Learning Goals
Students will be able to investigate how ocean acidification changes seawater chemistry and damages marine ecosystems using evidence from the CaCO3 dissolution lab, graphs, and source notes.
Students will be able to analyze how acid rain, smog, water contamination, and soil pollution result from specific chemical reactions and identify their ecosystem effects.
Students will be able to design and justify a method for collecting and comparing evidence about one environmental chemistry issue using launch station observations, lab data, and research sources.
Students will be able to evaluate the reliability and limitations of evidence from observations, data tables, graphs, and sources when making claims about environmental chemistry.
Students will be able to collaborate to propose and revise a realistic community response that reduces the environmental impact of a chosen chemical issue.
Products
Environmental Chemistry Investigation Notebook
Students compile a research notebook that documents their question, method choice, station observations, lab data, source notes, and individual analysis for one environmental chemistry issue. It demonstrates personal mastery of the chemistry, evidence, and reasoning behind the team’s final claim.
Environmental Chemistry Investigation Report and PSA Presentation
Teams create a formal report and short presentation that synthesize each member’s evidence into a shared conclusion, explain method choices, address anomalies and limitations, and recommend a realistic solution. The final product is presented at the schoolwide Environmental Chemistry PSA Showcase.
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