1. DO NOW: Examine the picture below Write down three things that you notice

2.  Apollo 17 Picture of the Earth  What are a few things you notice about the picture?  Upside down from what most are use to seeing. Technically, anything from space cannot be upside-down.  Did you notice the storms? Africa? Desert?  That the Earth is an island? What is this a picture of

3. WHAT?

4. Environmental Science

5. SO WHAT?

6. The study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment

7. NOW WHAT?

8. Become familiar with our Environment by asking thought provoking questions

9.  Recent events in the world reminds of how fragile our environment really is.  Also, how nature can cause harm to humans  BP Oil spill  Tsunami in Japan  Nuclear disaster in the making following Japan the earthquake / Tsunami Things to think about and recent events

10.  Acid Rain  Effects of  How it happens Other impacts still on going

11.  What is this a picture of? Impact of our actions or inactions

12.  How does this occur? Great Pacific Garbage Patch

13. Impact of Great Pacific Garbage Patch

14. How big is the garbage patch?  The Great Pacific Garbage Patch - YouTube The Great Pacific Garbage Patch - YouTube

15. HH ow have we at Hyde reduced trash and waste? AA nswer – removed trays in the dining hall. HH ow did this happen? SS cientific Method Some things we have done here

16.  Ask a question  Collect data  Develop Hypothesis  Test Hypothesis  Analyze results  Hypothesis true or false?  Report results Scientific Method

17.  3 branches of recycling 1. Minimize 2. Recover 3. Re-use But there are issues with recycling. Can we just blindly assume re-cycling is fine? What can we do to minimize the impact

18.  Not In My Back Yard – typically means someone else has to deal with the dangers. The video demonstrates the problem with e-waste (Electronic Waste) N.I.M.B.Y. The Global Problem of Electronic Waste - YouTube

19.  Wiki site  Expectations  You are expected to be in class on time with a pen, paper, and environmental science binder  You will have a short quiz everyday over homework  You will have a cumulative quiz over the weeks homework every Thursday or Friday depending on when the class meets House Keeping!

20.  Read and complete split page notes on vocab (16)  Chapter 1: Science and Sustainability: An introduction to Environmental Science  Our Island, Earth  The Nature of Environmental Science  E- Wednesday  F- Wednesday  A- Thursday Homework