Students will determine who pollutes, what are the pollutants and how it affects their health. Students will identify reasons for zoning regulations on industrial areas. The Planning Commission Meeting. A role-playing activity with research on whether to expand an industrial zone which would require agricultural areas to be rezoned residential, and expand the industrial zone area into a nature preserve area. Activity 9- Lifestyle choices for Sustainability.
Students identify the way they affect the environment through some identification of problems.
Pounds of trash, water consumption, energy consumption, CO production, and alternatives to improve the sustainability of life on earth. Students will prepare a chart on how they can reduce their demand on the environment by their actions. Using a McLean County Soil Survey Book, students will locate their home, soil type, and identify slope, erodibility, and identify types of plants to use and landscape. Then access what the best use of an inherited ground acreage would be. Air Quality - Using the internet scorecard.org, students will determine the quality of the air in McLean County and who contributes to the air pollution and what are the health affects.