Lab which demonstrates how acid rain is produced from burning fossil fuels which produce sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide.
Tests for the presence of sulfuric acid and carbonic acid are completed and compared to controls.
The effect on the statue of David's nose was demonstrated using marble chips and the acid rain produced.

Discuss and review primary pollutants.
Using a bar graph, discuss the major contributors to air pollution.
Outline the chemistry of major pollutants and toxins in the air
Discuss the EPA and the regulations promulgated to decrease air pollution
Diagram and discuss the operation of a catalytic converter used in automobiles, and how it converts noxious gases and particles into less noxious vapors.

Define and explain why air pollution is only "pollution" when it affects human health.
Place air pollution into 2 categories, primary and secondary.
Define what constitutes a primary air pollutant, and list some very common examples.
Write the chemical expressions for the creation of sulfur oxides from sulfur and oxygen, carbon monoxide from carbon and oxygen combustion, and nitrogen oxides from nitrogen and oxygen combustion.
Discuss how these contribute to acid rain.
Begin to fill in a chart which outlines each.

From a photograph of a highly air polluted city, outline and discuss possible causes of this pollution.
Relate the 1998 winter olympics in Negano, Japan. This was a city with high air pollution.
Elicit ways in which the pollution affected the athletes, include asthma development, shortness of breath, visual problems, allergies, and toxicity to chemicals.
Discuss how the pollution originated and why the presence of the olympic city increased the air toxicity.
List what "good" air should contain, and discuss if the IOC should screen the cities better before awarding.

Outline is listed on Wednesday's summary

Define and discuss economics
Discuss how people decide th value of a product
Discuss regulation and economic incentives
Outline and discuss private efforts employed by business and private organizations in addressing the environmental crises.

Elicit a listing of possible renewable energy sources. Include solar, wind, and water.
Discuss the use of wind turbines, as a modern method to produce electricity.
Show that wind as been used for hundreds of years, in the form of windmills, to power equipment.
Indicate that in certain states, like Florida, solar power can be most advantageous to produce both electrical power on a grand scale, and to heat water on an individual scale.
Read and discuss from Silent Spring the beginning of the chapter which deals with the human price being paid from the use of pesticides.

Elicit a workable definition of hazardous waste as waste which will cause a risk to human health.
Expand on the 3 types of hazardous waste; solid, liquid, and gaseous.
Explain how they can be toxic, corrosive, and explosive in all 3 states.
Compile a list of hazardous waste and the warning labels to be aware of.
Discuss the toxicity of heavy metals like lead, mercury, and zinc.
Discuss that the lack of properly discarding the waste can and will leak into the air and groundwater.

View and discuss a video which concentrates on the production of a landfill, what it is designed to do, and the category of waste material placed into it. Discuss alternate methods for dealing with the non decomposable waste.
The plastic problem is examined through the use of a second video. Discussion revolves around the formation of micro-plastics from the physical breaking apart of bottles, and the harm it can cause to marine life.
The formation of methane gas, how to collect it from the landfills and deliver the gas for commercial use. The leachate water which is produced when the waste is compacted must be removed before it enters the ground and pollutes the water. This water can be treated and used to water fields and plants, but it is not potable.

Discussion regarding municipal solid waste (MSW).
Define MSW.
Elicit a list of waste which is discarded by the student's family.
These included paper, yard waste, food waste, plastics, metals, rubber, textiles, glass, and wood.
View and analyze a graph showing the increase in per capita generation of solid waste and the total MSW over the last 55 years.
Use a diagram of a landfill to show how it is constructed and that it is not a just a dump.
Review biodegradable and non biodegradable.