Throughout this course, you are keeping a journal about your experience in the class.  The purpose of this activity is to enable you to reflect on your learning:  what new things you have discovered, what surprises you have encountered, what topics or ideas you have found particularly challenging and how the course is going for you.  Last week you began the Environmental Footprint Reduction Project. […]

For this first discussion assignment, find an environmentally related news or scientific article or one on a topic assigned by the instructor. The source material can vary from newspapers to magazines to journals and it must be current, published within the last month. If the article reports on specific studies, trace the information to the original source and include the link to this primary source […]

This assignment will require you to research a company, university, government, or other category Environmental Management System (EMS).  You will need to summarize your selected organization’s EMS into a 1 page paper.  You can use bullet points and/or write paragraphs.  Provide a hyperlink to the organizations EMS you selected at the end of the document.  Failure to site your source will result in a max […]

Outline of the Final Lab ReportCarefully review the Grading Rubric that will be used to evaluate your assignment before you begin. You are required to develop an outline for your Final Lab Report, which covers all three experiments for “Lab 2: Water Quality and Contamination.” To begin, carefully review the instructions for your Final Lab Report assignment located within Week Five. Next, download the Outline of the […]

Write an essay consisting of at least 500 words addressing all of the following topics (a through h):  a. How is the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) different from previous legislation addressing solid waste?  b. On the Internet, search for “40CFR261.21” which is the portion of the Code of Federal Regulations pertaining to ignitability under RCRA. Quote two lines from that portion of the […]

Students will choose a television show to analyze that displays an intimate relationship (romantic or family). After briefly describing the storyline of the episode, students should first, discuss the concepts from Chapter 10 (Intimate Relationships) to apply and analyze. Second, choose ANOTHER topic discussed in the course (language, gender, culture, perception, non-verbal behavior, listening, deception, emotion, etc.) and use the show to additionally illustrate these concepts. Therefore, the student’s paper will have discussion […]

There are several standards and guidelines that apply to fire prevention and suppression in buildings. OSHA has promulgated several standards under Subpart H of 29 CFR 1910. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) published the Fire Protection Handbook and several guidelines. Most local building codes also address design and construction of buildings to reduce the risk of fires. Discuss how these standards and guidelines interface […]

As you have read in your text this week, there are three thresholds of environmental processing and documentation; Categorical Exclusion (CE), Environmental Assessment/Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI), and Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statements (DEIS and FEIS). In a brief paper, describe the differences between these three different thresholds of environmental processing and documentation. Additionally, provide at least one example of when it would […]

 The United States Fire Administration (USFA) collects fire-related data to provide information and analysis on the fire problem in the United States. Fire departments may use this information in multiple ways, including creating a baseline for evaluating programs, increasing awareness, and targeting public education programs. For this assignment, access the USFA fire statistics page at the following link: https://www.usfa.fema.gov/data/statistics/. Select any one of the topics […]

Review the Language Acquisition in Early Childhood Education interactive game, which focuses on language developmental stages and cognitive processes.  Write three questions you can ask your classmates that would help to evaluate their knowledge of the developmental milestones and brain development stages, and how they influence on language development and acquisition.  These questions should be focused on the main concepts in Chapters 5 and 6.  You can […]