4/30/14

Tonight's homework is as follows:

12A - Continue your research and the development of your plan. Remember that the next portion of your project (a 3 to 5 page draft of your research and plan) is due on Monday.

Introduction Overview Checklist

Background Information 

·      Hook the reader’s attention

·      Discussion of the significance of your topic

o  Establish the current situation/problem

§  In other words, why is your topic/action/experiment necessary?

o  Explanation of potential applications

§  What benefits could come about as a result of your action/experiment?

·      Demonstration of a clear understanding of your topic

o  Make use of definitions and examples to show your knowledge of your topic

o  Include citations using APA or MLA format

Experimental/Action Plan

·      Discussion of hypothesis/thesis/purpose of intervention

o  Make sure it is clear, specific, and measureable

·      Draft of procedure for experiment/plan for action (ex. letter to DOE)

12CD - Complete Review Assignment 8A and 8B. Review Assignment 8A will be collected, but 8B is due in class on Friday. Use Chapters 8 and 9 of the Kaplan Review book as a guide. Study your notes. Study the review packets. Study your old exams. Study, study, study. Almost there. Four more days!

4/29/14

Tonight's homework is as follows:

12A - Once your email has been sent and bcc'ed to me, you should continue your research and the development of your plan. Remember that the next portion of your project (a 3 to 5 page draft of your research and plan) is due next week.

12CD - Complete Review Assignment 7B. Use Part 7 of the Kaplan Review book as a guide. Study your notes. Study the review packets. Study your old exams. Study, study, study. Five. More. Days.

4/28/14

Tonight's homework is as follows:

12A - Continue your research and the development of your plan. Work on the draft of your email. Feel free to send me a draft if you want/need me to take a look.

12CD - Complete Review Assignments 6A and 6B. Study your notes. Study the review packets. Study your old exams. Study, study, study. Six more days.

4/25/14

This weekend's homework is as follows:

12A:  Continue researching/developing your investigative/experimental plan as you see fit (unless you did not submit the research/plan due today - then you need to turn it in ASAP).

12CD: Study the Important Environmental Laws/Treaties/Protocols handout distributed in class today and prepare for the assessment on Monday. Complete Review Assignment 5B. Study.

Remember that the APES Review Session will be taking place tomorrow from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm at Murry Bergtraum High School. Also, SoF is hosting its annual roof garden clean-up from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm. Extra credit will be awarded for participation in either.

Important Environmental Laws/Treaties/Protocols

I.               Agriculture

a.    Federal Environmental Pesticides Control Act –1972

                                     i.     All pesticides must be registered in US gov. before sale

b.    Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)—1996

                                     i.     Pesticides need to be monitored for the safety of infants and children in regards to pesticide residues leftover in food

II.             Land use

a.    Antiquities Act (1906)

                                     i.     Establishes penalties for disturbing archaeological sites or relics on public lands

                                   ii.     Gives President the right to designate landmarks and areas of “historical/scientific interest”

b.    Wilderness Act (1964)

                                     i.     Legally defined “wilderness”—area of land left w/o human manipulation or presence

·      Established Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and U.S Forest Service

III.           Mining/Resource extraction

a.    General Mining Law (1872)

                                     i.     Allows companies to dig/prospect for materials on public lands, and purchase land if deemed valuable

b.    Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (1977)

                                     i.     Established protocols that regulate surface mining and proper ways to reclaim surface mining areas

IV.           Fishing

a.    Maguson Fishery Conservation & Management Act (1976)

                                     i.     Allows federal government to regulate fish in federal waters by reducing bycatch, rebuilding overfished fisheries, and protecting fish habitat

V.             Pollution

a.    Air Pollution Control Act (1955)

                                     i.     First legislation passed by U.S. that identified air pollution as a problem/hazard

b.    Clean Air Act (1963—amended in 1967, 1977, 1990)

                                     i.     created to control levels of air pollution—governed by the EPA

                                   ii.     assesses air pollution created by transportation and & industrial sectors

                                 iii.     assigned levels to acceptable acid rain, ozone depletion, and toxic air pollution

