Investigations in Environmental Science

Replacement Pages and Updates: Units 1, 2, and 3

Unit 1: Land Use

Chapter 2: Populations

  1. Lesson 1a: Daphnia p.12
  2. Lesson 3a: Distribution of Humans p.34
  3. Lesson 3b: Population Growth p.36
  4. Lesson 3d: Paper Clip Creatures p. 43

Chapter 3: Resources

  1. Lesson 1a: Area of a School p. 66
  2. Lesson 1b: Land Use Totals p. 68
  3. Lesson 2d: Skills Practice p. 88
  4. Lesson 3a: Where Is All the Water? p. 96

Chapter 4: Ecosystems

  1. Lesson 2c: Energy in Ecosystems p. 153
  2. Lesson 3a: Everyone Has a Role p. 164

Chapter 6: Florida School Project

  1. Lesson 2c: Narrowing, Round 2 p. 197

Unit 2: Energy Generation

Chapter 1: Electricity

  1. Lesson 2b: Circuits p. 19

Chapter 2: Fossil Fuels

  1. Lesson 1a: Properties of Coal p. 38
  2. Lesson 2a: Stored Energy in a Corn Chip p. 51
  3. Lesson 2b: Releasing Stored Energy p. 53

Chapter 3: Impacts

  1. Lesson 1b: Combustion p. 93
  2. Lesson 2a: Collecting Particulates p. 108
  3. Lesson 3a: Creating Acid Rain p. 119
  4. Lesson 3c: Effects on Buildings p. 124
  5. Lesson 5a: Smokestacks p. 139
  6. Lesson 5d: Air Movement in Wisconsin p. 146

Chapter 4: Plant Siting

  1. Lesson 3c: Present Your Decision p. 180

Chapter 5: Global Climate Change

  1. Lesson 1a: What Is Climate Change p. 184
  2. Lesson 3a: Energy from the Sun p. 205
  3. Lesson 5a: Atmospheric Gases p. 222

Chapter 6: Alternative Energy

  1. Lesson 4c: Present Your Decision p. 294

Unit 3: Water Management

Chapter 1: Soil

  1. Lesson 2b: Hands on Soil p. 16
  2. Lesson 3a: Organic Components p. 28
  3. Lesson 4a: Estimating Porosity p. 39
  4. Lesson 4b: Percolation p. 41
  5. Lesson 5a: Sponges p. 44

Chapter 2: Agriculture

  1. Lesson 2b: Transpiration p. 74
  2. Lesson 5a: Water for Plants p. 98

Chapter 3: Dams

  1. Lesson 1a: Build a Dam p. 128
  2. Lesson 4d: Sedimentation p. 164