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Day 11
Too Much Waste Theme - The Disposable Society

The Majestic Plastic Bag Video

Let's Talk Trash - Pacific Gyre - TED Talk

Day 12
//Begin Earth's Limited Resources Theme//

- Impacts on Land (1 day) GOOGLE EARTH - UNEP and Night Lights - NEED HOW TO VIDEO

Day 13
Ocean Impacts (Harbors - WIF database) (1 day) NEEDS EDITING

Day 14
- Mountain Top removal Google Earth app. (1 day)

Day 15 (and 16)
- MODIS Activity Land use changes in your own neighborhood Google Earth & (using remote sensing data) (2 day) (neighborhood activity)

NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED AND TEACHING NOTES INCLUDED

NOTES SECTION

Earth’s Limited Resources
- Introduction to remote sensing and images (1 day) - Career profile – remote sensing? NEON video - Portfolios – reports? (1 day) - Impacts on Land (1 day) - MODIS Activity (using remote sensing data) (2 day) (neighborhood activity)

Course Themes Introduced this week ( and Week 4): GENERAL
 * Sustaining resources - dynamic equilibrium**
 * What is a system
 * Keeping a lab notebook and collecting data

LAB ACTIVITY



media type="file" key="2012-06-28 16.22.51.mov" width="300" height="300" Building a Physical Model of Sustainability
 * Physical System - water flow


 * 1) Water Flow Rate
 * 2) Water Flow Rate and depth of water
 * 3) Holding the line
 * 4) Holding the second line

ASSESSMENT: Lab notebook – data recording ASSESSMENT: Manual on how to make physical model