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Reflection on Environmental Health Science

Optional Extra Credit Assignment: Reflection on Environmental Health Sciences
(Worth a potential to earn 10 points toward your cumulative point score for the semester)
Description:
Describe a topic covered in the course that shifted your perception about an environmental health issue or problem and explain why this shift was meaningful to you. Discuss how new knowledge and awareness of this issue will change the manner in which you interact with the environment or the manner in which you view and will practice in your professional role, moving forward from the semester.
Requirements:
Due Date: Reflections must be submitted by Friday of Module 7 at 11:59 pm via Dropbox located in module 7.
Reflections will range in length from a minimum of 150 words to approximately 250 words, and be written professionally, including citations and references below the reflection, as needed.

Saudi vision 2030

The Saudi Vision 2030 is a plan to diversify the economy and develop sectors such as education, infrastructure, and tourism. The government desires the encouragement of private investment in a number of sectors of the Saudi economy and emphasizes economic and investment activities and increasing non-oil industry trade between countries.

What role do you consider foreign investors play in achieving this vision this and how should they deal with the exchange rate risks associated with investing in the Saudi economy?

Search the SEU library or the Internet for an academic or industry-related article. Select an article that relates to these concepts and explain how it relates to doing business in Saudi Arabia.

For your discussion post, your first step is to summarize the article in two paragraphs, describing what you think are the most important points made by the authors (remember to use citations where appropriate). For the second step, include the reference listing with a hyperlink to the article. Do not copy the article into your post and limit your summary to two paragraphs. Let your instructor know if you have any questions and enjoy your search.

You are required to reply to at least two peer discussion question posts answers to this weekly discussion question and/or your instructor’s response to your posting. These post replies need to be substantial and constructive in nature. They should add to the content of the post and evaluate/analyze that post answer. Normal course dialogue doesn’t fulfill these two peer replies but is expected throughout the course. Answering all course questions is also required.

Describe how your emissions compare to average U.S. and World emissions.

Before beginning this lab, watch the following videos:

Ocean pH (Links to an external site.)

Acid (Links to an external site.)

After watching both videos, complete the lab exercise and submit the answers to this Dropbox.

Requirements: Pdf answer

Your Carbon Footprint and Ocean Acidification

OCE2001C

Polk State College

Introduction

The amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has steadily increased since the Industrial Revolution. This is bad news, sort of bad news, and more bad news. The bad news is most of this carbon dioxide is the result of our and it contributes to global climate change. The sort of bad news is the ocean can absorb a lot of this carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it. This means the ocean is a carbon sink. More bad news is this carbon dioxide can lower the pH of the oceans. As the ocean becomes more acidic, it threatens marine life, particularly marine animals that build an exoskeleton of calcium carbonate such as bivalves and corals. If you recall, from chapter 7 in our text, the pH of the ocean should be slightly basic. If seawater becomes too acidic, the pH drops. A buffer reaction will raise the pH by tying up hydrogen ions. If the pH becomes too high, hydrogen ions are released to lower the pH. At the basic end of the reaction, calcium carbonate can precipitate. There is a video linked to this Dropbox that summarizes the buffer reaction.

As the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from our atmosphere, it lowers the amount of that greenhouse gas in our atmosphere. Gases dissolve more readily in cold liquids. This means that pH changes to the oceans’ surface waters should become apparent more quickly at the poles. Look at Figure 7.13 on page 197 of your textbook. The video, Acid Test, describes how this is happening in the North Atlantic.

As previously noted, lowering the pH of the oceans’ surface waters will make it more difficult for animals such as bivalves, snails, and corals to secrete and maintain exoskeletons. Corals are important for many reasons, as are bivalves. According to Scott Doney and Sara Cooley of Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), acidification of the oceans could cause up to $1.4 billion in lost revenue for the seafood industry. The pH of the ocean could drop to 7.8 by the end of this century and the Arctic Ocean could become undersaturated with respect to a type of calcium carbonate called aragonite (Feely, Doney, and Cooley, 2009). This can devastate the calcium carbonate secreting microorganisms that form the base of the marine food chain.

References

Feely, R.A., Doney, S.C., and Cooley, S.R., 2009. Ocean Acidification: Present Conditions and Future Changes in a High – CO2 World. Oceanography, 22(4), 37-47.

www.whoi.edu. Rising acidity levels could trigger shellfish revenue declines, job losses. https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/rising-acidity-levels-could-trigger-shellfish-revenue-declines-job-losses/ Updated April 18, 2011.

Activity 1: Watch the two videos linked to this Dropbox.

Activity 2: Calculate your Carbon Footprint using the following calculator:

Carbon Emissions Calculator (Lehigh University)

Answer the following:

The percentages of carbon emissions generated by my activities are ____________from household activities, ____________ from transportation, and _____________ from food. My total annual carbon emissions are _____________ tons. (Find this in upper right corner of page.)
Describe how your emissions compare to average U.S. and World emissions.

