Mythbusters - EV Edition
In this lesson, students will predict and develop understandings of common myths related to electric vehicles through an interactive slide deck. They will create a social media post dispelling one of these myths.
Transition to Electric Cars
Students will investigate how a switch to electric vehicles will affect climate change, and if the costs incurred will be low enough to convince the average consumer that it is a worthwhile investment.
[Un]Sustainable
The late writer David Wallace once told a tale about a passerby asking two young fish, “Morning, boys, how’s the water?” The two young fish have no idea what water is.
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Calculating GHG emissions at Nueva
The purpose of this ETP is to share with my students the knowledge I have gained during this fellowship on climate action that is being implemented by corporate America to address the climate change crisis.
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DDT and the Environment
DDT and the Environment introduces the detrimental phenomenon of biomagnification using the example of DDT. After learning about the history of DDT and effects to the environment, students will be given data to analyze about how DDT flows through a food chain/food web in an ecosystem.
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Are You Ready to Rock?! Heavy Metal Contamination and Remediation in Water and Soil
The contamination of water and soil by heavy metals poses a serious environmental problem with severe consequences for health.
A Breath of Fresh Air
In 2018, smoke from the cataclysmic Northern California firestorm known as the Camp Fire turned the Bay Area air toxic, shuttering multiple businesses and schools, and inhibiting outdoor activities for millions of people.
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Engineering a Column
Concerns about access to clean, potable water are projected to rise with the ever-drying climate and increase in global population.
Refineries and the Environment
Some forms of energy are harmful to our environment, where others are not as harmful. We harm our environment by adding pollutants into the air when we transfer energy from one form to another.
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