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SCI207 Our Dependence upon the Environment

Week 1 Assignment

Sustainable Living Guide Contributions: Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystems

[WLO: 2] [CLOs: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapters 1 and 2 in the course textbook. The purpose of this assignment is twofold: first, to enable you to explore a term (concept, technique, place, etc.) related to this week’s theme of sustaining Earth’s biodiversity and ecosystems; second, to provide your first contribution to a collective project, the Class Sustainable Living Guide. Your work this week, and in the weeks that follow, will be gathered (along with that of your peers) into a master document that you will receive a few days after the end of the course. The document will provide everyone with a variety of ideas for how we can all live more sustainably in our homes and communities.

 To complete this assignment,

Select a term from the list of choices in the Week 1 - Term Selection Table located in the course. Type your name in the table, next to the word that you would like to choose.

Do not select a term that a classmate has already chosen; only one student per term. If you choose a term that is hyperlinked to a source, that term is one that is not mentioned in our textbook. Instead of being required to use the text as your third source for completing the assignment, you will be expected to use the hyperlinked source provided for you.

Download the Week 1 Assignment Template available in the course and replace the guiding text with your own words based upon your online research.

Please do not include a cover page. All references, however, should be cited in your work and listed at the end, following APA Style expectations.

In the template, you willDefine the term thoroughly, in your own words.

Explain the importance of the term using evidence.

Discuss how the term affects living things and the physical world.

Suggest two specific actions that can be taken to promote environmental sustainability in relation to the term.

Explain exactly how those actions will aid in safeguarding our environment in relation to your chosen term.

Provide detailed examples to support your ideas.

The Sustaining Living Guide Contributions: Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystems paper

Must be a minimum of three paragraphs in length (not including title, any quoted text, or references) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.)

Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.

Must use at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course text. To aid you in your research, and particularly in locating scholarly sources via the Ashford University Library or using Google Scholar, please review the following Ashford videos and tutorials:

Scholarly and Popular Resources (Links to an external site.)

 (Links to an external site.)Database Search Tips (Links to an external site.)

 (Links to an external site.)Research, Keywords, Databases: An Overview (Links to an external site.)

Accessing Full text and citation in Google Scholar: SCI207 - Google Scholar (Links to an external site.)

Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)

Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Waypoint Assignment Submission

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SCI207 Our Dependence upon the Environment

Week 2 Assignment

Sustainable Living Guide Contributions: Sustaining Our Agricultural Resources

[WLOs: 1, 4] [CLOs: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapters 3 and 4 in your course textbook. The purpose of this assignment is twofold: first, to enable you to explore a term (concept, technique, place, etc.) related to this week’s theme of sustaining our agricultural resources; second, to provide your second contribution to a collective project, the Class Sustainable Living Guide. Your work this week, and in the weeks that follow, will be gathered (along with that of your peers) into a master document you will receive a few days after the end of the course. The document will provide everyone with a variety of ideas for how we can all live more sustainably in our homes and communities.

To complete this assignment,

Select a term from the list of choices in the Week 2 - Term Selection Table located in the course. Type your name in the table, next to the word that you would like to choose.

Do not select a term that a classmate has already chosen; only one student per term. If you choose a term that is hyperlinked to a source, that term is one that is not mentioned in our textbook. Instead of being required to use the text as your third source for completing the assignment, you will be expected to use the hyperlinked source provided for you.

Download the Week 2 Assignment Template available in the course and replace the guiding text with your own words based upon your online research.

Please do not include a cover page. All references, however, should be cited in your work and listed at the end, following APA Style expectations.

In the template, you will

Define the term thoroughly, in your own words.

Explain the importance of the term using evidence.

Discuss how the term affects living things and the physical world.

Suggest two specific actions that can be taken to promote environmental sustainability in relation to the term.

Explain exactly how those actions will aid in safeguarding our environment in relation to your chosen term.

Provide detailed examples to support your ideas.

The Sustainable Living Guide Contributions: Sustaining Our Agricultural Resources paper

Must be a minimum of three paragraphs in length (not including title, any quoted text, or references) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.)

Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.

Must use at least two credible and/or scholarly sources in addition to the course text. To receive optimal credit, use at least one scholarly source from a peer-reviewed academic journal. To aid you in your research, and particularly in locating scholarly sources via the Ashford University Library or using Google Scholar, please review the following Ashford videos and tutorials:

Scholarly and Popular Resources (Links to an external site.)

 (Links to an external site.)Database Search Tips (Links to an external site.)

