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 * Unit 2. A Sustainable World – The Challenges **

// Anticipated length: 2 50-minute classes // // Resources: //
 * Anticipated Length of Unit: ** 20 50-minute classes
 * Sections ** : Sections
 * Information & Materials: ** Unit 1 Data Sheets (1 per section for a total of 7 Data Sheets. //None for final test 1.7//)
 * 1.1** ** Engagement Activity **


 * 1) Activity Marooned Part II [MS Word doc]
 * 2) Activity : Marooned Part iI Accounting [Excel Spreadsheet]
 * 3) Activity : Marooned Part II - Systems [Powerpoint]
 * 4) Activity: Marooned Part ii – Vensim [Video]

// Anticipated Length: 5 50-minute classes // Resources:
 * 1.2 **** Too Many People **


 * 1) Lab: Yeast Population Dynamics [MS Word]
 * 2) Lecture: Population Dynamics [Powerpoint]
 * 3) Video: http://www.npr.org/2011/10/31/141816460/visualizing-how-a-population-grows-to-7-billion
 * 4) Activity: Human Population Growth –Gapminder [MS Word]
 * 5) Activity: Gapminder [Video]
 * 6) Activity : Studying Human Population Growth [.pdf and Excel]

7. Activity : Using Excel [.pdf and Excel] [] [] []
 * Screen Capture Video Instructions here:
 * Intro to Excel for novice:
 * Part 1. Using Excel (Population Data download)
 * Part 2. Using Excel (Bar Graph)
 * 1) Resources: []
 * 2) Video: []

8. Activity: Sustainability Theory: Introduction to I = PAT [Powerpoint]

//Anticipated Length: 3 50-minute sessions//
 * 1.3** **Too Much Waste**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GLgh9h2ePYw
 * 1) Video: The Majestic Plastic Bag [Video]
 * 1) Activity: Dare County Plastic Bag Ban [.pdf]
 * 1) Lecture/Activity: Substitute, Re-use, Recycle, [PowerPoint] Reduce at school?
 * 2) Video: Pacific, Plastic Gyre TED [MS Word doc]
 * 3) Lab: Yeast Population Dynamics (ethanol) [MS Word doc]
 * 4) Video: TED Food Waste [image of Video]
 * 5) Footprint activity?

// Anticipated Length: 5 50-minute classes // Resources:
 * 1.3** **Too Many Chemicals**


 * 1) Montreal Accord - NASA
 * 2) Nitrogen Fertilizers – Dead Zones
 * 3) Mining – Habitable Planet – Picher?
 * 4) Earth’s Boundaries article

// Anticipated Length: 3 session of 50-minutes //
 * 1.4** **Earth’s Resources are Limited**

Resources: 1 Activity: Mountain Top Removal [MS Word doc] 2 Activity: Energy Resources - Gapminder [MS Word doc] 3 Activity: Introduction to I = PAT [Powerpoint] 4 Activity: Footprint http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/earth-peril.html [MS Word doc] 5 Activity: Seawifs Activity (Remote Sensing) [MS Word] 6 Lab: UNEP SeaWifs night lights 7 Lecture: Water? Food and Fisheries? Gapminder? 8 Food vs. Energy (corn and other crops? )

// Anticipated Length: 4 sessions of 50 minutes // Resources:
 * 1. 5 Biomimicry – Models of Sustainability from Nature**
 * 1) Video: NAE Grand Challenges [Video]
 * 2) Activity: Timeline – evolution experimenting
 * 3) Lab: Seed Pods [Powerpoint]
 * 4) Lab: Body Design [Powerpoint]
 * 5) Assessment: Lab Abstract Rubric [image of MS Word Doc]

//Anticipated Length:1 sessions of 50 minutes// Resources:
 * 1.6 Summing it up: Challenges**
 * 1) Assessment: Unit 1 Test [MS Word doc]
 * 2) Assessment: Grading Guide [MS Word doc)