Costing the Earth
(Ecosystems and Resources)
Casual Lessons
Online
Text Books
Core4 P226 -228 Biodiversity
Core3 Chapter 8.4 8.9 disasters and ecosystems, riches below, extracting a metal, mining and the environment,artifical ecosystems
Science Search 4 Chapter 6
Focus 3 Chapter 7
Course outline
Projects
Ecology
Keep a worm farm
Technology
New technology to monitor environment
Google Earth, Infra red bolometer , Satalite images
Resources
Resources
- Mine garbage- what where Plan ahead your garbage plan.
- Fossil fuel extraction
- Aluminum glass production, pottery
Making Energy
Solar and Biofuel
- Coke can solar
- Fart energy extraction- from poor
- Ferment coke as a biofuel
Greenhouse
Look at Greenhouse effect
- Build a model of Antarctica and measure sea level using time lapse photography
- Build a greenhouse and measure the temperature
- Measure you carbon footprint
- Global Conveyor – Day after tomorrow
- Trees from Air – Mass of mung beans
Acid Rain
Look at Acid Rain impact on systems.
- Experiment burn smoke through water
- Experiment look at pond flora and forna through a microscope and increase acid
- Research where acid rain comes from
- Describe Water cycle
- Experiment – Chlorine clouds – cloud chamber
- Locate power stations and estimate the Acid rain produced
- Research electrostatic dust extractor
Assessment
1. Letter to Yourself at 30.
What do you know now about the planet?
What is your action plan.
Moodle text up load
2.School Certificate Assessment Questions
Online Moodle test.
Timing
8 Weeks
Ecology and Technology
Greenhouse
Resources
Making Energy
Acid Rain
Making Materials
Global Machine
Letter to Yourself at 30.
Syllabus
PFA and Domains
Context (Fertile Question)
| Overview / Rationale: Humans, depend on the planet for life. By understanding the life support systems and cycles, and recreation of systems and resource extraction students get to make a choice on how they are going to react to the future. |
| Outcome: Student produce “Statement of Purpose” an online record of their view of where the planet is heading, what they have learnt, how it changes this view, what they intend to do.
The record show an number of activities and lesson logs that record their learning.
Rationale: It is not authentic to give a young adult a message of need for responsibility and not provide a forum to stake their claim in responsibility. |
Skills
Domain: Skills
5.13 identifies a problem and independently produces an appropriate investigation plan
5.14 undertakes first-hand investigations independently with safety and competence
5.15 gathers first-hand data accurately
5.16 accesses information from a wide variety of secondary sources
5.17 explains trends, patterns and relationships in data and/or information from a variety of sources
5.18 selects and uses appropriate forms of communication to present information to an audience
5.19 uses critical thinking skills in evaluating information and drawing conclusions
5.20 selects and uses appropriate strategies to solve problems
5.21 uses creativity and imagination in the analysis of problems and the development of possible solutions
5.22 plans, implements and evaluates the effectiveness of a variety of tasks independently and as a team member
Knowledge
Domain: Knowledge and Understanding
5.10 assesses human impacts on the interaction of biotic and abiotic features of the environment
5.11 analyses the impact of human resource use on the biosphere to evaluate methods of conserving, protecting and maintaining Earth’s resources
5.12 relates the interactions involved in using some common technologies to their underlying scientific principles
PFA
| Prescribed Focus Areas A student: |
| 5.1 explains how social factors influence the development and acceptance of scientific ideas |
| 5.2 describes the processes that are applied to test and validate models, theories and laws |
| 5.3 evaluates the impact of applications of science on society and the environment |
| 5.4 discusses evidence supporting different viewpoints |
| 5.5 analyses how current research might affect people’s lives |
Outcomes
5.12
</head><body><table border="1" cellpadding="7" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none" width="983"><tr><td style="border: solid 0.50pt;" valign="top" width="100%"><div align="left" style="margin-left=36mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-25mm"><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><b>Outcome 5.12</b>: A student relates theinteractions involved in using some common technologies to theirunderlying scientific principles.</font></font></font></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div><blockquote><blockquote><div align="left" style="margin-left=25mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-25mm"/></blockquote></blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="1" cellpadding="7" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none" width="983"><tr><td style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.50pt; border-bottom:solid 0.00pt" valign="top" width="9%"></td><td style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.50pt; border-bottom:solid 0.00pt" valign="top" width="14%"><div align="left"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><b>Students learnabout:</b></font></font></font></div></td><td style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.50pt; border-bottom:solid 0.00pt" valign="top" width="77%"><div align="left"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><b>Students learnto:</b></font></font></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.00pt; border-bottom:solid 0.50pt" valign="top" width="9%"><div align="left" style="margin-left=13mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-13mm"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><b>Essential</b></font></font></font></div></td><td style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.00pt; border-bottom:solid 0.50pt" valign="top" width="14%"><div align="left" style="margin-left=13mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-13mm"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">5.12 technology</font></font></font></div></td><td style="border-left:solid 0.00pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.00pt; border-bottom:solid 0.50pt" valign="top" width="77%"><div align="left" style="margin-left=6mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-6mm"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">a<strike>) describe some everyday usesand effects of electromagnetic radiation, including applications incommunications technology</strike></font></font></font></div><div align="left" style="margin-left=6mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-6mm"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><strike>b) discuss the benefits andproblems associated with medical and industrial uses of nuclearenergy</strike></font></font></font></div><div align="left" style="margin-left=6mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-6mm"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><strike>c) describe some benefits andproblems of using biotechnology</strike></font></font></font></div><div align="left" style="margin-left=6mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-6mm"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">d) describe ways in which technologyhas increased the variety of made resources.