SCI 207 Our Dependence upon the Environment

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Environmental Footprint Report and Reflections on New Learning, Week 5

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

Before starting this assignment, read Chapters 9 and 10 in your course textbook, participate in all discussions, and complete all other assignments and activities for the week.

Throughout this course, you will be asked to document and reflect on your experience in the class. The intent of this activity is (a) to enable you to track your progress with your Environmental Footprint project, and (b) to invite you to reflect on the terms, concepts, and processes you learned about throughout the week. Your journal post is intended as an exercise in metacognition or thinking about your own thinking and learning in this course. Your submissions will be evaluated in terms of how well you cover your progress on making at least five lifestyle changes to lower your environmental footprints, and how clearly you identify and discuss content learned over the week.

To prepare for your assignment,

• Review Chapter 9: Managing Our Waste.
• Review Chapter 10: Sustaining Our Futures.
• Ensure you have participated in all discussions and completed all other assignments and activities for the week.
• Download and complete the Live Learning WorksheetDownload Live Learning Worksheet

Complete the following:

• Explain your learning from the 5th week of class.
  • What are three new concepts or terms that you learned about and explain each one?
  • How has your outlook on our management of materials and waste changed because of this new knowledge?
  • What topics might you be interested in learning more about in the future?
• Evaluate your experience in the course. What were some of the most interesting things you learned in this class? What were some surprising ways these topics related to one another you were unaware of before this class? How has this course changed your outlook on the environment? How has it changed the way you live your life in relation to the environment? Which actions do you think you will continue after the course ends, and are there any additional actions you are considering implementing moving forward?
• Look ahead and beyond the end of this course to speculate on how the content in this course might affect you in your future work and daily life.
  • Do you plan to continue any of your current footprint reduction actions, and if so, which ones?
  • Do you plan to take any additional sustainability steps soon, and, if so, what are your plans?
• Upload your SCI207 Live Learning Worksheet Download Live Learning Worksheetfrom your attendance at the SCI207 Live Learning event into your submission for this assignment.

The Environmental Footprint Report and Reflections on New Learning, Week 5 journal,

• must be at least 2 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site.
• must include a separate title page with the following in title case:
  • title of journal post in bold font
    • Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
  • student’s name
  • name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
  • course name and number
  • instructor’s name
  • due date