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Topic 3: Human Population, Resource Use, and Carrying Capacity
Reading from [|"Plan B 3.0"]

Topic 3 Projects: In Plain English...
> HW: Listen to [|NPR Podcast (click to play)]: [|Science Friday - Water](options to listen) > **Challenge: research and bring in one new technology/technique that would help solve the global water crisis** || > || Respond to the "discussion" question in the tab above.** || media type="youtube" key="4BbkQiQyaYc" height="344" width="425"media type="youtube" key="o3nvDJe6PU0" height="344" width="425" media type="custom" key="3090174"
 * [[image:new.gif]] || * 4/6: 3.8: Comparing MEDC / LEDC's using [|footprint of nations] data, Read Ch7 from Plan B 3.0. and write about it here. Read some of the articles in the Population Articles folder in my Collect Folder. Write and post a summative response to the question "how many people can the planet support taking into account our consumption, population and economic growth, and technological advances?" (post directly on the wiki page and "sign" with 1241588793. ||
 * || * 4/4: 3.8: Calculating footprints for nations, comparing MDEC and LDECs; Assumptions and Uncertainties. ||
 * || * 4/29: Notes: 3.7-the difficulty of determining local human carrying capacity; HW: [|Calculate your footprint] ! and write about it in the discussion tab. ||
 * || * 4/27: Quiz; Discuss IA Proposals; Challenge: 3 estimates of carrying capacity that you think are most likely to be accurate and add them here. ||
 * || * 4/7: Intro to Pollution 5.1; Assessing water pollution. ||
 * || * 4/1: Discussion of case studies, Water footprint calculation; Wrap-up 3.6; Share new technologies/techniques. HW: [|Read Ch 4. Emerging Water Shortages] from Plan B 3.0 Case Study Summaries; Water Saving Ideas ||
 * || * 3/31: Finish Food Supply presos; Water Resources 3.6: Water budget notes, Investigate [|case studies] in sustainability
 * || * 3/25: Global Food Supply presentations and wrap-up. Read: **Chapter 14** Miller as a summary of topic 3.4 & 3.5. ||
 * || * 3/23: Prepare Global Food Supply presentations ||
 * || * 3/19: Finish Presentations, Guest Speaker: Cindy Yin: Organic Food Systems ||
 * || * 3/17 :Present Global Examples of Food Production... HW: Global Food Supply ||
 * || * 3/13: Work time on Global examples of food production systems. ||
 * || * 3/11: Introduction to [|Topic 3.5: Food resources]; Today's Challenge: Comparing global examples of food production systems. ||
 * || * 3/9: Complete the "Soil Study Challenge" ||
 * || * 3/5: Guest Speaker: Paulo Soares - Suzlon Energy ||
 * || * 3/3: Soil Resources Introduction Notes 3.4.1 & 3.4.2 ||
 * || * 2/27: Quiz - EIA, Human population and sustainability; HW: Read Plan B 3.0 [|Ch. 5] ||
 * || * 2/25: Activity: Imagine the world without oil. HW: Post your creative proj. or reflection! ||
 * || * 2/23: Energy Resources self-study. Use Miller Ch 17 & 18 as a resource. HW: Play the [|Energyville Game] and write a response in the "discussion" tab. ||
 * || * 2/19: Read the [|Case of the Peruvian Anchovy] ||
 * || * 2/17: Video "China Revs up" cont; 3.2.4: What is the value of environmental services?; 3.2.5 & 3.2.6: What is sustainability and how has the concept of sustainable development evolved? UN Adgenda 21 [|Rio Proclaimation]; HW: Read Ch 2. from [|Plan B 3.0] ||
 * || * 2/13: Practice problem: Populations; Discussion & Notes on 3.2.3 & Tragedy of Ecosystem Services article; HW: Read 10.1-10.3 & 10.6 in Miller. ||
 * || * 2/11: Notes and Discussion on natural Capital and Natural Income, Classes of resources; Video: China Revs Up part 1 ||
 * || * 2/9:Complete this [|online data analysis activity] & Read the [|wikipedia entry] on the Demographic Transition, Answer [|Discussion Questions] . HW: Read Ch. 1 of [|Plan B 3.0] ||
 * || * 2/5 : Introduce Topic 3; Discuss Human Population growth; Finish for HW: World Population Data; HW: Read [|this] and [|this],
 * || * 2/3: Guest Speaker - Peter Leonard (World Bank); Turn in Lorax group and indiv EIA; HW: Read Ch 10.1