                                   iv.     assigned new levels of acceptable gasoline pollutants—primarily lead, NOx, SOx levels

c.     National Environmental Policy Act (1970)

                                     i.     Established the EPA in the U.S.

d.    Montreal Protocol (1989)

                                     i.     agreement between international countries to stop using CFCs and other ozone depleting gases

e.    Kyoto Protocol (1997, 2001)

                                     i.     Agreement to reduce greenhouse gas (although primarily CO2 b/c it’s the most biggest problem) emissions by 5% of the 1990 levels.

f.      Clean Water Act (1972)

                                     i.     Set water quality standards for pollutants/contaminants in surface waters

                                   ii.     Allowed EPA to set wastewater standards for industry

g.     Safe Drinking Water Act (1974)

                                     i.     Established U.S. standards for safe drinking water

h.    Ocean Dumping Ban Act (1988)

                                     i.     Bans dumping of sewage/industrial waste into ocean

i.      Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 1976

                                     i.     Prohibits dumping of solid waste

                                   ii.     Makes municipalities responsible for managing municipal/nonhazardous solid waste, especially in landfills

                                 iii.     Product manufacturers are responsible for product from “cradle-to-the-grave” of a product (product needs to be manufactured and disposed safely through its production system)

j.      Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act (CERCLA—aka “Superfund)-- 1980

                                     i.     Companies have to “pay to cleanup” if they dumped toxic waste—made companies responsible for dumping hazardous waste

                                   ii.     Allots money into a “fund” to help pay for contamination sites, if a guilty party couldn’t be found

k.     Toxic Substance Control Act (TOSCA)—1976

                                     i.     Allows EPA to track chemicals used in the U.S., and ban as deemed necessary if a risk is assessed

VI.           Biodiversity Protection/Conservation

a.    Endangered Species Act (1973)

                                     i.     Protects and implements plans to ensure the survival of plants and animals and their habitats

b.    The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) 1963

                                     i.     Makes trade of endangered species illegal

c.     Marine Mammals Protection Act (1972)

                                     i.     Grants federal protection to all marine mammals

4/24/14

Tonight's homework is the following:

12A - Continue researching and working on your choice of topic. Your one page submission of your topic, your research so far, and a bibliography are due tomorrow in class.

12CD - Complete Review Assignment 4. Use Chapter 4 from the Kaplan book as a guide.

4/23/14

Tonight's homework is the following:

12A - Continue researching and working on your choice of topic. Your one page submission of your topic, your research so far, and a bibliography.

12CD - Complete Review Assignment 3. Use Chapter 3 from the Kaplan book as a guide. Make sure that #2 from Review Assignment 2 is complete as well.

Spring Break(!) Homework

Your spring break homework is as follows: 

12A - Complete Assignment 62.

Assignment 62 Designing Eco-Town, USA!

Introduction

Congratulations! Your architecture firm just progressed to the final round of the illustrious Design Anytown, USA town planning contest. You will be the lead designer for a proposed town of 50,000 to be located and built according to your specifications. Your supervisors have decided that your firm’s best chance at winning (and thus securing the prize money and prestige) is to focus on winning the Eco-Town category (since, sadly, there are not many applicants this year).

Now, you need to get planning and create the best plan for your potential town.

You can choose:

·      The town’s location (it just needs to be part of the United States)

·      The major type of industry in town (ex. factories, education, retail, etc.)

·      How the town will generate electricity

·      How the town will dispose of waste and minimize pollution

·      The infrastructure (ex. roads) that allows citizens and visitors to move about and through the town

You will need to produce a write-up including:

·      A paragraph naming your town, identifying its location in the USA, and defending that choice of locale

·      A one to two page write-up detailing the type of facility/facilities that will be constructed to provide electricity for all of your town’s citizens and explaining why that choice is best

·      A brief, yet detailed, explanation (one to two pages) of either how your town will go about either reducing air/water pollution OR dealing with wastewater or solid waste as well as support for pollution/waste management plan

To curry extra favor (or credit) with the judges, you could also develop:

·      A visual plan for the layout of your town

·      A written transportation plan for your town describing how you will guide the citizens’ transportation choices/options

12CD - Complete Review Assignment #1.