Topic 5- Soil systems and terrestrial food production

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UNIT 8: Soil systems and terrestrial food production systems and society​

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Significant ideas

• The soil system is a dynamic ecosystem that has inputs, outputs, storages and flows.

• The quality of soil influences the primary productivity of an area.

• The sustainability of terrestrial food production systems is influenced by sociopolitical, economic and ecological factors.

• Consumers have a role to play through their support of different terrestrial food production systems.

• The supply of food is inequitably available and land suitable for food production is unevenly distributed among societies, and this can lead to conflict and concerns.

• Fertile soils require significant time to develop through the process of succession.

• Human activities may reduce soil fertility and increase soil erosion.

• Soil conservation strategies exist and may be used to preserve soil fertility and reduce soil erosion.

KOGNITY REFERENCE 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3

 

​Content

Introduction to soil structure, profiles and horizons
​Complete workbook page 23-24

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Core Resources

Discuss the Introductory video: I am soil!
   1.   Soil formation processes
LAB - Make your own soil profile
Complete the following diagram by annotating as we learn about soil profiles and the horizons
   2.   Soil profile to annotate
   3.   Introduction to soil systems
Use this to learn the vocabulary
QUIZLET - Introduction to soil systems terminology​​
  4. Soil formation and profiles ​

 

Support Material

Video

• ​What is soil?

Web link

• Soil - the basics

• Soil horizons

• ​​10 things you should know about soil

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Content

Determining soil type

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Core Resources

Before you actually get your hand dirty you will get to do virtual soil analysis, using an online simulation.  Go to the following website and create a log in:

• ​Amrita Online lab

From here you will go to Biology / Study of physical properties of soil.  Here you will find the study material, lab, animations, simulations, videos and a test.  Work your way through to become familiar with the soil tests.
​   4.   Soil texture triangle activity
​Homework

• MOVIE NIGHT - Dirt! - The movie

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Support Material

Weblink

• How does climate affect weathering

​Video

• ​Soil texture

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Content

Lab analysis of soil

Core Resources

You will be comparing two soil types using a variety of tests:
​   5.   Soil tests lab
   6.   Soil texture feel test
This will be used to produce a comparison of the two soils in a report. Use the IA rubric to help you write this report. Assessed on  RAC, DEV and COM

• Soil moisture, percent organic matter and soil texture calculations help ppt

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Support Material

Weblink

• The secrets of soil

Video

• How soil test are analysed in the lab

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Content

​Terrestrial food production

 

Core Resources

Introduction to food production systems, make notes as we move through the ppt
   5.   Introduction to terrestrial food production
​Watch the videos embedded at home.

Support Material

Weblink

• News - Wonky veg

• News - Could insects be the food of the future?

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Content

​Subsistence vs commercial farming
​Workbook page 140-142

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Core Resources

​​Look at the  Map of Hunger and work through the ppt about farming (use the support videos to reinforce understanding)
​   6.   ​Food production systems
​Use this QUIZLET to review the terms
​Now complete the quiz on Kognity 5.2
Watch this video:​

• How does eating meat affect our environment?

• How much food do we waste? What can we do about wastage?

​Produce a summary of your thoughts.
​   7.   Global population and food production​

 

Support Material

Video

• Zero hunger challenge

• Practical subsistence farming

• Types of commercial farming​

• Subsistence farming​​

• The cowspiracy: The sustainability secret

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Content

​Soil degradation
Workbook page 137-139

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Core Resources

​Soil degradation and conservation using a number of illustrated case studies
​   8.   Soil degradation and conservation
Use the resources in the support material to explore the causes of soil degradation and some of the management strategies that can be employed.
Try this resource first:

• Difference Between Subsistence and Commercial Farming

Now lets explore erosion using a Gizmo
   9.   Erosion rates
​QUIZLET 5.3
REVIEW QUIZLET whole unit 

 

Support Material
​Video

• ​The value of soil

Weblinks

• Soil Erosion and Degradation

• Deforestation

• 10 Ways to Conserve Soil - 

• Soil Erosion Game 

• Water Erosion Animation 

• Virtual Lab: Factors Affecting Erosion

• WWF: Soil Erosion & Degradation

• Soil Management Strategies

• Soil Managment Practices

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                                                 Topic 6- Atmospheric systems and societies

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                                                                                    UNIT 6: The atmosphere and Ozone

Significant ideas

• The atmosphere is a dynamic system that is essential to life on Earth.

