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Nov 13, 2024
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ENV 116 - Environmental Science Lab Credits: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 2 Practicum Hours: 0 Work Experience: 0 Course Type: Core This lab supplements discussion in ENV 115 Environmental Science. Lab includes laboratory and field work related to environmental science. Emphasis is placed on scientific methodology and investigation. Prerequisite: Enrollment in or prior completion of ENV 115 or equivalent Competencies
- Explain the safety procedures and health rules of the environmental science laboratory
- Identify the locations of safety equipment in the environmental science laboratory
- Comply with safety and health rules of the environmental science laboratory
- Identify scientific issues, concepts, and hypotheses related to environmental science, which may include sustainability, human population growth, population ecology, biodiversity, energy, water resources, soul conservation, modern agriculture, atmospheric
- Identify key components of the issue, concept or hypothesis
- Explain the importance of the issue, concept or hypothesis
- Relate basic scientific principles to the issue, concept or hypothesis
- Relate scientific literature to scientific issues, concepts and hypotheses in environmental science
- Review relevant scientific information
- Select appropriate literature
- Distinguish scientific literature from popular, non-science based literature
- Design a strategy for scientific investigation
- Select appropriate investigative activities
- Describe how each activity will be completed
- Explain how each activity will aid in the investigation
- Organize activities into an appropriate timeline for completion in the allotted timeframe
- Investigate scientific issues, concepts, and hypotheses related to environmental science
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