Europe Map Practice…Test COMING SOON

• Turn to the next blank page in your Europe Section and number 1-15 for Political Map Practice.

• Under that, number 1-10 for Physical Map Practice.

Opening

• What are “environmental issues?” • Are there any that affect you and your

family?

Possible Problems

• Pollution in air• Pollution in lakes, rivers• Littering• What else?

SS6G9The student will discuss

environmental issues in Europe

a. Explain the major concerns of Europeans regarding the issues such as acid rain in Germany, air pollution in

the United Kingdom, and the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.

Learning Target

• I will be able to explain the impact of smog on the economy and population of the United Kingdom.

Make this chart on the next blank page in your Europe section.

SMOG in U.K.Causes

Effects on the Environment

Effects on the People

Solutions

Causes

• Smoke + fog = SMOG

Air Pollution in the United Kingdom

• What are the primary causes of air pollution in the U.K.?

Power stations

Vehicle emissions

Bad coal

• What effects does air pollution have on the environment of the U.K. and that of neighboring countries?

Damage to vegetation

Pollutes the atmosphere

Damage to fish stocks, forests, etc

Examples of Air Pollution in the U.K.

Effects of Air Pollution on People

• Harmful to humans

• Creates acid rain

• Causes respiratory disease

Brainstorm

Talk with your neighbor about possible solutions to this smog…

Europe’s Environmental Issues: SS6G9What is it? Causes Effects on

the Environment

Effects to the people

Solutions to the problem

Real Historical Examples

Air PollutionCreates smog when it is concentrated

-Exhaust + NoX + Sunshine = Smog

-Factories and power plants-Vehicle exhaust-Dense population (city)-Exhaust -trapped air-over production (Industrial Revolution)

-seeps in everywhere

-greatly harms plants and animals (food supply)

-dense fog blanket

-deaths & respiratory diseases (lungs)-Blackout (can’t see)-eyes and throat burning-closed business = no work -HUGE $ loss

-car emission laws

-Cleaner energy-sources

-Carpooling

-Less production

Dec. 1952 Great London Smog (U.K.)

Smog in the UK: SS6G9• What Causes Smog? (3 min) news report on

Youtube:• https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVcFps_gWpk

• 13 min Documentary on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkx-2mT1-q4

• Primary Source Pictures (use OPTICS to analyze): http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2012/dec/05/60-years-great-smog-london-in-pictures

Ticket out the door!!!!

• In your own words, you need to explain the IMPACT of smog on the UK’s population, environment, and economy.

Opening:Write a caption that explains each of

these pictures (separately). Write what YOU THINK is happening here & why.

1 2

Acid Rain in Germany

Causes of Acid Rain

Effects on People

Effects on Environment

Solutions

Learning Target

• I will be able to explain the impact of acid rain on the economy, environment, and population of Germany.

SS6G9: Acid Rain in Germany• Video explaining how air pollution creates acid rain:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2ryRDgCgCs• How does Acid Rain affect plants?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RValqMHlmsg• Informative Websites on Acid Rain

– Generally with diagrams and reasons: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/acidrain.html

– in Germany: http://acidraingermany.webs.com/• Prezi on Acid Rain in Germany:

http://prezi.com/d2dt9779sjbx/acid-rain-in-germany/

Acid Rain in Germany

• What causes acid rain? Acid rain occurs when factories’ smoke or

vehicles’ exhaust containing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides go up into the atmosphere and comes back down to earth in the form of harmful precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)

Dry deposits also fall from the sky when

there is no precipitation.

Illustration of how acid rain occurs

Effects of Acid Rain

• What effects does acid rain have on the environment of Germany and that of neighboring countries? Damage to vegetation Damage to lakes, rivers and streams Contamination of drinking water Damage to buildings and monuments

Sulfur deposits from acid rain are carried through the air causing acid rain in other countries in Europe.

Effect on Humans?

• Just read... No notes yet!

