Urban Environmental Quality and Human Health: Conceiving a Sustainable Future

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 08.07.09

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Overview
  3. Rationale
  4. Objectives
  5. Strategies
  6. Annotated Reading Lists
  7. Standards
  8. Notes

The Effect of Vehicular Emissions on Human Health

Ronni Esther Rossman

Published September 2008

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Standards

Pennsylvania Science Standards

  • S1. All students explain how scientific principles of chemical, physical, and biological phenomenon have developed and relate them to real-world situations.
  • S2. All students demonstrate knowledge of basic concepts and principles of physical, chemical, biological and earth sciences.
  • S5. All students construct and evaluate scientific and technological systems using models to explain or predict results.
  • S7. All students evaluate advantages, disadvantages and ethical implications associated with the impact of science and technology on current and future life.
  • S9. All students demonstrate basic computer literacy, including word processing, software applications, and the ability to access the global information infrastructure, using current technology.
  • S3.8. All students will recognize that technology and scientific knowledge influence society through the impact of their products and processes.
  • S4.3.12.A - Analyze the complexity of environmental health issues.

National Standards

  1. . Unifying Concepts and Processes: evidence, models, and explanation
  2. . Science as Inquiry: abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
  3. . Life Science: biological evolution
  4. . Life Science: behavior of organisms
  5. . Science in Personal and Community Perspectives: personal and community health

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