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The
Dichloro
Diphenyl
Trichloroethane
(DDT)
Quest
has
students
pretend
to
be
hired
as
an
environmental
consulting
firm,
and
present
the
case
for
or
against
the
reintroduction
of
DDT
to
fight
the
(fictitious)
South
Ramford
River
Virus
(SRRV).
Arguments
will
focus
on:
the
possible
routes
of
exposure
to
DDT
for
people
and
wildlife
in
the
County;
the
risks
and
effects
of
exposure
to
DDT
for
humans
and
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In
this
module,
students
pretend
the
County
has
hired
their
environmental
consulting
firm
to
prepare
a
report
addressing:
the
probable
causes
of
five
incidents
that
appear
to
be
the
result
of
lead
exposure;
the
extent
of
the
potential
lead
problem
in
(fictitious)
Ramford
County;
the
possible
routes
and
effects
of
exposure
to
lead
for
people
and
animals
in
the
County;
the
risks
of
exposure
to
lead
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In
this
module,
students
pretend
they
have
been
hired
as
an
environmental
consulting
firm
to
deliver
testimony
for
the
hearing
to
develop
a
mercury
pollution
reduction
plan
for
the
State.
In
order
to
accomplish
this
task
their
consulting
company
must:
inventory
and
assess
current
sources
of
mercury
pollution
to
the
extent
feasible,
including
both
(fictitious)
Ramford
County
and
regional
sources
of
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In
this
project,
students
pretend
they
have
been
hired
as
an
environmental
consulting
firm
to
present
the
case
for
or
against
the
closing
of
(fictitious)
downtown
Ramford
to
vehicular
traffic
in
an
upcoming
debate.
Student
arguments
will
focus
on:
the
extent
of
the
potential
ozone/
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In
this
activity,
students
play
the
roles
of
environmental
consultants
hired
to
present
the
case
for
or
against
targeted
dredging
of
polychlorinated
biphenyl(PCB)-contaminated
sediments
in
the
fictitious
Ramford
River.
Student
teams
will
be
assigned
to
field,
laboratory,
community/
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In
this
module,
students
pretend
to
be
an
environmental
consulting
firm
that
has
been
hired
by
the
County
to
investigate
two
cases
involving
radon
exposure.
They
will
prepare
a
report
addressing:
the
probable
causes
of
the
elevated
radon
values;
the
extent
of
the
potential
problem;
the
possible
routes
and
effects
of
human
exposure
to
radon,
and
ways
to
educate
the
public;
and
strategies
for
clean
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In
this
activity
students
explore
the
concept
of
climate.
They
will
use
temperature
and
precipitation
data
from
their
area
and
other
regions
to
construct
climate
graphs.
These
graphs
are
used
to
help
identify
factors
that
influence
climate.
Climate
graphs
displaying
data
from
locations
in
Antarctica
allow
students
to
explore
that
continent's
unique
climatic
conditions.
Student
will
compare
and
contrast
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The
University
of
California
Cooperative
Extension
(UCCE)
Groundwater
Hydrology
Program
seeks
to
provide
educational
and
scientific/
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In
this
section
students
learn
what
we
as
a
society
and
as
individuals
can
do
to
protect
our
ground
water
resources.
They
also
learn
that
education
is
a
critical
step
in
the
process
and
that
once
we
understand
the
value
of
our
water
resources,
how
the
water
resource
system
works,
and
how
our
actions
can
affect
water
quality,
we
can
begin
to
work
together
to
protect
these
resources
now
and
for
generations
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This
resource
provides
an
overview
of
air
quality
issues,
starting
with
a
historical
account
from
the
industrial
revolution,
through
the
infamous
London
smog
of
1952
to
the
present
attempt
to
speed
up
technological
development
to
combat
air
pollution
problems.
Materials
provided
here
include
information
on
all
types
of
pollution,
from
ozone
and
particulates
outside
to
radon
and
dustmites
indoors.
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