Hydrosphere

April 19th - Library/research period for summative
===April 11th & 13th - Watched Erin Brockovich - be prepared to discuss and compare this movie with Civil Action on April 21st. Handed out article for next reading quiz, which is also on the 21st. This is a long one, so make sure you don't leave it to the night before to read! Take the time to digest this one.===



April 7th - Discussed reading article and clarified what an ecosystem service is and why environmental economics or considering the cost of ecosystem services in the cost of production is important.
Ecosystem service = processes by which the environment produces resources that we often take for granted, such as clean air, protection against UV rays, timber, habitat for fisheries and other organisms, pollination of plants, medicines, climate stability etc. etc.

Finished presentation on Water Pollution - included completing the discussion on eutrophication and the effect of algae/plant blooms. Watch a video on the 'dead zone'.media type="custom" key="9009590"([|www.scivee/tv/node/14602])

Here's the 3rd installment of the hydrosphere notes:

===** April 5th - Reading Quiz - Article - How much is clean water worth? See below if you need a copy. There will be time in class today for groups to get together to discuss summative assignment and to pick a topic. **===

March 30th - Topic: Water pollution. If you missed today - here's an overview of what we discussed.


===March 28th - Revised Essays with in-text citations DUE! Also - Cloropleth graphing assignment Due. This was a catch-up day. Finished watching Civil Action and discussed some of the questions. Handed out Summative assignment for the entire course. There is NO EXAM - this assignment is worth 30%. Handed out next reading quiz article - quiz is April 5th. Here's the article:===

[[file:How Much Is Clean Water Worth.doc]]
=== March 24 - Watched Tapped Out and completed an in-class assignment on % of people with access to clean water in 1980 versus 2000. If you missed this class, I will show the video again at lunch on Monday and you can pick up the assignment from me in class. ===

==March 22 - Welcome back - hope you enjoyed the break! Today = Introduction to the Hydrosphere lecture.== Lecture notes: and handout:

March 9th & 11th - Watched Civil Action (with John Travolta) as Intro to Hydrosphere!
If you missed the movie come get the question sheet from me and if I can lend you the video, I will (but it is not mine), so be prepared to rent it. Sometime later this month we will be viewing the movie Erin Brockovich, another movie about water pollution and taking action and doing a comparion between the two movies.