Reflect on the factors that contribute to your carbon footprint. Were you surprised by the activities that had smaller or larger impacts than you expected? What was your reaction to learning your carbon footprint? If more people understood their carbon footprint, do you think anything would change?

What do you think would be the impact if more people substantially reduced or eliminated the major contributors to their carbon footprint? Do you think this is feasible? Why or why not?

Based on the information from the videos, what implications does a lower the pH of ocean water have for marine organisms that build an exoskeleton of calcium carbonate? Do you think that smaller organisms will be more vulnerable to damage by acidic seawater? If so, what are your reasons? What does this imply for the food chain and the marine ecosystems (think about the phytoplankton)?

6A. Has your perception of issues associated with the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from human activities and the health of the oceans changed since doing this exercise? Describe how your perception has changed or how it has not changed?

6B. How do you think a decline in the health of the oceans can or will impact or will not impact the well-being of humans?

Education question

Answer each Question: (1.) Three children are playing outside in the sandbox. Another child comes up and sits next to them. One of the children says to her, “we don’t want to play with you, you talk funny.” (The child is hard of hearing) What do you say and do?—– (2.) A child in your class is missing a finger. In the Dramatic play corner, you hear two children scream when she comes into the Center and runs away saying she’s a monster. The little girl stands there looking sad. What do you do and say?

Often students struggle to succeed because they do not believe in their own capabilities.

Step 1:

Look at the sample point below.

Point:

Often students struggle to succeed because they do not believe in their own capabilities.

Step 2:

Based on the information below, use the 4 step process for incorporating a quote to introduce the quote into the paragraph.

Information:

Article name: “Professor Calls New Mindset Idea Cancerous”

Author name: Luke Wood (who is a professor at San Diego State University)

Quote on page 4 of the text: “Even among [the] most esteemed masters and doctoral students, they have rarely (if ever) been told they have ability, that they are smart, they are brilliant. In fact, these messages are so foreign to them that they often receive them as disingenuous because they have never been told before that they are worthwhile, remarkable, and capable”

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Step 3:

Break down the quote to prepare for analysis/explanation.

Explanation:

Write an explanation that explains the quote and connects in back to the point.

To do so, follow these steps.

First, define the key terms. If you know what they mean, you can write it down. If not, please look the word up in the dictionary.

Esteemed

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Foreign

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Disingenuous

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Remarkable

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Capable

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Second, answer the following questions about the quote:
What does this quote make you think of? Can you connect what the author is saying to anything you have seen in your life? (this is just to help you think about the quote; you would not include personal explanation in the actual explanation).

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Do you agree or disagree with the quote and why?

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How does the quote relate to the Point?

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Is there something here you do not understand (words, ideas, etc.)?

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Is there a question you would like to pose to the author?

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Third, rephrase the quote in your own words. I suggest that you read it one more time and then write down what you think it says without looking at it (pretend you have to tell a classmate what the quote said)

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Fourth: Explain the significance of the quote. How does the quote connect to the point? How does the quote prove the point?

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Step 4:

Write down your explanation. (Put question 3 and 4 above together)

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assessment on why thinking has changed

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to help students to reflect on their thinking about assessment and young children and explore how and why that thinking has changed.

Directions:

Reflect on your thinking about assessment and young children and explore how and why that thinking has changed. Write a response using each of the following sentence stems. Make sure to be specific.

I Used to think about assessing young children…
Now I think assessing young children…

Requirements: long enough to answer

Green chemistry

Reducing our footprint with green chemistry (acs.org)

Requirements: 20 min presentation

task coflict and relationship conflicts impact teams

Discuss how task conflict impacts teams (team trust, team norms, psychological safety, team meetings) and how relationship conflict impacts teams (team trust, norms, psychological safety, team meetings)

– 2 pages (600 words)

– With references

Recent topic in news

Write a paper in which you take a position on a current topic that is, or has
recently been, in the news.
In order to support your position, you will also include these elements:
• A summary of the issue and the different positions on this topic
• Rhetorical analysis of some of the opinion-based journalism on this subject
• Synthesis of differing points of view to build your own
Requirements and additional guidelines:
• 1500-2000 words
• Reference at least three works of written journalism, including at least one relatively “neutral”
source, and two different opinion-based articles.
• Also include one article from either CQ Researcher or Gale Virtual Reference Library
(both available on the DVC library website) that is relevant to your topic.
• In addition to these four text-based sources, you may also cite videos or audio that
represent different political opinions on your topic: think political commentators,
satirical news shows, interviews, etc.
• Be sure that you acknowledge and respond to conflicting points of view, i.e. include
counter-arguments.
• Follow MLA formatting rules (double-spaced, etc.), and include a list of Works Cited in
MLA format.