 (Links to an external site.)Research, Keywords, Databases: An Overview (Links to an external site.)

Accessing full text and citation in Google Scholar: SCI207 - Google Scholar (Links to an external site.)

Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)

Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Waypoint Assignment Submission

The assignments in this course will be submitted to Waypoint.  Please refer to the instructions below to submit your assignment. Click on the Assignment Submission button below. The Waypoint "Student Dashboard" will open in a new browser window.

Browse for your assignment.

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SCI207 Our Dependence upon the Environment

Week 3 Assignment

Sustainable Living Guide Contributions: Sustaining Our Water Resources

[WLO: 3] [CLOs: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, please review Chapters 5 and 6 in your course textbook. The purpose of this assignment is twofold: first, to enable you to explore a term (concept, technique, place, etc.) related to this week’s theme of sustaining Earth’s biodiversity and ecosystems; second, to provide your first contribution to a collective project, the Class Sustainable Living Guide. Your work this week, and in the weeks that follow, will be gathered (along with that of your peers) into a master document you will receive a few days after the end of the course. The document will provide everyone with a variety of ideas for how we can all live more sustainably in our homes and communities.

To complete this assignment,

Select a term from the list of choices in the Week 3 - Term Selection Table located in the course. Type your name in the table, next to the word that you would like to choose.

Do not select a term that a classmate has already chosen; only one student per term. If you choose a term that is hyperlinked to a source, that term is one that is not mentioned in our textbook. Instead of being required to use the text as your third source for completing the assignment, you will be expected to use the hyperlinked source provided for you.

Download the Week 3 Assignment Template available in the course and replace the guiding text with your own words based upon your online research.

Please do not include a cover page. All references, however, should be cited in your work and listed at the end, following APA format expectations.

In the template, you will

Define the term thoroughly, in your own words.

Explain the importance of the term using evidence.

Discuss how the term affects living things and the physical world.

Suggest two specific actions that can be taken to promote environmental sustainability in relation to the term.

Explain exactly how those actions will aid in safeguarding our environment in relation to your chosen term.

Provide detailed examples to support your ideas.

The Sustainable Living Guide Contributions: Sustaining Our Water Resources paper

Must be a minimum of three paragraphs in length (not including title, any quoted text, or references) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.)

Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.

Must use at least two credible and/or scholarly sources in addition to the course text. To receive optimal credit, use at least one scholarly source from a peer-reviewed academic journal. To aid you in your research, and particularly in locating scholarly sources via the Ashford University Library or using Google Scholar, please review the following Ashford videos and tutorials:

Scholarly and Popular Resources (Links to an external site.)

 (Links to an external site.)Database Search Tips (Links to an external site.)

 (Links to an external site.)Research, Keywords, Databases: An Overview (Links to an external site.)

Accessing Full text and citation in Google Scholar: SCI207 - Google Scholar (Links to an external site.)

Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)

Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Waypoint Assignment Submission

The assignments in this course will be submitted to Waypoint.  Please refer to the instructions below to submit your assignment.

Click on the Assignment Submission button below. The Waypoint "Student Dashboard" will open in a new browser window.

Browse for your assignment.

Click Upload.

Confirm that your assignment was successfully submitted by viewing the appropriate week's assignment tab in Waypoint.

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SCI207 Our Dependence upon the Environment

Week 4 Assignment

Sustainable Living Guide Contributions: Sustaining Our Atmosphere and Climate

[WLO: 3] [CLOs: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapters 7 and 8 in your course textbook.

The purpose of this assignment is twofold: first, to enable you to explore a term (concept, technique, place, etc.) related to this week’s theme of sustaining atmosphere and climate; second, to provide your first contribution to a collective project, the Class Sustainable Living Guide. Your work this week, will be gathered (along with that of your peers) into a master document you will receive a few days after the end of the course. The document will provide everyone with a variety of ideas for how we can all live more sustainably in our homes and communities.

To complete this assignment,

Select a term from the list of choices in the Week 4 - Term Selection Table located in the course. Type your name in the table, next to the word that you would like to choose.

Do not select a term that a classmate has already chosen; only one student per term. If you choose a term that is hyperlinked to a source, that term is one that is not mentioned in our textbook. Instead of being required to use the text as your third source for completing the assignment, you will be expected to use the hyperlinked source provided for you.

Download the Week 4 Assignment Template available in the course and replace the guiding text with your own words based upon your online research.

Please do not include a cover page. All references, however, should be cited in your work and listed at the end, following APA Style expectations.

In the template, you will

Define the term thoroughly, in your own words.