• The behaviour, structure and composition of the atmosphere influence variations in all ecosystems.

• Stratospheric ozone is a key component of the atmospheric system because it protects living systems from the negative effects of ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.

• Human activities have disturbed the dynamic equilibrium of stratospheric ozone formation.

• Pollution management strategies are being employed to conserve stratospheric ozone.

Content

Layers of the atmosphere

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Core Resources

Use the following resources to help you learn the layers of the atmosphere

• Animation: Layers of the Atmosphere

• Video: The layers of the atmosphere

   1.   The Earth's atmosphere ppt
Draw a diagram of the layers of the atmosphere in your notes.
Use this more detailed presentation to help:
   2.   Layers of the atmosphere

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Support Material

Video​

• Introduction to our atmosphere

• Bozeman science- The atmosphere

News

• ​Method to trace persistent CFCs - BBC news

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Content

Introduction to the atmosphere and the greenhouse effect
(We will look at this is greater depth in unit 11
Workbook page 25-26

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Core Resources

Where did the atmosphere come from?

• Video - Earth and the Early atmosphere

   3. (6.1)Introduction to the atmosphere​​
Homework - complete the following    
   4.   6.1 Worksheets to complete for homework

 

Support Material

Video

• Bozeman science - The greenhouse effect

• How do greenhouse gases actually work?

• ​The high variability of global albedo

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Content

Stratospheric ozone

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Core Resources

​   5.   The atmosphere and ozone
​   6.   Lab: Monitoring ozone
 

Support Material

Weblink

• Ozone layer Protection​

Video

• SAGE III

• SAGE III - Monitoring Earth's Ozone Layer -Full video

• ​Summers of smog​

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Content

Ozone depleting substances
Workbook pages
​231-232

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Core Resources

Read the following article:

• Why Your Fridge Pollutes and How It's Changing

Complete the questions on the worksheet:
​   7.   Fridges and ozone

 

Support Material

Web link

• Is There a Connection Between the Ozone Hole and Global Warming?

• ​News - Ozone hole shows signs of shrinking

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Content

Not all ozone is good!

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Core Resources

   8.   Harmful effects of ground level ozone

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Support Material

Video

• Ground level ozone - What is it?

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Content

What can be done?  The roles of UNEP and the Montreal protocol
Workbook page 231

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Core Resources

Watch the following video and complete the worksheet on the roles of UNEP and the Montreal protocol.

• Video - ​Montreal protocol

​   9.   UNEP and Montreal protocol​​

• The hole - the success of the Montreal Protocol

Use the following  QUIZLET   and then  build a detailed concept map:
 10.   Concept map

 

Support Material

Weblink

• The ozone hole

• Conserve, energy, future​

Video

• A look back at the Montreal protocol

• Atmosphere review ozone depletion

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                                                                                UNIT 7 Smog and Acid Rain

Significant Ideas                                         

• The combustion of fossil fuels produces primary pollutants that may generate secondary pollutants and lead to photochemical smog, the levels of which can vary by topography, population density and climate.

• Photochemical smog has significant impacts on societies and living systems.

• Photochemical smog can be reduced by decreasing human reliance on fossil fuels.​

• Acid deposition can impact living systems and the built environment.

• The pollution management of acid deposition often involves cross-border issues.

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Content

Air pollution
Workbook page 195

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Core Resources

You will work through the following resources recording your responses as you go:
​1.   Recap the layers of the atmosphere:

• ​Draw a diagram of the layers of the atmosphere. (2 points)

2. Read Good up High, Bad Nearby!

• Briefly state why ozone is good up high and bad nearby.  (2 points)

3. Play 'Smog city'
Complete the printed worksheets whist you play: Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2

• List the 4 weather conditions that increase photochemical smog after you have played the games.  ​(4 points)

4. Define: VOC, NO, ozone, smog (4 points)
5. Read the following articles from 2010 and 2018:
The 10 cities in the world with the worst air (2010)
The 10 cities in the world with the worst air (2018)

• Make a descriptive comment. (4 point)

6. Check out the air quality today in the cities listed.
​Air quality world map

• Construct a table of the data - Are there any surprises? (4 marks) 

7. Read on the WHO website the limits to ozone and PM 10.  Compare this to the levels in Bangkok.  Is the air safe? (2 point)
World Health Organization Fact Sheet
8. Check this out: Driving Restrictions
 Explain how driving restrictions are used to control air pollution. (2 point)
9. Use this site and state how human lungs are affected by ozone and particulates (2 points)
Your health...
Submit to Managebac: 26 points

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Support Material

Videos​
Watch the following introductions to air pollution:

• Video - Asian air pollution

• Video - Inside China's most polluted city

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Content

Photochemical Smog
Workbook 197

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Core Resources

Make notes as we work through the following presentation:
   3. Photochemical smog
Consolidate your understanding using the following workbook:

• 6.3 Photochemical smog

 

Support Material
Weblink

• How is photochemical smog formed?

