Throughout this course you will be required to research, write, and talk about current environmental issues These assignments will be counted towards your grade; therefore, make sure you do them diligently and have the will to actually learn about what is going on in the world.
Listed below are links that should direct you to appropriate sites:
Biotic Factors / Ch. 1
Ecological Footprint / Ch. 1
Climate Change
Habitat Destruction
Conservation and Species Endangerment
Human Effects
Current Events
Chapter 2:
http://humanorigins.si.edu/dna-and-evolution
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/inorganic-compound
Chapter 3:
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/ecology/intro-to-ecosystems/a/what-is-an-ecosystem
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-42329-0
Chapter 4:
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/ecology/biogeography/a/climate
https://climate.nasa.gov/news/645/climate-change-may-bring-big-ecosystem-changes/
Chapter 5
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dinosaurs-evolved-in-a-startlingly-short-time/
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-human-evolution-geneticist.html
Chapter 6
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4413336/
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-biology/hs-ecology/hs-population-ecology/a/population-size-density-and-dispersal
Chapter 7
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140920-population-11billion-demographics-anthropocene/
http://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/Effect-of-Growing-Population
Chapter 8
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190506151836.htm
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190506163646.htm
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/magazine/how-silent-spring-ignited-the-environmental-movement.html
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/health/malnutrition-and-obesity-coexist-in-many-countries-report-finds.amp.ht
Chapter 12
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/ever-wonder-where-fossil-fuels-come-from/2011/11/30/gIQAfxQeDQ_story.html?utm_term=.e65010b17905
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/30/716837443/as-nuclear-waste-piles-up-private-companies-pitch-new-ways-to-store-it
Chapter 13
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/renewable-energy-saves-water-and-creates-jobs/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/travel/hotels-sustainability-ecotourism.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FSolar%20Energy&action=click&contentCollection=energy-environment®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=collection
Chapter 14
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/world/europe/uk-shrimp-cocaine.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWater%20Pollution&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/epa-chemical-standards-water.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWater%20Pollution&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=collection
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24092018/climate-change-economic-damage-america-social-cost-carbon-china-india-russia
https://unfccc.int/process/the-kyoto-protocol
Chapter 20
https://hbr.org/2011/10/the-sustainable-economy
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2013/02/12/in-focus-usas-climate-laws/
Listed below are links that should direct you to appropriate sites:
Biotic Factors / Ch. 1
Ecological Footprint / Ch. 1
Climate Change
Habitat Destruction
Conservation and Species Endangerment
Human Effects
Current Events
Chapter 2:
http://humanorigins.si.edu/dna-and-evolution
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/inorganic-compound
Chapter 3:
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/ecology/intro-to-ecosystems/a/what-is-an-ecosystem
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-42329-0
Chapter 4:
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/ecology/biogeography/a/climate
https://climate.nasa.gov/news/645/climate-change-may-bring-big-ecosystem-changes/
Chapter 5
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dinosaurs-evolved-in-a-startlingly-short-time/
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-human-evolution-geneticist.html
Chapter 6
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4413336/
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-biology/hs-ecology/hs-population-ecology/a/population-size-density-and-dispersal
Chapter 7
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140920-population-11billion-demographics-anthropocene/
http://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/Effect-of-Growing-Population
Chapter 8
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190506151836.htm
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190506163646.htm
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/magazine/how-silent-spring-ignited-the-environmental-movement.html
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/health/malnutrition-and-obesity-coexist-in-many-countries-report-finds.amp.ht
Chapter 12
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/ever-wonder-where-fossil-fuels-come-from/2011/11/30/gIQAfxQeDQ_story.html?utm_term=.e65010b17905
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/30/716837443/as-nuclear-waste-piles-up-private-companies-pitch-new-ways-to-store-it
Chapter 13
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/renewable-energy-saves-water-and-creates-jobs/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/travel/hotels-sustainability-ecotourism.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FSolar%20Energy&action=click&contentCollection=energy-environment®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=collection
Chapter 14
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/world/europe/uk-shrimp-cocaine.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWater%20Pollution&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/epa-chemical-standards-water.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWater%20Pollution&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=collection
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24092018/climate-change-economic-damage-america-social-cost-carbon-china-india-russia
https://unfccc.int/process/the-kyoto-protocol
Chapter 20
https://hbr.org/2011/10/the-sustainable-economy
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2013/02/12/in-focus-usas-climate-laws/