Damage Due to Acid Rain

How does ACID RAIN affect the economy of Europe TODAY?

Damage to fish stocks and forests have great economic impact to local economy and international trade.

Damage to buildings resulting in money having to be spent to renovate.

Closure of many factories resulting in lost wages.

All of these “fixes” cost money!!

What can be done about air pollution?

• Use of cleaner fuels, emission controls and advanced engine technologies.

• European Union members have agreed to the Kyoto Protocol, or reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses

• Find alternative energy sources• Conserve resources

Acid rain and smog?? Cousins???

• How are acid rain and air pollution related?

Air pollution rises into the air and returns as acid rain in the form of precipitation or

a “dry fall”.

Air pollution is carried from the U.K. to

other countries by air currents resulting

in acid rain in those countries as well.

Europe’s Environmental Issues: SS6G9What is it? Causes Effects on

the Environment

Effects on people

Solutions to the problem

Real Historical Examples

Acid Rain

Air Pollution (smog/ NOx) mixes withRain Clouds

Air Pollution & Smog(see air pollution notes)

Excessive Burning of Fossil Fuels (NOx)

Destruction of Buildings, statues, monuments…etc.

Diseased soil = damages plants

Diseased Animals & fish

Contaminated food & Water sources

Massive $ loss (restorations & repairs)

Cut down on the pollution (see air pollution notes)

Use of Clean Energy & Clean Fuels

Germany:-Monuments-Buildings-Black Forrest destroyed

Reflection

• On the next blank page, create a warning poster/cartoon warning residents in Germany or UK of the dangers of smog or acid rain.

Optional Closing: Answer these ?s in complete sentences:

1) Find UK and Germany on a map. How does Air Pollution in one place create Acid Rain in another?

2) Would it be fair to blame the people of the UK for the effects from the Acid Rain that Germany has? Why, or why not?

3) Would it be reasonable to charge those people of the UK renovation taxes ($$)? Why, or why not?

Writing Journal- Put on next blank page in Europe Section of

notebook.

If you were told that you HAD to evacuate your home and you would NEVER be able to return, what is the one thing other than family you would take with you and why?

Learning Target

I will be able to explain the causes and effects of the Chernobyl disaster.

Chernobyl Nuclear DisasterApril 26, 1986

What was Chernobyl? When did it happen?

How did the disaster occur?

Consequences on people

Consequences on environment

What DID the government do and what should they have done differently?

Nuclear power is ______.

A Cleaner Energy Source…

• Nuclear power, or nuclear energy, is the use of exothermic nuclear processes, to generate useful heat and electricity

• Cheaper and cleaner energy … as long as everything works correctly…

•

What is nuclear energy?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7LO8lL4Ai4

Nuclear Plants around the Earth

Chernobyl

What and How?• Chernobyl is a nuclear power plant in Ukraine,

and on April 26, 1986, the nuclear power plant outside of this town had the worst nuclear disaster in history.

• An explosion occurred when scientists were doing an experiment.

• The explosion released radioactive material into the atmosphere.

• The release of this material resulted in long term environmental consequences in Ukraine and other countries across Europe.

Radiation Plume from Explosion

How Radioactive Materials Spread Through the Atmosphere

General Map of Chernobyl Fallout Throughout Europe

1996

Radiation Animation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_USpAPkAd5A

Observations, Predictions…

Chernobyl Disaster, cont.• Most deaths were attributed to nuclear

fallout which was more than 400 times more than the amount of nuclear fallout caused by the bomb over Hiroshima.

• Evacuation and resettlement of over 360,000 people… didn’t start until 3rd day after explosion!

• The Soviet Union tried to cover up the critical nature of the accident. – Firefighters did not know that the fire

they were fighting contained deadly amounts of radiation poison.

• Most of these men died within 3 months after the accident.

Chernobyl Disaster, cont.

