Dear God,
Thank you for the amazing world you have made.
Help us to care for every aspect of your creation.
Thank you for the wonder of physics, medicine and
astronomy.
Help us to engage with each facet of the universe.
Thank you for the pleasure of the creative arts.
Help us to sing, paint, dance and act with excellence.
Thank you for our incredible bodies.
Help us to move, run, play and compete with passion.
Thank you for family, friendship, community and
relationships.
Help us to care, love, protect, support, encourage
and forgive one another.
Thank you for our school.
Help us to embrace the world, our education and
each other with enthusiasm.
Amen.
Introduction to
ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCE
LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of the learning experiences, learners
are expected to:
1. Define the meaning of Environmental Science.
2. Discuss enthusiastically the different
components of the environment.
3. Show the relationship of humans with the
environment through the concept map.
Intro to Environmental Science DartmouthX on edX Course About Video.mp4
What is the study of environmental
science?
-it
is an interdisciplinary academic field that draws on
ecology, geology, meteorology, biology, chemistry
engineering and physics to study environmental
components and the relationships and effects of these
components with the organisms in the environment.
Environment
• How would you define environment?
-the word is often refer to the “natural” world
-thesurroundings or conditions in which a person
animal or plant lives or operates
The environment includes:
Biotic Abiotic
-all living things -non-living things
Examples: Examples:
plants, animals, forests oceans, clouds, rocks
Humans and the Environment
[Link] is the relationship between humans
and the environment?
-humans interact with the environment and rely
on it for the resources needed to nourish its life
Examples: air, water, food and shelter
[Link] you think humans can survive without the
environment?
The Earth’s Resources
Renewable natural resource
-substances that can be replenished over a period
of time
Nonrenewable natural resource
-substances that are in finite supply and will run out
The Earth’s Resources
Choose among the pictures and group them to renewable
resources and non-renewable resources.
Understanding Human Impacts on
the Environment
- Due to the dependence of humans on the
environment for its resources the natural
systems have been harmed. Humans
degrade the ecosystem services by
depleting the resources, destroying the
habitat and generating pollution.
Population Growth
- There are over 7 billion people who call the earth
home. According to Garret Hardin, when use of
resource is unregulated the individuals are
motivated to increase the consumption of that
resource.
- If there will be no one responsible for regulating
the use, the resource will be depleted until there
is none to consume.
The Agricultural Revolution
- the increase in population size have been
accounted for the two events in human
history
- Agricultural Revolution was a period
of technological improvement and
increase crop productivity.
Agricultural Revolution
Human populations shifted from hunter-gatherer to
farmers. They lived in villages which allowed them
to live longer lives.
The Industrial Revolution
- the Industrial
Revolution began in
the early 1700s
- from a rural living to an
urban society powered by
fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal)
Impact of Population Growth
- because of advances in science and industry
during the industrial revolution humans lived
healthy and longer but at the same time higher
birthrates occurred due to the capacity to
support their families.
- Thomas Malthus believed that uncontrolled
population growth would lead to starvation,
war and disease and later outgrew their natural
resources,
Impact of Population Growth
- Paul Erlich through his 1968 book warned about
the disastrous effects of population growth on
human welfare
- He predicted that this would cause famine and
wars which would consume civilization by the end
of the twentieth century
Ecological Footprint
-The ecological footprint can measure the
amount of resources that humans consumed.
It was developed by scientists Malthis
Wackernagel and William Rees in the 1990s.
-Itexpresses the environmental effects of an
individual or population in terms of the total
amount of land and water required:
Ecological Footprint
1)to provide the raw materials
the individual or population
consumes
2)to dispose of or recycle the
waste the individual or
population produces
Avoid Past Mistakes
-Civilizations
have fallen after degrading
the environment
-Civilizations succeed or fail according to how they
interact with the environment and how they respond
to the problems
Ex. Easter island-what is once a lush
region is now barren
Avoid Past Mistakes
-the modern field of environmental science developed
from the growing public awareness and concern about
environmental problems in the 1960s and ’70s.
-The publication of books such as Rachel Carson’s
Silent Spring (1962) and Paul R. Ehrlich’s
The Population Bomb (1968), together with
nuclear proliferation and growing concerns over the
anthropogenic release of toxins and chemicals, raised
awareness about the need to study the effects of
human actions on the environment.
Role of Environmental Science
-This is the significance of environmental science
because it study how the world works, how the
environment effect us and the impact of humans
actions on the environment
Environmental Scientists
- Environmental scientists analyze a wide variety
of environmental problems and potential
solutions including alternative energy systems,
pollution control and natural resource
management.
- It is their task to quantify the effects of
disasters and evaluate means of mitigation.
Environmental Science vs.
Environmentalism
-Environmental science is a quantitative discipline with
both applied and theoretical aspects and has been
influential in informing the policies of governments
around the world.
-Environmentalism is a social movement dedicated to
protect the natural world.
Concept Map
Instructions:
[Link] will be grouped into 4 using the break-
out rooms.
[Link] a leader among the group who will
discuss your output to the class.
[Link] group will be given 15 minutes to discuss
their ideas on the topic and create the concept
map.
[Link] the middle of the concept map write the
words “ 7 Billion More People and the Earth”.
Example:
More cars
“7 Billion More People
And The Earth
More people More pollution
Level 4 3 2 1
Criteria
Use of nodes Map includes Map includes Important Map includes
the most the most nodes missing minimum
important important nodes with
nodes nodes many
important
nodes missing
Use of All nodes Most links Several nodes Few nodes
linkages interlinked with interlinked linked to other linked to other
several other with other nodes nodes
nodes nodes
Concepts Most concepts Most concepts Few concepts Insufficient
and all related to the related to the number of
significant topic were topic were concepts
concepts selected selected related to the
selected are topic
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