1st+6-weeks+Outline+(dropboxed)

Sustainability I (9th Grade) toc =__ 1st 6 weeks __=

Introduction -
// Dropbox Folder : 09ES01_A Intro //

Engagement Activity:
Introducing sustainability with quiz game & video (1 day) (Biography of Bioengineering founder Wendi Goldsmith).
 * 1) Defining Sustainability Activity – group activity (2 days)
 * 2) Investigating Sustainability

Careers in Sustainability
Dropbox Folder : 09ES01 Careers in Sustainability (Teachers' Domain Lesson/Interactive) http://www.teachersdomain.org/folder/view/1824033/ http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/ate10.ate.splstudent/

Complexity:
__ Everything is Connected Theme __ // Drop Box Folder: 09ES01_D Complexity //

- Carl Sagan’s Review of the EcoSphere (assessment & discussion) (1 day) - The Biosphere Project with video and watching activity (1 day)

Assessment
Intro Video for background on Earth Systems - Terraforming Mars with video and group projects and reports (assessment and discussion) (3 -4 days)

Human Population Growth
__ Too many people Theme __ // Drop Box Folder: 09ES01_G Human Population Growth //

- Chess game-exponential growth activity – need Java Applet (1 day) - Introduction to Excel data and graphing (2 day)

Assessment
- Application using Excel to exponential growth

Disposable Society Impacts
__ Too much waste Theme __ // Drop Box Folder: 09ES01_I Disposable Society Impacts //

The Majestic Plastic Bag - Video as Intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLgh9h2ePYw

Let's Talk Trash - Captain Charles Moore Pacific Plastic Gyre http://www.ted.com/talks/capt_charles_moore_on_the_seas_of_plastic.html

Q & A that supplies info on: Plankton, zooplankton, trawl, gyre, map to trace gyres, map of plastic transport (ducks)

Earth’s Limited Resources Theme
// Drop Box Folder: 09ES01_H Environmental Impacts //

- Introduction to Google Earth land/ocean use changes images (1 day) - Impacts on Land / Oceans (1 day) - MODIS Activity (using remote sensing data) (2 day)

Modeling Sustainability
// Drop Box Folder: 09ES01_K Modeling Sustainability //

(A bathtub metaphor) - Keeping a lab notebook, data collection, lab (2 day) techniques and sketching activity, what is a system - Measuring water flow rate (1 day) - (gas pressure/gravity) - Flow rate and depth of water (2 days) - Maintaining water level (2 heights) (2 days)

Assessment
Creating “Manual” – group project (2 days)

Modeling a bathtub (Introduction to STELLA/VENSIM)
// Drop Box Folder: 09ES01_K Modeling Sustainability //

(//Students who finish model quickly can help others. Some catch on very quickly)// - Modeling water flow physical model (1 day) - Adding depth of water - Adding new equilibrium point (1 day more) - Project – What does model require to (1 day) make bathtub sustainable?

Assessment
Animation of bathtub with questions – Assessment.

Conservative estimate 32 days total.


 * COLLECTING POSSIBLE MATERIALS BELOW THIS LINE **

Activity based on research for intro video: http://www.bioengineering.com/earthday/earthfactsresearch.php Factbook : Resources: http://www.bioengineering.com/earthday/sustainabilityresources.php
 * __Video Introduction:__**

Why is it necessary?


 * How to write an abstract
 * How to use spreadsheets

Exponential Growth video

Exponential Growth activity

Would it be good to do this anyway? Cartoons

Bathtub series - Sustainable System
 * Lab notebooks, sketch
 * Lab report


 * What is a "system"

Part 1. Drain flow Part 2. Bathtub sustainable level Part 3. Bathtub new level Part 4. Bathtub - what needed for sustainable level (eg. pump)

Intro to Programming - Modeling Bathtub with STELLA/Vensim


 * Reading sample (Time Magazine)

2. sketch, design in groups simple sustainable bath tub and give materials -- cups, tubing, volume, clamps Picture of materials Record data -Flow rate -Volume - Dimensions of tub SPREADSHEET

TWO Lines problem.