• The residents of the city of Pripyat, where the reactor was located, were told that the evacuation would only be temporary. To this day there are still personal belongings in homes in the city.

• Radioactive fallout experienced as “pieces” on people’s clothes all over Europe.

• By December, 1986, a huge concrete dome had been constructed to entomb the reactor.

How did Chernobyl affect the people?

• Agriculture in other parts of Europe suffered. • Affected land made useless in the Soviet Union.• Loss of jobs due to closed reactors• Evacuation of homes• Health issues- cancer, birth defects, death

What were the effects on the agriculture and economy?

• Land Contamination• Economic impact on East and North European farmers• Payments to victims and high medical costs• Did not effect just Chernobyl, but spread to surrounding

countries by air currents.

• This disaster still effects people and land TODAY. • This nuclear disaster was the worst in history.

Health Effects Video (4 min) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPs2GSgeV6I

Europe’s Environmental Issues: SS6G9What is it?

Causes Effects on Environment

Effects on people

Solutions Real Historical Examples

Nuclear Disaster

Nuclear Power Station, creating cleaner & cheaper energy, made a mistake and one of the 4 reactors blew up filling the air with radiation.

Everything contaminated (water, plants, animals, food…etc.)

Deformed plants and animals

*Spread all over Europe contaminating other countries

-Cancers & other sickness& diseases

- Had to move (refugees)

-Mental & physical disabilities

-Gov. acted too slow

*Long wait time in tasking action against the problem caused bad effects.

-Evacuation-wearing gas masks-Spreading info-Laws

Chernobyl in Pripyat, Ukraine: April 26, 1986 nuclear power plant exploded spreading toxic air all over Europe

Photos of the Effects of the Chernobyl Disaster

Articles:• http://www.nuclear.com/a

rchive/2012/07/03/20120703-002.html

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4925838.stm

• http://www.wecf.eu/english/press/coverage/2011/freshoutlook-nuclearwecf.php

The USSR Gov’. covered it up!• Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPs2GSgeV6I• Secret Documents:

http://www.dianuke.org/secret-chernobyl-documents-expose-the-cover-up/• Articles:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=worlds-largest-movable-structure-seal-chernobyl-reactor

Media & Videos• What Really Happened:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfKm0XXfiis• 10 Interesting Facts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWwhRjGBNb4• Websites:

– http://www.paperlessarchives.com/chernobyl_nuclear_accident_doc.html

– http://www.wagingpeace.org/menu/action/urgent-actions/chernobyl/

– http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chernobyl-the-catastrophe-that-never-ended/

Smog

Acid Rain

Similarities

Chernobyl

EQ: How is a political cartoon different from one you would find in the Sunday paper?

Steps to Analyzing a Political Cartoon

• Look at your two-sided sheet…

Learning Target

• I will be able to construct a paragraph about the Great Smog in the UK.

Before Reading a Nonfiction Article

• Place boxes around the title and subtitles.• Number the paragraphs. (11 of them)

How will this help you?

“The Great Smog of 1952”

• Circle key terms (vocabulary).• Underline causes of the smog.• HIGHLIGHT the effects of the Smog.

Bubble Map

Smog of

1952

Causes

Effects

Solutions

NEW

For a Grade

• Using ONLY the information put on your bubble maps, write a chunked paragraph about how the smog impacted the United Kingdom.

• But I have a surprise about the writing! Guess what it is?

Chunk ParagraphSentence #1: TS = Topic Sentence• Tells what your paragraph is about• Responds directly to the prompt in your own words

 

Sentence #2: CD = Concrete Detail• Provides an example from text to support your main idea• “For example…”

Sentence #3 and #4: CM = Commentary Sentences• “This shows that…” or “This is important because…”• Thoughts about your Concrete Detail in your own words

Sentence #5: CS = Concluding Sentence• “As a result” or “Further more”• Wraps up your paragraph• The last sentence in a body paragraph • ALL Commentary. No new information or facts

How did the smog affect the UK?