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Powerpoint - Urban Heat Islands, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Powerpoint - Urban Heat Islands, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 02: Land Use

No abstract provided.


Powerpoint - Potential Solutions, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Powerpoint - Potential Solutions, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 02: Land Use

No abstract provided.


Reading - Heat Island Narrative, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Reading - Heat Island Narrative, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 02: Land Use

No abstract provided.


Student Pages - Surfaces And Temperature Around Your Study Site, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Student Pages - Surfaces And Temperature Around Your Study Site, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 02: Land Use

No abstract provided.


Student Pages - Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Student Pages - Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 02: Land Use

No abstract provided.


Tree Health Handout, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Tree Health Handout, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 02: Land Use

No abstract provided.


Surface Data Collection, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Surface Data Collection, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 02: Land Use

No abstract provided.


Growing Conditions Handout, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Growing Conditions Handout, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 02: Land Use

No abstract provided.


Tree Data Collection, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Tree Data Collection, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 02: Land Use

No abstract provided.


Measuring Diameter Handout, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Measuring Diameter Handout, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 02: Land Use

No abstract provided.


Student Pages - Google Earth, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Student Pages - Google Earth, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 02: Land Use

No abstract provided.


Student Pages - Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Student Pages - Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 02: Land Use

No abstract provided.


Reading - Environmental Justice Narrative, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Reading - Environmental Justice Narrative, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 02: Land Use

No abstract provided.


Lesson Plan - Habitat Fragmentation And Species Survival, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Lesson Plan - Habitat Fragmentation And Species Survival, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 02: Land Use

Students will then consider a case study of a city that is planning for decreasing density. The ecological services model will be used to better understand the city’s approach to land use policies. Students will explore habitat fragmentation in order to explore different factors that influence species survival.


Student Pages - The Incredible Shrinking City, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Student Pages - The Incredible Shrinking City, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 02: Land Use

No abstract provided.


Lesson Plan - Planning For Positive Land Use, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Lesson Plan - Planning For Positive Land Use, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 02: Land Use

In this lesson, students will use their knowledge about urban land use that they have learned throughout the module to contribute to the action plan for their field site that focuses on urban land use. Students will also explore the importance of presenting information to diverse audiences. After contributing to their action plans, students will present the changes and updates they made to their plan to the class and the class will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the different plans.


Assessment Questions And Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Assessment Questions And Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 04: Hazardous Waste

No abstract provided.


Lesson Plan - Garbage And The Impact Of Scale, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Lesson Plan - Garbage And The Impact Of Scale, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 04: Hazardous Waste

The main purpose of this lesson is to introduce garbage by way of exploring the concept of scale. The lesson begins by having students define garbage. Students will then think about their own garbage production. Their individual production will then be used to estimate garbage production at different spatial scales. In an optional activity, students can also explore how garbage and its management have changed over time.


Student Pages - Action In Urban Ecology, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Student Pages - Action In Urban Ecology, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 02: Land Use

No abstract provided.


Powerpoint - Garbage And Scale, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Powerpoint - Garbage And Scale, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 04: Hazardous Waste

No abstract provided.


Student Pages - Garbage And Scale, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Student Pages - Garbage And Scale, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 04: Hazardous Waste

No abstract provided.


Student Pages - Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Student Pages - Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 04: Hazardous Waste

No abstract provided.


Lesson Plan - Where Does Our Garbage Go?, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Lesson Plan - Where Does Our Garbage Go?, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 04: Hazardous Waste

In this lesson, students will explore what happens to garbage after it is thrown away. The first activity looks at the garbage itself. Garbage will be classified as either biodegradable or not, and connected to the principle of the conservation of matter. The second activity concerns garbage disposal methods. Students will participate in a jigsaw activity where they learn about one garbage disposal system, and then will teach their peers about the different systems. The focus will be on the advantages and disadvantages of each method. The third activity is a debate which shows that garbage disposal issues can disproportionately …


Powerpoint - Where Does Garbage Go In Massachusetts?, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Powerpoint - Where Does Garbage Go In Massachusetts?, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 04: Hazardous Waste

No abstract provided.


Municipal Garbage Handout, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Municipal Garbage Handout, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 04: Hazardous Waste

No abstract provided.


Student Debate - Not In My Back Yard (Nimby), Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Student Debate - Not In My Back Yard (Nimby), Center For Urban Resilience

Module 04: Hazardous Waste

No abstract provided.


Student Pages - Where Does Garbage Go?, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Student Pages - Where Does Garbage Go?, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 04: Hazardous Waste

No abstract provided.


Lesson Plan - Ecological Impacts Of Hazardous Wastes, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Lesson Plan - Ecological Impacts Of Hazardous Wastes, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 04: Hazardous Waste

The main purpose of this lesson is to demonstrate the idea that the things we throw away may harm other organisms. This lesson uses a brainstorming activity, and a lab experiment testing the effect of toxins on brine shrimp. This lesson also introduces the major pathways through which hazardous waste enter aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and provides an overview of the impacts of wastes such as heavy metal ions, strong acids or bases, and persistent organic compounds on plants and animals.


Student Pages - Brine Shrimp Toxicity Experiment, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Student Pages - Brine Shrimp Toxicity Experiment, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 04: Hazardous Waste

No abstract provided.


Student Pages - Answer Key - Brine Shrimp Toxicity Experiment, Center For Urban Resilience Apr 2021

Student Pages - Answer Key - Brine Shrimp Toxicity Experiment, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 04: Hazardous Waste

No abstract provided.