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Week Ten: "Acid Rain, The Greenhouse Effect"
| This is a list of the things we need to understand and accomplish this week. All the links in the box above go to items on this page. I suggest printing out this page and checking off the items as you complete them. This will help you to keep focused and up-to-date. To learn more about each item, click on it or scroll down the page. |
This should be the first page you come to each time you come to class, so bookmark the URL (address of page). The address won't change, but the contents will. This is where I talk to the class, recap the previous week and give an overview of the upcoming week. The previous week's home page can be read by clicking on "Archived Announcements" at the top of this page. You may need to refer to previous home pages on occasion.
Reading
Assignments
Your Week 10 folder contains 3
reading assignments:
1. Text Chapter - Air Pollution
2. Text Chapter - Global Warming
2. Technical Article - Global Warming: Defining the Debate
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Video
You will view 1 video this week:
1. The Greenhouse Effect
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Web
Sites of Interest
Find websites that describe the following:
1. The chemical process of acid rain formation.
2. Three examples of ecological and economic impacts of acid rain.
3. An illustration of the greenhouse effect and potential environmental impacts of global warming.
4. Is acid rain a problem in Latin America? Why or why not?
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Share your websites and answers to the above questions with your classmates in the discussion forum.