1. Do Now http://app. discoveryeducation
Do Now f d4d-bed5-bab0f56bb340#/tab=model-lesson-tab&page=1&subTab=session1
Sit SILENTLY, remain silent, and copy the following questions in your notes. Answer these questions in your notes while the video is playing.
How have we as humans contributed to the warming of the earth?
What innovations or technology have we come up with to try and reduce the effects of pollution added to the atmosphere?
Do you think Charlotte has the same pollution problems as other large cities?

2. Pull out your phones!!!
Go to this link and give your answer to the first do now question
If you do not have an internet enabled device, ask to borrow someone else’s when they are done giving their answers.

3. How Human Activities affect the Environment

4. We live in a bubble
The earth is a single self contained environment that we have a responsibility to keep clean.
This means we need to slow down our use of natural resources and keep our renewable resources clean and reusable.
Wait, what are resources?

5. Natural Resources
Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.
Basically, anything found in the Earth that we use in products or use to make products or to produce energy.

6. Renewable resources
Those resources that can be used over and over again because they are cleaned and recycled naturally
Water
Sunlight
Wind
The air we breathe

7. Nonrenewable resources
Those resources that are used at a far greater speed than they are produced
Fossil fuels
Products made from fossil fuels
Nuclear Energy
Some renewable resources can become nonrenewable

8. What are fossil fuels? Oil, gas, and coal
Easy to use and contain a lot of energy
They can affect the environment in many ways

9. Pollution
Definition adding harmful substances or products into the environment
The use of FOSSIL FUELS are the biggest cause of pollution
There are multiple types of pollution.

10. Make a graphic organizer
On a blank sheet of paper, draw a “t” dividing the paper into 4 sections
At the top of each section, put one of the following groups
Water, Pollution, and Waste
Water pollution
Air Pollution
Reduce, reuse, and recycle
Take notes under each section for each video segment
Devote each square on the graphic organizer to two
Problems
Solutions

11. Air Pollution We will start with air pollution.
We will start with air pollution.

12. Air Pollution
Pollutants (such as burning fossil fuels) released into the atmosphere can have harmful effects.
Smog
Depletion of the ozone layer
Creation of acid rain
Some causes of air pollution-
Car emissions
factories

13. Air Pollution Effects on the environment can include
Health risks to living organisms
All air pollutants return to the ground in some form which effects the surrounding landscape

14. Air Pollution - Example

15. Air Pollution - Example

16. Air Pollution- Effects of acid rain

17. Air Pollution-Ozone depletion

18. Water pollution We will move to Water pollution next
We will move to Water pollution next

19. Water Pollution When pollutants are added to the water supply
Oil spills
Fertilizers (chemicals)

20. Water Pollution
When a water supply is contaminated, not only are aquatic plants and animals affected, but also any organism that needs that water to survive

21. BP Oil Rig Explosion- 2010

22. BP Oil Rig Explosion- 2010

23. BP Oil Rig Explosion- 2010

24. Water, pollution, waste, skip to 3:33
The next 2 Videos describe what happens to the waste we produce at home
Reduce, reuse, recycle
Water, pollution, waste, skip to 3:33

25. Land Pollution
Humans produce hundreds of millions of solid waste each year…..
Where does it go?

26. To a landfill!

27. To a landfill!

28. To a landfill!

29. Human Development/Population
Today there is about 7 billion people on the Earth
By 2050 (when you guys are in your 50s) the predicted population is expected to be around 9 billion people
Go back to the website on your phones and answer the following question.
Do you think that our technology can prevent environmental collapse, or will our planet be too far from saving by 2050?

30. What if…….
An ecosystem of forests was destroyed and replaced with a large shopping mall?
Predict how this will most likely affect the environment of the area.
Result in habitat destruction
Decrease in animal population
Increase pollution

31. What if……
As a city’s population grows, wooded areas are replaced by housing developments.
What effect will this most likely have on the species in the wooded areas?
Many of the species will leave the area
Some may die if there is no other habitat available

32. Pollution
Pollution- adding harmful substances or products into the environment
The use of fossil fuels is the major cause of pollution
Air
Land
Water
Smog
Ozone Depletion
Acid Rain
Solid wastes
Landfills
Oil spills
fertilizers

33. Exit Ticket
What are the major contributing factors to pollution on our planet today?
What is the difference between a renewable resource and a nonrenewable one?
Give some examples of how we could help to relieve the strain on the environment caused by human pollution practices.