Please use additional resources for GLEs not addressed thoroughly in the textbook.
Scientific Inquiry should be addressed in each unit.
Environmental Science
SE : 1, 5. 6.
7. 9. 12, 19,
26
ESS : 2, 8, 9,
12, 13, 15,
20, 21
S I : 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10, 11, 12
Unit 1: Environment Earth
Activities:
1. Opening Safety Activity*
2. Pre-Course Survey: What’s Your Environment IQ*
3. Introduction to Earth Systems and to Note Taking
4. The Biosphere
5. Surface Changes and the Environment
6. Change in the Weather
7. Change Closer to Home
8. Biogeochemical and Hydrologic Cycles*
9. Establishing a Compost Bin
10. Evidence of Atmospheric Oxygen
LCC Blackline Masters pgs 3 - 6
Refer to General and *Activity-Specific Assessments
Unit 1 – Introduction to Environmental Science
Chapter 1 – Science and the Environment
Chapter 2 – Tools of Environmental Science
(Addresses science inquiry)
Chapter 3 – The Dynamic Earth

SE : 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12,
15, 18, 27
LS : 18, 19
SI : 2, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 13
SE : 4, 5, 6,
8, 13, 14,
15, 16, 17,
18, 20, 21,
23, 24, 26,
27
LS : 27
ESS : 19, 22
SI : 1, 2, 4,
5, 6, 7, 9,
10, 12
Unit 2: Development and Succession in Ecosystems
Activities:
1.
Introduction to Ecology*
2.
Energy Flow Efficiency in Ecosystems*
3.
Effects of Pollutants
4.
Major Ecosystem Types
5.
Succession
6.
To Disturb or Not to Disturb
7.
Carrying Capacity
8.
Populations, Migrations, and Seasonal Changes*
9.
We Don’t Want You Here
10.
Human Population Studies
11.
Biodiversity
LCC Blackline Masters pgs 7 - 16
Refer to General and *Activity-Specific Assessments
Unit 3: Resources and Resource Management
Activities:
1.
An Introduction to Resources*
2.
Resources for Many Reasons
3.
An Introduction to Louisiana’s Natural Resources
4.
Louisiana Black Gold and the Future*
5.
Energy Alternatives
6.
Wildlife as Resources
7.
Louisiana Coastal Wetlands: Resources at Risk
8.
Waste Not, Want Not*
9.
Wasting Away
10.
Composting Déjà vu
LCC Blackline Masters pgs 17 - 18
Refer to General and *Activity-Specific Assessments
Unit 2 – Ecology
Chapter 4 – The Organization of Life
Chapter 5 – How Ecosystems Work
Chapter 6 – Biomes
Chapter 7 – Aquatic Ecosystems
Unit 3 – Populations
Chapter 8 – Understanding Populations
Chapter 9 – The Human Population
Chapter 10 – Biodiversity
Unit 4 – Water, Air, and Land
Chapter 11 – Water
Chapter 12 – Air
Chapter 13 – Atmosphere and Climate Change
Chapter 14 – Land
Unit 5 – Mineral and Energy Resources
Chapter 16, lesson 1 – Mining and Mineral
Resources
Chapter 17 – Nonrenewable Energy
Chapter 18 – Renewable Energy

SE : 6, 12,
15, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23,
25, 26, 27,
28
E SS : 1, 10
SI : 4, 5, 6,
7, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13, 14,
15, 16
Unit 4: Environmental Awareness and Responsible Actions
Activities:
1.
Introduction to Risk
2.
Water Quality*
3.
Air Quality*
4.
Relationship between Carbon Dioxide and Global Climate
Change
5.
Hazardous Wastes*
6.
Government and the Environment
LCC Blackline Masters pgs 19 - 20
Refer to General and *Activity-Specific Assessments
Unit 5 – Mineral and Energy Resources
Chapter 19 – Waste
Chapter 20 – The Environment and Human Health
Chapter 21 – Economics, Policy and the Future
Suggested Mini-Projects are found on pages 1 – 2 in the Blackline Masters document.