</font></font></font></div></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#D9D9D9" style="border: solid 0.50pt;" valign="top" width="9%"><div align="left"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><b>Extension</b></font></font></font></div></td><td bgcolor="#D9D9D9" style="border: solid 0.50pt;" valign="top" width="14%"/><td bgcolor="#D9D9D9" style="border-left:solid 0.00pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.50pt; border-bottom:solid 0.50pt" valign="top" width="77%"><ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><li style="margin-left=-4mm; margin-right=0mm; padding-left=0mm; font-family= Times New Roman; font-size= 9pt;"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><strike>discuss, using examples, how developmentsin electronics have changed technology, and identify someapplications</strike></font></font></font></li><li style="margin-left=-4mm; margin-right=0mm; padding-left=0mm; font-family= Times New Roman; font-size= 9pt;"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><strike>describe some medical applications ofelectromagnetic radiation</strike></font></font></font></li><li style="margin-left=-4mm; margin-right=0mm; padding-left=0mm; font-family= Times New Roman; font-size= 9pt;"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">discuss technological developments that haveextended the ability of scientists to collect information about,and monitor events in, the natural and physicalworlds.</font></font></font></li></ul></td></tr></table></body></html>5.11
</head><body><table border="1" cellpadding="7" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none" width="983"><tr><td style="border: solid 0.50pt;" valign="top" width="100%"><div align="left" style="margin-left=36mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-25mm"><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><b>Outcome 5.11</b>: A student analyses theimpact of human resource use on the biosphere to evaluate methodsof conserving, protecting and maintaining Earth’sresources.</font></font></font></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div><blockquote><blockquote><div align="left" style="margin-left=25mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-25mm"/></blockquote></blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="1" cellpadding="7" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none" width="983"><tr><td style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.50pt; border-bottom:solid 0.00pt" valign="top" width="8%"><div align="left"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><b>Essential</b></font></font></font></div></td><td style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.50pt; border-bottom:solid 0.00pt" valign="top" width="15%"><div align="left"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><b>Students learnabout:</b></font></font></font></div></td><td style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.50pt; border-bottom:solid 0.00pt" valign="top" width="77%"><div align="left"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><b>Students learnto:</b></font></font></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.00pt; border-bottom:solid 0.00pt" valign="top" width="8%"></td><td style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.00pt; border-bottom:solid 0.00pt" valign="top" width="15%"><div align="left" style="margin-left=13mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-13mm"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">5.11.1 energyresources</font></font></font></div></td><td style="border-left:solid 0.00pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.00pt; border-bottom:solid 0.00pt" valign="top" width="77%"><div align="left" style="margin-left=6mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-6mm"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">a) discuss the importance of energy asa resource</font></font></font></div><div align="left" style="margin-left=6mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-6mm"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">b) identify properties that make somenatural resources economically important and describe theiruses.</font></font></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.00pt; border-bottom:solid 0.50pt" valign="top" width="8%"></td><td style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.00pt; border-bottom:solid 0.50pt" valign="top" width="15%"><div align="left" style="margin-left=13mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-13mm"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">5.11.2 waste from resourceuse</font></font></font></div></td><td style="border-left:solid 0.00pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.00pt; border-bottom:solid 0.50pt" valign="top" width="77%"><div align="left" style="margin-left=6mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-6mm"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">a) relate pollution to contamination byunwanted substances</font></font></font></div><div align="left" style="margin-left=6mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-6mm"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">b) identify excessive use of fossilfuels as a contributing factor to a greenhouseeffect</font></font></font></div><div align="left" style="margin-left=6mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-6mm"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">c) discuss strategies used to balancehuman activities and needs in ecosystems with conserving,protecting and maintaining the quality and sustainability of theenvironment.