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- Unit Four: Human Impact on The Environment- = __PARTS I & II__ = = Meeting Our Most Basic Needs - Food and Water = Chapters 14, 15 and 16

Focus: //What do all of those food labels mean? What is the difference between eating "healthy" and eating "green"?//
 * UNIT PROJECT : ** Becoming an Informed "Consumer" - **//Food Propaganda//**

==Part I: Agriculture - Past, Present and Future== **R** [|TEST 7 Study Guide Food Resources.doc]
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====**A. The History of Food Production****:**==== //What were some challenges and solutions associated with early agriculture? How did agricultural innovations help shape society?// Nitrogen Cycle Review [|Overview] w [|B. Cycle] w [|Spheres] w [|N Props] w [|N Cycle] w [|Influences] w [|N Spheres] **VIDEOS:** [|**Dust Bowl**] [|Part 4] [|Part 5 Bunnies, Plagues and Unemployment] [|Part 7] [|**Part 8- Black Sunday**] [|**Part 9- Gov't Responses**] **Homework #1:** Scan "Development of Agriculture" p 330-332. Take Notes as needed and Define Bold Terms in your own words. Read "Impact of Fertilizer" (starts on p. 332) to "Why are Pesticides so Widely Used" (ends on p. 343). Take notes and Define Bold Terms in your own Words. **Homework #2:** Read and Take Notes about Soil Conservation Practices, p 316-325. Review Questions, page 328 #4,5,9 and 10
 * LAB:** Planting Stuff

====**B || || || external image WALL-E_pizzah.jpg ||. Modern Agriculture:**==== //How have we used techonology to increase the carrying capacity of the land? What problems are/have been created by our agricultural technology? Is it possible to feed the world with the food that we have?// Nitrogen Cycle Review **VIDEOS:** //China Rises - Food is Heaven// [|Part 1] [|Part2] [|Part3] [|Part4] [|Part5] **ARTICLE:** [|Farm Program Pays $1.3 Billion to People Who Don't Farm] (1996) **Homework #3:** Respond to RQ #1, 2, 4, 6 on page 350
 * LAB:** Why is the Water Green (Part I)

====**C. The Future of Food:**==== Focus: //How has the buying power of educated "consumers" influenced agricultural practices? How can we learn from the past to make food more sustainable in the future? How has globalization ("flattened economies") created the concept of "flat food"? How does this globalization impact societies?// **Mini-Research PROJECT** **:** Passport to Dinner OR Cost Benefit Recipe Analysis **LAB:** Why is the Water Green (Part II) **Homework #4:** Read p343-348 on "Alternatives to Conventional Agriculture". Take notes and Devind Bold Terms in your own Words. Respond to RQ #3, 5, 7, 8, 9 and CTQ #7 on p. 350 **VIDEO:** ** //The Future of Food// ** [|FoF1Intro] [|FoF2] [|FoF3Battle of the Farmers] [|FoF4 How GMO Works] [|FoF5 - Baby Food][|FofF6 Mexican Corn Farmers] [|FoF7 Europe Fights Back]
 * VIDEO: //Modern Marvels Fast Food Tech//** [|Part1] [|Part2] Part3 Part4 Part5

==Part II - Aquatic and Marine Food Resources== [|TEST 8 Study Guide Marine Aquatic Food Resources.doc]
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====**A. Freshwater and Marine Food Resources**====

**VIDEO:** // Modern Marvels - Fishing [|Part1] [|Part2] [|Part3] [|Part4] [|Part5]// [|Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone] **Homework #5:** Read Supplemental Reading "Every State is a Coastal State" and respond to questions.
 * Focus:** //How can understanding marine and aquatic ecosystems lead to a more sustainable seafood economy? How has efficiency drained the sea of its resources?//
 * LAB:** Why is the Water Green (Part III)

====**B. Maximizing Our Limited Fresh Water Supply- Freshwater and Marine Resources**====

BIG QUESTIONS: //Will the wars of the future be fought over water? Less than 1% of the water on Earth is fresh, potable, liquid water, and an unknown percentage of that small amount is "undrinkable" as a result of contamination with byproducts of our society. How do we make the water that we have last? Short term profit or long-term stability: How are our lifestyles impacting our water supply? How does water use compare in MDC's and LDC's?//

**LAB:** Testing for Water Quality - Tapwater Tour `2.) What are the major sources of groundwater contamination? **Homework #7:** Scan Chapter and respond to RQ's on p. 384 # 4-14, Critical Thinking #2.
 * VOCAB:** //Hydrologic Cycle, Evapotranspiration, Runoff, Groundwater, Aquifer, Clean Water Act, BOD, Eutrophication, Point Source Pollution, Nonpoint Source Pollution, Fecal Coliform Bacteria, Thermal Pollution, Stormwater Runoff, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary sewage treatment, Groundwater Mining, Salinization, Saltwater Intrusion, Dead Zone//
 * Homework #6: ** Chapter 16 "Water Management". Define Terms (listed above) in YOUR OWN WORDS. Respond to the following two questions: 1.) What is the percentage breakdown of the average american's domestic water use?

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