Other pointers:
• Work to establish a narrow focus that you can realistically address in 1500 words. For
example “President Biden” is not narrow. “Biden’s Build Back Better bill” is better.
“Infighting in the democratic party over the Build Back Better bill” is even better.
• Your thesis should clearly state your point of view on the topic you have chosen.
• Though this paper is about the “what,” i.e. your perspective on your topic, be sure you
build that perspective in part on argument about “how” journalists discuss this topic.
• Here is how I would approach this paper:
1. Begin by reading more neutral sources to get a handle on the topic.
2. Then, free write on the issue to articulate your initial thoughts.
3. Read more opinionated pieces from different sectors of the political spectrum,
annotating carefully, and noting your responses.
4. Add to your free write with any new impressions.
5. Conduct research with the aid of CQ Researcher and/or the Gale Virtual Reference
Library on the DVC library website.
6. Add new impressions to your free write.
7. Begin developing a thesis and an outline, and then write!
• Avoid writing this paper in a structure where each body paragraph corresponds to a
different article. Instead, organize the paragraphs around different parts of the issue and
weave in multiple authors’ views throughout. This is called synthesis.
• Synthesis is an important composition skill where you bring together differing
perspectives in one paragraph. It is very important for this essay (and for the next one), so
be sure not to miss the work we will do in class to develop this skill.

Requirements: 1000

List and describe the particular UI content – the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript libraries, you used that creates the functionality simulared in your app model.

Week 14 – Assignment 6: Building (simulating) a Derby app using PhoneGap

PhoneGap allows developers to work with essentially the same tools (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) used for creating and maintaining websites. When Adobe supported the PhoneGap framework, an installation file would be downloaded which made the setup process simple. However, Adobe announced discontinuance of PhoneGap as of October 1, 2020 (see www.phonegap.com/start). PhoneGap is now a free and open source, but unsupported product. This makes our usage and preview of PhoneGap this week somewhat limited. I want to again start with the user interface for building (simulate building) a PhoneGap application (see pp. 330-331). The requirements for this Derby app is to provide two screens; one that lists all of the teams/leagues and one that lists all the players. When a league/team is selected, the application shows the roster (screen) for the team. When a player is selected, it shows which team (screen) the player belongs to and his/her number.

For our assignment this week ( Assignment 6), you will need to simulate two screens/interfaces; one screen list the Derby teams/header added ( Figure 11:29, p. 334 bottom) and one screen list is a Derby roster search/header added ( Figure 11:30, p. 335 bottom) – refer to our previous lesson on User Interface Design, chapter 4, also see a YouTube video in this week’s Learning Materials on using Figma for modeling. There must be navigation between these screens/pages. With PhoneGap every screen is another HTML page. So you will create your screens as HTML pages then embed the necessary UI elements onto the screen/page. On a website, the “index file” holds the HTML content for the main page. Different tags (head, anchor, page, Div, numbered and unnumbered list, etc.) are wrapped within HTML/BODY code to give the page its features and functionality. Cascade Style Sheets (CSS) can be embodied within the HTML to give dynamic customization/style to pages, and JavaScripts provide animation or interactive functions. Our authors provide examples of HTML script, CSS and useful JavaScript Libraries from which you can leverage for your understanding and simulation. Your goal is to:

first model each screen using Figma; place necessary UI elements onto each screen as desired,
place this model onto a template appropriate for the platform that you are building (iOS, Android, etc.),
then write an explanation describing the HTML/CSS/JavaScript code of each UI element and the functionality it provides for your app.

Download and install Figma (can use comparable SW of your choice) on your computer. This is same as used in previous simulation assignments.

Make one screen shot here that shows you have install the Figma wireframing tool (or a comparable tool of your choice)

* You are ready to start simulating your app (two screens/interfaces that match the two figures above).

First, state what platform (iOS, Android, Windows, etc.) you are simulating. Then be certain to mention any particulars that must exist for that platform (see chapters 6 and 7)
From the Figma widgets/icons library create a mock interface/screen that follows the (Figure 11:29, p.334) – list of Derby teams (Hint: Need to uss CCS and, there must be a scroller, a query, and a storage function like Lawnchair in order for this to work).
From the Figma widgets/icons library create a mock interface/screen that follows the (Figure 11:30, p.335) – a Derby roster search (Hint: Need a text box, a search button and onDeviceReady function)
Place each of these screens onto a mobile app template appropriate for the platform of which you are building (iOS, Android, etc.)

Make a second screen shot showing two screens with placement of UI content provided by HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (this is your final app)

Your app is using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript coding, but you ARE NOT required to do/show any coding for this assignment. Look at the appropriate coding that the authors provide and describe the functionality. Remember – ensure that the JavaScript function onDeviceReady is fired (p.324)

List and describe the particular UI content – the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript libraries, you used that creates the functionality simulared in your app model. Explain each UI element; what code/script provides what functionality for your app.

Make a third screen shot showing placement of content provided by HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (No coding is required)

When you are ready to post, click the Week 14 – Assignment 6: Building (simulating) a Derby app with PhoneGap assignment link, then Either click the ” Write Submission” link and directly paste your screen shots into this assignment box OR Browse your Computer and add the entire Microsoft Word document as an attachment (Mac users, please remember to append the “.docx” extension to the filename).