Environmental Chemistry

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Project:

Congratulations, you have just landed your first job!!  You have been hired by Envirolink to research a specific topic on environmental hazards in New York State and design a web page to inform and educate local students in your area. 

Be sure to follow the rubric below to ensure all information is included on your web page.  Envirolink has offered a bonus for those individuals that go above and beyond developing this web page.

Links:

HS Library Databases: http://sls.edutech.org/research/databases/dbs.asp?school=dan-h

EnviroMapper: http://www.epa.gov/wtc/em/

Environmental Hazards in the Home: http://www.hsh.com/pamphlets/hazards.html

Movies:

 
 

Rubric:

 

 

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Environmental hazard title and your name

 

 

 

 

 

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Graphic

 

 

 

 

 

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LINK #1: What is your topic about (include questions below)?

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     a.  How does your topic affect people & animals?

 

 

 

 

 

 

     b.  Major causes of your topic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

     c.  Who/What is responsible for your hazard?

 

 

 

 

 

 

     d.  Cost:  What is the monetary value placed on this problem?

 

 

 

 

 

 

           (site source)

 

 

 

 

 

 

     e.  What is currently being done to eliminate this

 

 

 

 

 

 

           problem from NYS?

 

 

 

 

 

 

     f.  What organizations (govt/private) are assisting

 

 

 

 

 

 

          with this hazard?  (site sources)

 

 

 

 

 

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INDEX PAGE: Summary of your findings (50 - 100  words).

 

 

 

 

 

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LINK #2: Where is your environmental hazard most prevalent in NYS?

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     a.  Location(s) within NY where this problem exists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

     b.  Time frame:  Is this a recent problem or has it been

 

 

 

 

 

 

           around for a while.  Explain (site source)

 

 

 

 

 

 

     c.  Compare this hazard in NYS with another location in the U.S

 

 

 

 

 

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LINK #3: Web links where information can be found on your topic.

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     b.  Two

 

 

 

 

 

 

     c.  Three

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LINK #4: Solutions to your environmental hazard.

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     b.  What organizations (govt/private) are assisting with this hazard?

 

 

 

 

 

 

     c.  Possible solution(s) to your topic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

     d.  Your opinion about solving this environmental hazard.