Unit 8 Pollution and Its Effects

Activity 6: Can We Fix It? (SI GLEs: 1, 2, 3, 12, 13, 19, 25, 38, 40; SE GLE: 51)

CC:  Students will be given a list of human impacts\activities on the environment and will decide whether these activities can be easily corrected or a solution found. The students will rate their decision on a Likert Scale from 1 to 5.

What is a Likert Scale?

http://www.uni.edu/its/us/document/stats/spss2.html#lik

Agricultural runoff into streams and rivers

Managing Farm Runoff

http://www.ew.govt.nz/enviroinfo/land/management/runoff/

Clean Water...It Starts with You Agriculture

http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/brochures/agric.html

Southeast Rivers and Streams > Threats to Biodiversity

http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildplaces/sers/threats.cfm

Fertilizer runoff into streams and rivers from golf courses, subdivisions

Land Use & Water Quality

http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/SafeWater/watershed/landuse.html#rainfall

Sources of Water Pollution

http://www.state.tn.us/environment/wpc/305b/2002/305(b)%20sources.pdf

WHAT POLLUTES A WATERSHED?

http://www.foreriver.org/pollutes.html

Managing Land for Clean Water

http://www.crjc.org/managingland.htm

Clear-cutting and removal of timber in forests

The Clearcutting Controversy - Myths and Facts

http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/forestry/clrcut.htm

Should You Harvest Timber?

http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex3490

Trees-Clear Cutting

http://www.snowwowl.com/rltreesclearcutting.html

Clearcutting in the National Forests - CRS Report for Congress http://www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/forests/for-2.cfm?&CFID=4402775&CFTOKEN=41776723

Saltwater intrusion into a nearby cypress swamp

Coastal Wetlands

http://www.saveourlake.org/wetlands.htm#cypress

Saving Cajun Country

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/01nov_coast2050.htm

Increasing dependency upon petroleum products

From A Carbon Economy To A Mixed Economy: A Global Opportunity

http://www.gcrio.org/CONSEQUENCES/vol4no1/carbonecon.html

ScienceWeek - EARTH SCIENCE: ON HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS

http://scienceweek.com/2004/sc040123-2.htm

Types of Refined Petroleum Products

http://www.epa.gov/oilspill/refined.htm

What Is Petroleum and History of Oil

http://lsa.colorado.edu/essence/texts/petroleum.htm

CC:  Use Internet research to identify what is being done and statistics to support the reduction of these problems on Earth systems.