• What is an inversion?

• Temperature inversions​

Video

• The Other Inconvenient Truth TED talk

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Content

Acid rain
​Workbook page 198

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Core Resources

Watching the embedded videos and class discussion you will work through this presentation and then complete the acid rain activity.
   4.   Acid deposition
​   5.   Strategies for reducing pollution table
​   6.   Acid rain project

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Support Material

Weblink

• Acid rain animation

Video

• BBC iScience Acid rain

• What is acid rain?

• Acid rain

• Acid rain eating Washington D.C.

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Content

Workbook page 217
​Review

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Core Resources

Try this activity in pairs to evaluate the strategies for reducing air pollution:
​   7.   Strategies for reducing air pollution
   8.   Acid rain quiz
Here is a case study to look at and complete for practice:
   9.   Clearday case study
 10.  Acid deposition summary and task

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Support Material

News

• Unique ways to deal with China's air pollution

Video

• 10 super easy ways to stop air pollution

Weblink

• QUIZLET

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                    Topic 7- Climate change and energy production

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                                                                           UNIT : Energy Choices and Security

Significant Ideas

• There is a range of different energy sources available to societies that vary in their sustainability, availability, cost and socio-political implications.

• The choice of energy sources is controversial and complex. Energy security is an important factor in making energy choices.

 

Content

Fossil fuels

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Core Resources

 Introduction to energy resources
Watch the video in the presentation and answer the following questions:

1. How long does oil take to form?

2. What is “peak oil”?

3. How much oil is used in the world everyday?

4. What is 44% of that oil used for?

5. and 35%?

6. and the rest?

7. Describe the two scenarios following peak oil.

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Support Material

Video

• A guide to the energy of the Earth

• 300 years of fossil fuels

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Content

Renewable energy

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Core Resources

​Make notes about renewable energy sources to give pros and cons of each as a collaborative document

• Solar

• Wind

• Tidal

• Biomass

• Wave

• Geothermal

• Hydroelectric

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Support Material

Weblink

• ​Fossil fuels vs Renewable energy resources

• Solar panel animation

Video

• ​Geothermal energy in Iceland

• Canada's clean energy race

• Sustainable energy choices for the 21st Century

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Content

Energy Security

 

Core Resources
After watching the following video on renewable energy complete the questions on the worksheet:

• Can the world rely on renewable energy?

   2.   Questions from video
Review this Case study - Thailand energy strategy
Read this article - Port augusta reinvents itself
Now complete the following activity:
​   4.   Coal fired power to solar city

 

Support Material
​​Weblink
This article, published by The Guardian in June 2015, examines the issues surrounding the development of Arctic oil reserves.  How will countries act?  How will nature respond?

• The New Cold War

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Content

Review

Core Resources

• Complete Kognity 7.1 including the check point questions and strength test questions.

Use this alternative text to expand your understanding:

• Pearson 7.1 

• ​Use this QUIZLET to review addition terms used

Now complete the graded assignment:
Energy choices and security on Kognity

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Support Material

Test next class UNIT 10 and 11

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UNIT 12 Climate Change

Significant Ideas:

• Climate change has been a normal feature of the Earth’s history, but human activity has contributed to recent changes.

• There has been significant debate about the causes of climate change.

• Climate change causes widespread and significant impacts on a global scale.

• Mitigation attempts to reduce the causes of climate change.

• Adaptation attempts to manage the impacts of climate change.

