Environmental Studies

A valuable means for parents to become involved in their child’s education is to provide a rich home-learning environment supporting academic achievement. Increasingly, students navigate among multiple domiciles, with varying levels of academic support. Moreover, research consistently shows the negative impact of absentee fathers on children.

Design a three-part, two-sided brochure to share with the general public about the importance of forests and oceans. This should be an original work consisting of:

In this class, two of your assignments for your discussion section include participating in a group presentation on 1 of 6 pre-selected ecological issues and, individually, writing a review paper that discusses how your group issue is relevant in an ecosystem of your choice. This project will involve working with several of your classmates to research an ecological issue, and to then construct a written report and an oral presentation on the issue. Each person in the class is responsible for producing and turning in an original written research paper. The presentation, however, is given jointly with the members of your group.

1) What categories did Sunyer et al. (2013) use to classify “acorn use” and “mice behavior”? Broadly, what were the tools Sunyer et al. used to track these uses and behaviors? (2 pts)

A virtual environment is an online environment where things can be posted, participated in, and manipulated by the users. Virtual environments encompass things like virtual reality, multi-user games, shared communities or similar. When you complete this week’s assignment, think about what virtual environments you spend time in. Below are some links to examples of virtual reality environments.