| Week
- Connection |
Physics |
Government |
Language
Arts |
Math |
Week
1
Students begin to look at the impact of individual energy usage on the environment in science. Government classes will learn about federalism in relation to the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Safe Drinking Water Acts. In language arts students will explore two areas that will help them with the final project – legal briefs and the appeals process for court cases. |
Environmentally
Friendly Home |
Can
we breathe easier? |
When
court cases are appealed? |
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| To Renew
or not to Renew |
What’s
in the Water |
What
are Legal Briefs? |
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State Report
Card |
Research
Activity for a Legal Brief. |
Week
2
In science students will review the pollution created by conventional forms of energy production. Students will compare how class action lawsuits differ from civil ones and begin to explore how the legal system can be used to bring about change. Language arts will support government by researching legal, scientific, and environmental information that will be used to write a legal brief about an environmental health issue. Math will support science by teaching students how to calculate parts per million.
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Review
of Fossil Fuels: Pollution Created |
It’s
all about Justice |
Research
Activity for a Legal Brief. Cont… |
Calculating
Parts per Million: Do We Have a Problem Here? |
| Doppler |
Inside
the Courtroom |
Writing
a Legal Brief |
Week
3
Science classes will explore three forms of energy production that pollute less than burning coal. In government the Supreme Court will be studied, with an eye on the impact its decisions have on the laws passed by Congress. Language arts will give students the opportunity to see how scientific ideas are sometimes explored in literature before their technologies are developed.
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Harmonics
|
The
Supremes |
Beyond
the Realms of Conventional Fiction |
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| Hydroelectric
Power |
Exploring
Science Fiction |
| Wind
Power |
Identifying
Science Fiction |
Week
4
In science students will study wave motion concepts and the energy sources that are connected to these. Government classes will look at four environmental health issues and the role of government in protecting its citizens from pollution. In language arts students will analyze a science fiction short story and come up with an idea for one that each one of them will write.
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I
won’t
live in a Toxic World |
A Formal
Analysis of Science Fiction |
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| Wave Basics |
Toxic Torts |
Imaging
Your SciFi Short Story |
| Interference |
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Week
5
Students will study the electromagnetic waves and their potential environmental health dangers plus look at solar power as a source of energy production. In government students will use the movie “A Civil Action” to examine class action lawsuits and as an introduction to why the Superfund exists. Students will spend this week writing their science fiction short stories that envision a future powered by environmentally friendly energy sources. Math will teach what type of data is best represented in bar graphs and histograms.
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Electromagnetic
Spectrum |
A
Civil Action |
Putting
it Down on Paper |
Bar
and Histograms
What would You Use? (part 1)
Line & Scatter
What would you Use? (part 2) |
| Solar
Power |
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Week
6
Science classes will explore energy production involving microwaves and tidal waves. In government the students will learn about moot court simulations and research about actual appellate court cases. Students in language arts will edit each other’s short stories and then begin incorporating the feedback received. Math will teach what type of data is best represented in line graphs and pie charts. |
Microwaves |
Moot Court
Prep |
Peer Editing |
What
Pie?
What would you Use? (part 3) |
| Tidal Power |
Moot Court |
The Final
Copy |
Week
7
Students in science will extensively compare and contrast renewable and non-renewable forms of energy studied in the last and present quarters, focusing on advantages and drawbacks. In government students will intensively prepare for the final project by researching their court case and creating oral arguments and briefs. Language arts classes will be used to finish writing the final copies of the science fiction short story and if time allows, some may be read aloud.
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Power, Pollution, Pros and Cons |
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The
Final Copy cont… |
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Week
8
This is the moot court simulation of a case about some type of energy production that is causing environmental health problems. Throughout the quarter the students have been learning about how the court system works, how to research and write the attendant documents necessary to participate in this simulation, and about the scientific concepts necessary to explain the situation being litigated.
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