Explain the importance of the term using evidence.

Discuss how the term affects living things and the physical world.

Suggest two specific actions that can be taken to promote environmental sustainability in relation to the term.

Explain exactly how those actions will aid in safeguarding our environment in relation to your chosen term.

Provide detailed examples to support your ideas.

The Sustainable Living Guide Contributions: Sustaining Our Atmosphere and Climate paper

Must be a minimum of three paragraphs in length (not including title, any quoted text, or references) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.)

Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.

Must use at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course text. To receive optimal credit, use at least one scholarly source from a peer-reviewed academic journal. To aid you in your research, and particularly in locating scholarly sources via the Ashford University Library or using Google Scholar, please review the following Ashford videos and tutorials:

Scholarly and Popular Resources (Links to an external site.)

 (Links to an external site.)Database Search Tips (Links to an external site.)

 (Links to an external site.)Research, Keywords, Databases: An Overview (Links to an external site.)

Accessing Full text and citation in Google Scholar: SCI207 - Google Scholar (Links to an external site.)

Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)

Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Waypoint Assignment Submission

The assignments in this course will be submitted to Waypoint.  Please refer to the instructions below to submit your assignment.

Click on the Assignment Submission button below. The Waypoint "Student Dashboard" will open in a new browser window.

Browse for your assignment.

Click Upload.

Confirm that your assignment was successfully submitted by viewing the appropriate week's assignment tab in Waypoint.

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SCI207 Our Dependence upon the Environment

Week 5 Assignment

 The Journey to Sustainability

[WLO: 4] [CLOs: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Prior to beginning work on this final paper, review all chapters of Bensel and Carbone’s Sustaining Our Planet text (2020).

In this paper, you will explore what a future sustainable world might look like, and in the process of doing so, extend your previous descriptions of selected terms and explain how they may play a role in aiding us in achieving environmental sustainability on a global scale.

The Journey to Sustainability

Imagine a future (probably a long time from now) in which human beings have achieved environmental sustainability on a global scale. That means that we as a species have figured out how to maintain a lifestyle that can go on indefinitely. Humans will exist in harmony with their environment, not needing more resources than can naturally be replenished. What would such a world be like? How might we get there from here?

In this final assignment, you will play the part of science-fiction writer, imagining and describing what a sustainable Earth, inhabited by humans, might look like in the distant future. You will need to provide examples throughout to support your descriptions. You should include all the terms that you have researched during Weeks 1 through 4 of this class, underlining each term as you include it. Be sure to expand on your terms and include other concepts that you learned in the course. Provide as detailed a picture as possible of how that future world might function on a day-to-day basis. In your paper, use grammar and spell-checking programs to insure clarity. Proofread carefully prior to submitting your work. Finally, you will submit the document to Waypoint.

Your paper will consist of seven paragraphs using the format below to address the elements with the assumption that environmental sustainability has been achieved:

Paragraph 1:

Describe how the human relationship to nature will be different from what it is at present.

Examine how humans will cope differently with the ways that natural phenomena like hurricanes affect lives.

Paragraph 2:

Describe what Earth’s biodiversity and ecosystems will look like in a sustainable future.

Explain what humans have done differently to enable biodiversity and ecosystems to function sustainably.

Paragraph 3:

Examine how agricultural production will be different in a sustainable future.

Paragraph 4:

Differentiate between how humans will manage water resources (fresh water and ocean) in the sustainable future compared to how it is done now.

Paragraph 5

Examine how humans will meet their energy needs in the future in a way that will enable maintenance of a sustainable, habitable atmosphere and climate.

Indicate the changes that humans have made that are enabling them to maintain a healthy atmosphere and climate for all.

Paragraph 6:

Describe how waste management will be different in a sustainable future.

Indicate the changes have been made to how humans think about and treat what is currently called “waste.”

Paragraph 7:

Summarize some of the major social, economic, political, and ecological choices and tradeoffs that will need to be overcome for this sustainable future to arrive. What are some of the major issues and challenges humans will have to face in order to achieve sustainability on a global scale?

The Journey to Sustainability final paper

Must be seven paragraphs in length (350 to 700 words) (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.)

Must incorporate all four of your previously selected terms.

Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.

Include two scholarly sources including the course text.

The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.

Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.).

Can include, as an option, a separate references list that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

                               

Waypoint Assignment Submission

The assignments in this course will be submitted to Waypoint.  Please refer to the instructions below to submit your assignment.

Click on the Assignment Submission button below. The Waypoint "Student Dashboard" will open in a new browser window.

Browse for your assignment.

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