1st Choose one article to review that represent the main idea from each of the IB ESS Units. (listed below under Topics—A-G) Articles should be recent and not be more that 1 year old. APA citing for articles on the last slide (work cited page/slide). Topics:

A) Earth Systems and Resources B) Living World C) Population D) Land and Water Use E) Energy Resources and Consumption F) Pollution G) Global Change

2nd Write article summaries and create a slide show: Prezi, google slides, online scrapbook, Piktochart, Sutori, Powtoon video, PowerPoint etc.---your choice. You will write a summary of each article. The articles chosen should have >500 words in article. And again, should be recent and not be more that 1 year old.

You will discuss the Environmental (nature-everything except humans), Social (human, cultural), and Economic (monetary costs) issues as each article relates to these issues.

Examples: Environmental Issue: Chattahoochee water wars and that as the river is dammed, less water flows downstream endangering native Georgia mussels, or the dams prevent fish from migrating to breed.

Social Issue: A dam prevents the flow of water to Columbus Georgia; the people will not be able to whitewater raft through town. People will lose some recreation activities. Or People that are of lower incomes and minorities that have a disproportionate exposure to environmental hazards.

Economic Issue: Oyster Farmers in Florida may not have enough water for the oysters to grow so they lose their livelihood—no income.

1. Total of 7 article summaries A) 1 article summary per topic. These can be handwritten or typed. Must be in your

own words. You may have quotes from article but most word should be your own. B) In the presentation, you will have 7 summaries. C) Summaries should be 7-10 sentences explaining the article. Title, author, date, and

source that published article are to be on the slide.

2. Article Slides: You may use more than one slide per article

A) 7-10 sentences explaining the article B) Include title of article and author (citation of the article on the very last slide, work cited) C) Include at least one picture per article D) Include Environmental, Social, AND Economic Issues

4. Conclusion (slides): Use your Article(s) to explain Tragedy of Commons, Ecological Footprint and Sustainability. For example, an article that fits The Living World Topic may be about overfishing: so (1) Tragedy of Commons may apply (see explanation below). It is also showing that the (2) ecological footprint of the country in increased through overfishing and the increased use of fossil fuels to run the boats. Finally, an increased amount of fish taken is not (3) sustainable can be communicated as well (fish are being rapidly depleted and so many of these fish are predators so the ecosystems could crash). You may choose 1, 2 or 3 of your articles to explain the connection to Tragedy of Commons, Ecological footprint, and sustainability.

Tragedy of the Commons:

The “tragedy of the commons” is one of the most important topics in environmental science. Many resources (ex. clean air, biodiversity, fresh water) are available to many people, and when resources are shared they are often exploited

Ecological Footprint:

• Ecological footprint- amount of biologically productive land and water required to

support an individual and absorb his/her pollution

• (calculate your own footprint at www.myfootprint.org/) Sustainability:

Living on Earth in a way that allows humans to use its resources without depriving future generations of those resources.

For the Math Portion: you can answer on a separate paper or print out just make sure to show your work.

IB ESS MATH The IB ESS Examination will require you to do mathematical calculations. Sometimes it may be possible to do the calculations in your head, however on the free-response section of the exam it is mandatory that all work is shown for all calculations including unit cancellation, where applicable. Occasionally, a calculation may be unfamiliar or unusual, so it is a good idea to practice. This worksheet will help to prepare you for the type of calculations on the IB ESS exam.

No Calculators!! For each problem show every step of your work, and indicate the cancellation of all units.

Scientific Notation: All IB ESS students must be able to work comfortably with numbers in scientific notation. Place the following numbers into scientific notation.

1. one billion 5. three hundred 2. twenty-three thousand 6. eight tenths

one millionth 3. 4. 70 Trillion

Do the following calculations using scientific notation.

7. five hundred billion times thirty-five thousand 9. one ten thousandth of three million

8. six thousand divided by 300 billion 10. six billion divided by 35 trillion Unit conversions and factor-label (dimensional analysis) problems: All IB ESS students should be able to convert units and solve problems using factor label, or dimensional analysis.

1 mile = 5280 feet 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) = 3,400 British thermal units (Btu) 1 foot = 0.305 meter 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) = 3.6 x 106 joules 1 acre = 43,560 ft2 1 calorie = 4.184 joules 1 meter = 39.37 inches

1 hectare (ha) = 1 x 104 m

1 metric ton = 1 x 103 kg

1 kg = 2.20 pounds

2

1 barrel = 42 gallons

1 gallon = 3.785 liter 1 inch = 2.54 cm

Example: A 100 square mile area of national forest is how many hectares?

100 x (5280 x ( 0.305 x 1 ha = 2.59 x 104 ha

2 2 2 mi ft) m)

1 x 104

1 (1 mi) 2 (1 ft) 2 m 2

Reminder: Show all of your work including the canceling of all units.

11. Calculate the area in hectares of a 50-acre farm.

12. A city that uses ten billion Btu of energy each month is using how many kilowatt-

hours of energy?

