1. Aug. 27-31 A lesson on sustainability from the Lorax A lesson on sustainability from the Lorax Determining your carbon footprint & learning about alternative energy resources Determining your carbon footprint & learning about alternative energy resources World population Small changes add up

2. Notebook TOC Update 51 Weekly Overview 8/27 52 Writing a Conclusion 8/21 53 Water lab Procedure 8/21 54 Data Water Lab (may be blank page) 8/21 55 Graph Water & Solution (R or Y) 8/22 I have still 56 Sustainability 8/24 57 The Lorax Worksheet 8/27 58 Monday/Tuesday Warm-up 8/27

3. Warm-up Complete on page 58 Why is understanding sustainability important? Please write a minimum of two sentences.

4. Investigative Science Aug. 27-31 Monday Determining Carbon Footprint http://www.arcticclimatemodeling.org/lessons/acmp/acmp_912_GreenhouseEffect_Carbon_Footprint.pdf Reducing your carbon footprint http://www.carbonfootprint.com/minimisecfp.html http://cleanet.org/resources/41910.html The Lorax video Another video source http://sovereignhill.com.au/media/uploads/What_is_sustainability.pdf http://www.ie.unc.edu/erp/resources/Lorax_and_Sustainable_Development.pdf http://www.batesci.com/WebDocs/APES/Unit01_SustainableEarth/Lorax_makeup.pdf http://mrlinseman.wikispaces.com/file/view/Lorax+Video+Worksheet.pdf Fish game http://fishgame.cloudinstitute.org/games/fish_game.htmlhttp://fishgame.cloudinstitute.org/games/fish_game.html

6. http://youtu.be/jRduc0pzQ_4

7. http://www.chandeliersforyou.net/what-is-carbon-footprint/ What Is Carbon Footprint? - Sum total of the impact that a person, organization, or product has on the ecology - Calculated as the amount of carbon dioxide or its equivalent greenhouse gases that are released into the atmosphere - This can be in any form starting from land clearance to fuel used for transportation to even the day to day consumption of electricity - Every person has a certain carbon footprint

8. Offsetting Your Carbon Footprint An average American will release the equivalent of 20 tons of CO2 per year, and is the highest per capita output in the world - World average of around 3.8 tons per year, and you’ll get the picture - There are many countries where the average carbon footprint is less than 100 kg of CO2 per year http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIhnDvb7Exo&feature=player_embedded

9. How does this story relate to our community, our country, and /or the world?

10. Aug. 27-31 Characteristics or living organisms, inorganic & organic chemistry Assessment Continue with organic chemistry and review Organic molecules and enzymes activity TBD Aug. 27-31 Characteristics or living organisms, inorganic & organic chemistry Assessment Continue with organic chemistry and review Organic molecules and enzymes activity TBD