SC225 Environmental Science Unit 8: Effects of Deforestation Bronwyn Scott [email protected] AIM: [email protected].

SC225 Environmental ScienceUnit 8: Effects of Deforestation

Bronwyn Scott

[email protected]

AIM: [email protected]

• Use the information box to find the URL for our field trip.• Click the link and a new window or tab will open

displaying the website• We will be entering a one minute YouTube Video• You may need to watch it more than once. It is a

collection of different types of scientific evidence through the years, documenting carbon increase.

• “Carbon Dioxide Back 800,000 years”

Virtual Field Trip

• Please let me know when you have returned• Share something that you learned on the tour.

Returning from the tour

Welcome to Seminar Eight

• Please turn your speakers on. This seminar contains audio.• While we are waiting to get started this evening, please take

this opportunity to chat.• If you encounter any technical issues accessing seminar,

please call KU ACE Help 1-866-522-7747, option 1, then option 0.

This is me, having lunch while walking in the Cotswold (England), Thanksgiving 2010.

Agenda

1. Unit 8 Outline

2. Referencing and APA

3. Discussion: Global Melting

- 1 main post, 2 responses for each- 5 parts to main question

4. Assignment: Comparing your hypothesis

5. Seminar: Effects of deforestation

6. Self Assessment for Chapter 9

7. Q & A

SC225 Projects

• Unit 8 Assignment due: July 31, 2012• Make sure all previous projects are submitted.• Prepare for the Unit 9 Final Project due by

11:59 PM ET, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012.• If you need an incomplete, please contact me

by Aug. 5, 2012.• NO LATE FINALS ARE ACCEPTED.

APA and Referencing

• Unit 8 requires references• Why do we use references?

APA and Referencing

• If you need help with referencing, where are places in KU where you can get help?

Question #1 – Your species and their habitat

• How many are left?

Question #2 – Your species and their habitat

a) Why are they in danger?

Question #3 – Your species and their habitat

• What purpose do they serve for humans (if at all).

Question #4 – Your species and their habitat

• How can you realistically save your species.

Question #5 – Your species and their habitat

• Can they be saved?

Question #5 – Your species and their habitat

• Should they be saved?

Question #6 – Your species and their habitat

• What other effects could occur by the loss of your species (e.g., loss of other species, ecosystem change)?

Questions?

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