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Content

The changing climate

Core Resources

The opening to this unit is introduced by a dramatic movie called Before the Flood
After you have watched the whole movie you will formulate answers to the worksheet
​Complete the questions using the following NASA web links
   1.   NASA Global Warming worksheet
Use the following links on the NASA website:

• Key indicators for climate change

• Evidence for Climate Change

• Causes of Climate Change

• Effects of Climate Change

• Other factors involved in Climate Change

Turn the assignment in for 20 points to Managebac​

Support Material

Video

• Earths changing climate

Weblink

• NASA - Climate change vital signs - Keep up to date with all news about climate change

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Content

The global warming debate

Core Resources

Read the following articles on global warming
   2.   Global warming is a myth
   3.   Global warming is real
Complete the following worksheet
   4.   Global warming debate questions

Support Material

Video

• A brief history of Global warming

• Why Do People Still Deny Climate Change? 

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Content

​Global warming causes 

Core Resources

   5.   Global warming information pack
   6.   Greenhouse effect and human activity
   7.   Human activities releasing GHG's
​Support Material

Weblink

• ​The Greenhouse Effect - animation 

Video

• Full length documentary - Chasing Ice 

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Content

Consequences of global warming

Core Resources

What are the impacts of global warming?
   8.   Impacts questions
Now complete section 7.2 on Kognity including the strength test questions

Support Material

Weblinks

• Interactive Map to look at effects of Climate Change

• What if all the ice melted?

• The end of the Arctic

• Will biggest danger from global warming be the change in diets?

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Content

Mitigation and adaptation​​

Core Resources

Using the resources here and Kognity 7.3 to produce a summary of mitigation and adaptation methods employed at a personal, local and international level.  

• Discuss mitigation and adaptation strategies to deal with impacts of climate change.

• Evaluate the effectiveness of international climate change talks. ​​

   9.   Mitigation and adaptation ppt
  10.  Adaptation strategies

• Now use this QUIZLET to ensure you have covered all the relevant terms.

Support Material

Weblinks

• Carbon sponge

• Electric cars in China

• Carbon capture

• Climate deal in Paris

• Copy of the Paris agreement​

• Is Climate Change To Blame For ISIS? 

• Climate change - Watch the Republican Party turn against climate science

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Content

Review

Core Resources

​ 11.   Global warming review questions

Support Material

From NASA:
NASA study shows how health, food benefits from 14 different strategies to reduce global warming
 Good reading:
Extreme Weather the New Norm from the Guardian

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                     Topic 8 - Human systems and resource use

 

                                                                 UNIT 13 Human systems and resource use

Significant Ideas

• A variety of models and indicators are employed to quantify human population dynamics.

• Human population growth rates are impacted by a complex range of factors.

• The renewability of natural capital has implications for its sustainable use.

• The status and economic value of natural capital is dynamic.

• Solid Domestic Waste (SDW) is increasing as a result of growing human populations and consumption,

• Both the production and management of SDW can have significant influence on sustainability.

• Human carrying capacity is difficult to quantify.

• The EF is a model that makes it possible to determine whether human populations are living within carrying capacity.
   

Content

Human population dynamics

Core Resources

Video - Population Dynamics
Take a look at the data booklet for world cities 2016
​   1.   World cities 2016
Complete the data tables and calculation in the worksheet as we work through this ppt:
​   2.   Human population dynamics
Complete the population calculation worksheet: 8.1.pdf
   3.   Population calculation questions
Video - Population control in Thailand
Video - Population Pyramids
8.1 Human population dynamics notes to complete

Support Material

Weblinks

• ​Population pyramids

Videos

• The human explosion explained

• Global population growth, box by box

• Calculating values of population dynamics

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Content

Consequences of population growth

Core Resources

   4.   ​​View the Natural Capital PPT and take notes
Learn the following terms: replenishable, non-renewable, renewable, recyclable, natural capital, natural income, ecological services, intrinsic value, aesthetic value, sustainable yield, Sustainability, Sustainable development.
   5.   Natural capital review worksheet

Support Material

Video

• Overpopulation and our environment

• 2060 Population pyramids

• Life Sustainability - Short Video

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Content

Millenium goals

Core Resources

• ​Read: Chapter 9 in the Course Companion page 188

Read the Millennium Development Goals on the link provided.
Answer two questions p. 189 about the Millennium Development Goals
Read p. 191 and answer the question about advantages and disadvantages of Globalization

Support Material

Weblink

• ​Millenium goals

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Content

Solid domestic waste

Core Resources

7. Solid domestic waste

Support Material

Video

• 8.3 Solid domestic waste by video

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Content

Human population carrying capacity

Core Resources

8. Human carrying capacity

Support Material

Video

• ​Can we expand our carrying capacity

• Ecological footprints