</font></font></font></div></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#D9D9D9" style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.00pt; border-bottom:solid 0.50pt" valign="top" width="8%"><div align="left"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><b>Extension</b></font></font></font></div></td><td bgcolor="#D9D9D9" style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.00pt; border-bottom:solid 0.50pt" valign="top" width="15%"></td><td bgcolor="#D9D9D9" style="border-left:solid 0.00pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.00pt; border-bottom:solid 0.50pt" valign="top" width="77%"><ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><li style="margin-left=-4mm; margin-right=0mm; padding-left=0mm; font-family= Times New Roman; font-size= 9pt;"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">discuss economic and environmental impacts ofmining and resource exploration</font></font></font></li><li style="margin-left=-4mm; margin-right=0mm; padding-left=0mm; font-family= Times New Roman; font-size= 9pt;"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">evaluate costs and benefits of various sources ofenergy, including those available to remotecommunities</font></font></font></li><li style="margin-left=-4mm; margin-right=0mm; padding-left=0mm; font-family= Times New Roman; font-size= 9pt;"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">identify a variety of synthetic materials andrelate their properties to their uses, eg plastics and someceramics.</font></font></font></li></ul></td></tr></table></body></html>5.10
</head><body><table border="1" cellpadding="7" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none" width="983"><tr><td style="border: solid 0.50pt;" valign="top" width="100%"><div align="left" style="margin-left=36mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-25mm"><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><b>Outcome 5.10</b>: A student assesses humanimpacts on the interaction of biotic and abiotic features of theenvironment.</font></font></font></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div><blockquote><blockquote><div align="left" style="margin-left=25mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-25mm"/></blockquote></blockquote></td></tr></table><table border="1" cellpadding="7" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none" width="983"><tr><td style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.50pt; border-bottom:solid 0.00pt" valign="top" width="9%"></td><td style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.50pt; border-bottom:solid 0.00pt" valign="top" width="14%"><div align="left"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><b>Students learnabout:</b></font></font></font></div></td><td style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.50pt; border-bottom:solid 0.00pt" valign="top" width="77%"><div align="left"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><b>Students learnto:</b></font></font></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.00pt; border-bottom:solid 0.50pt" valign="top" width="9%"><div align="left" style="margin-left=13mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-13mm"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><b>Essential</b></font></font></font></div></td><td style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.00pt; border-bottom:solid 0.50pt" valign="top" width="14%"><div align="left" style="margin-left=13mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-13mm"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">5.10 ecosystems</font></font></font></div></td><td style="border-left:solid 0.00pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.00pt; border-bottom:solid 0.50pt" valign="top" width="77%"><div align="left" style="margin-left=6mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-6mm"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">a) distinguish between biotic andabiotic features of the local environment</font></font></font></div><div align="left" style="margin-left=6mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-6mm"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">b) describe the importance of cycles ofmaterials in ecosystems</font></font></font></div><div align="left" style="margin-left=6mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=-6mm"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">c) describe some impacts of humanactivities on ecosystems.</font></font></font></div></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#D9D9D9" style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.00pt; border-bottom:solid 0.50pt" valign="top" width="9%"><div align="left"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size=""><b>Extension</b></font></font></font></div></td><td bgcolor="#D9D9D9" style="border-left:solid 0.50pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.00pt; border-bottom:solid 0.50pt" valign="top" width="14%"></td><td bgcolor="#D9D9D9" style="border-left:solid 0.00pt; border-right:solid 0.50pt; border-top:solid 0.00pt; border-bottom:solid 0.50pt" valign="top" width="77%"><ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><li style="margin-left=-4mm; margin-right=0mm; padding-left=0mm; font-family= Times New Roman; font-size= 9pt;"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">discuss the Convention on Biodiversity withparticular reference to Articles 8 and 10</font></font></font></li><li style="margin-left=-4mm; margin-right=0mm; padding-left=0mm; font-family= Times New Roman; font-size= 9pt;"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">research how Aboriginal belief systems relate toenvironmental management</font></font></font></li><li style="margin-left=-4mm; margin-right=0mm; padding-left=0mm; font-family= Times New Roman; font-size= 9pt;"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">describe how the land management practices andtechniques of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples have changedthe environment</font></font></font></li><li style="margin-left=-4mm; margin-right=0mm; padding-left=0mm; font-family= Times New Roman; font-size= 9pt;"><font><font xmlns="" face="Times New Roman"><font size="">discuss evidence for and against relating globalwarming to changes in weather patterns including El Niño andLa Niña.</font></font></font></li></ul></td></tr></table></body></html>
