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Apr 20, 2024
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ENVS 053 - Pacific Northwest Science Issues
5.0 Credits
High school course that explores current environmental issues in the Pacific Northwest with a focus on the interrelationships between humans, plants, and animals. Emphasis on problem solving, personal responsibility and action. Counts as HS Lab Science or CWP credit (was ENVSC 053).
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Analyze processes that have caused changes to the features of the Earth’s surface, including plate tectonics, glaciation, volcanism, etc. [REASON]
- Explain the factors that influence weather and climate and how these patterns relate to Northwest ecosystems. [REASON]
- Describe the complex, integrated and regulated processes (such as photosynthesis and energy transfer in a food web) by which organisms use matter and energy to sustain life. [REASON]
- Analyze and describe the living and nonliving factors that affect organisms in ecosystems and the relationships among species within selected Pacific Northwest ecosystems. [REASON]
- Describe the process of evolution and the concepts of natural selection, speciation, adaptation and biological diversity. [REASON]
- Analyze and explain the effects human activities have on the capacity of Pacific Northwest ecosystems to sustain biological diversity. [REASON]
- Conduct systematic and complex scientific investigations and evaluate results of such investigations. [ACT]
- Apply scientific knowledge and skills to solve problems or propose solutions to regional environmental challenges in the Pacific Northwest. [ACT]
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