3. Continue design

4. Manual - how build and maintain a sustainable bathtub. Address why sustainable. How does it model a sustainable system.

Water cycle flow.

What is sustainability - biosphere video + questions - What is sustainability (burning a peanut?)
 * 1) **Sustainable Design and Living – Overview**
 * Energy and mass cannot be created or destroyed - Laws of thermodynamics
 * Everything is interconnected (example? Air Conditioning and Montreal Accord) http://www.friendsofwater.com/Interconnectedness.html lesson? http://www.itvs.org/educators/collections/womens-empowerment/lesson-plans/from-roots-to-branches
 * http://www.context.org/iclib/ic34/ some possible interconnectedness.
 * CO2 and oil consumption connected to economic downturn?

Anything exponential is unsustainable - earthquakes in arctic ice Jose P., Population (DemocracyNow.org) Best Group U. of Berkeley Earth ( grant from Kock Industries) -checked evidence (thermometersO Rio+2 journal Nature ranks success since Rio (as part of Rio+20)

Activity: Interconnectedness

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Video – Janine Benyus (Career) http://biomimicry.net http://planetforward.org/ asknature.org media type="custom" key="19402212"
 * How biomimcry informs sustainable design - Introduction

SLIME MOLD http://ecolegacy.wordpress.com/tag/biomimicry/ http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v104/i4/e048704

http://dev.nsta.org/evwebs/1987v/whatisthetech.html video: http://www.videosurf.com/video/african-beetles-beat-the-heat-in-the-sahara-desert-bbc-wildlife-53507991
 * NARNEA** North American Renewable Neutral Energy Alliance $970 Billion over 10 years. - weekend workshop.
 * Activity: (activity based on amphipathic film is inspired by the stenocara beetle of the Namib Desert -- NCSSM students Explorvision entry) (Engineering)

Activity: Internet research of sustainable design examples Video - Proximity Hotel – Greensboro
 * Sustainable Buildings – Introduction (Career)

Activity: How can a building be like a tree? – (Career) Activity: Ecosystem services and sustainability (with Dan Johnson, Duke U.) Activity: Human Timeline – population and industry Introduction of IPAT Equation : Impact = Population x Affluence x Technology
 * Sustainability & Industry – Introduction

++++++UNC Person with different pH in water to represent different industrial time periods Activity : Introduction to STELLA/Vensim
 * Using models to understand sustainability (Computer Modeling)

(Internet Research Project) http://www.eere.energy.gov/topics/biomass.html Activity: Ecosystem Energetics
 * 2. Sustainable Energy**
 * Introduction to basic energy concepts, units, conservation, energy transfer
 * Current Energy Sources
 * Energy in ecosystems and ecosystem services

Activity/ Extended Lab: Earth’s Energy Budget (NASA data and imaging) Exploration: Netlogo Climate Change Model []
 * Application of energy concepts

Activity: Who Has Seen the Wind (LearnNC) Extended Lab: Wind Turbine Blade Design using Kidwind kits
 * Exploring a sustainable energy option – Wind Energy

Activity: Terraforming Mars
 * 3. Sustainable Biogeochemical Cycles**
 * What makes a planet habitable?

Activity: Carbon Cycle (STELLA –Vensim) Activity: Water Cycle (STELLA/Vensim)
 * Introduction to Biogeochemical Cycle Data and Modeling

Activity: Internet Research examples from nature and design Activity: Composting Sewage Treatment Plant (microbial)/Wetlands Field Trip (careers)
 * 4. Sustainable Waste**
 * Waste as food or building materials
 * Sustainable Waste Treatment

Activity : Daisyworld Model Activity: Predator-Prey Model and role of predation in sustainable ecosystems
 * 5. Sustainable Biodiversity**
 * Introduction to Biodiversity and Sustainability
 * Interconnectedness
 * Complexity of Ecosystems
 * Human Impacts (NASA’s WorldWind - model and geo data assembly)

Polar Bears International - Tundra Connections- live broadcasts every year.

Corals -- John Bruno