13. Water has a density of 1 gram per milliliter. Calculate the density of water in pounds per gallon.

14. Fifty-eight thousand kilograms of solid waste is equivalent to how many metric tons?

15. If a family of four uses 14 thousand kilowatt-hours of electricity in one year. Calculate the average per capita daily consumption of electricity in the household (in kWh).

16. If one barrel of crude oil provides six million Btu of energy, calculate, both, how many Btu per liter and how many calories per gallon crude oil provides.

17. If 150 pounds of CO2 is released per million Btu of energy produced from crude oil, how much CO2 is produced by each barrel of crude oil? (use the information from the previous problem)

Percentages: All IB ESS students must be able to work comfortably with percentages.

18. A natural gas power plant is 60% efficient. If one cubic meter of natural gas provides 1000 Btu of electricity. How many BTUs of waste heat were produced?

19. If 35% of a natural area is to be developed, leaving 500 acres untouched, how many acres are to be developed?

20. Calculate the percentage growth rate for a country with a population of 6 million: in a year in which it had 100,000 births, 70,000 deaths, 30,000 immigrants, and 50,000 emigrants.

21. If the concentration of mercury in a water supply changes from 65 ppm to 7 ppm in a ten-year period, what is the percentage change of the mercury concentration?

Doubling time: All IB ESS students must be prepared to solve problems using the equation for estimating doubling time.

70 *doubling time for Doubling time = % growth 3.0% per year rate

rate would be 23.3 yrs. 22. If a population is fifty million in the year 2015, and it grows at a constant annual

rate of 1.4%, estimate the year in which the population will reach 100,000,000?

23. Estimate the percentage growth rate for a population of bacteria that grew from 100 to 6400 in 1 day.

Environmental Laws Cards

For the 14 Laws listed, make flashcards on 3 X 5 cards.

- Each card should have the law, its full name and if an acronym for the law or “nickname”— this also goes on the law name side.

- The other side should contain what the law covers and the happening that showed the need for the law.

- APA citing for the site or sites you used to get information about each law. Print this out and hand in with Math Portion and Cards.

The 14 Environmental Laws /Legislation

1. Clean Air Act (CAA) of 1970, 1990 2. Clean Water Act (CWA) of 1972 3. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or

Superfund), 1980 4. Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 5. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 1947 6. Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) of 1984 7. Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) 8. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 9. Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) of 1974 10. Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA)of 1965 11. Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) of 1976 12. Wilderness Act of 1964 13. The Surface Mining Act Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 14. National Environmental Policy Act

How will you be graded:

1. This will be a 100-point lab grade assignment (most labs range from 25-50 points during the school year depending on rigor and time spent).

2. This assignment will be graded in two parts: a. your presentations (50%, see rubric below) and b. a 25 question MC assessment of the math problems and law cards (50%).

3. The assessment will be open note. However, be aware that although some the math problems will be the exact ones from the summer assignments there will be brand new ones you that will also have to solve (they will be like the other summer math problems).

Presentation Rubric 4. Distinguished 3. Proficient 2. Apprentice 1. Novice

A. Article Summary: 7+ sentences explaining 5-7 sentences explaining 4-5 sentences explaining Less than 4 sentences each article, no each article, no each article, no explaining each article plagiarism (copy and plagiarism (copy and plagiarism (copy and no plagiarism (copy and 21 total possible points pasting from the article pasting from the article pasting from the article pasting from the article or other sources) or other sources) or other sources) or other sources)

B. Sources: All 7 Articles are tied to 6 Articles are tied to one 5 Articles are tied to one Several articles are not one of the IB ESS topics of the IB ESS topics of the IB ESS topics tied to one of the IB ESS and include title and include title and author include title and author topics and/or are author (are included in (are included in citation (are included in citation missing title and author citation on the very last on the very last on the very last (are included in citation 6 total possible points slide/work cited) slide/work cited) slide/work cited) on the very last slide/work cited)

C. Illustrative All 7 articles include an 6 articles include an 5 articles include an Several articles are Examples: illustrative example illustrative example illustrative example missing an illustrative

(picture, diagram, etc) (picture, diagram, etc) (picture, diagram, etc) example (picture, that relates to the article that relates to the article that relates to the article diagram, etc) that relates 3 total possible points and are less than 1 year and are less than 1 year and are less than 1 year to the article and are old. old. old.. less than 1 year old.

D. ESE Issues: All 7 articles include 6 articles include 5 articles include Several articles are Environmental, Social Environmental, Social Environmental, Social missing Environmental, 10 total possible points and Economic Issues and Economic Issues and Economic Issues Social and Economic Issues

Conclusion Slides: Article(s) to explain Article(s) to explain two Article(s) to explain one Article(s) fail to explain Tragedy of Commons, of the three Tragedy of of the three Tragedy of Tragedy of Commons, Ecological Footprint and Commons, Ecological Commons, Ecological Ecological Footprint and 10 total possible points Sustainability. Footprint and Footprint and Sustainability. Sustainability. Sustainability.