Day 1: Monday, October 2nd, 2017 Cody arrived late for the Mathematics class. Cody appeared agitated and bad-tempered, precipitated by his morning encounter with the Vice principle, Ms Mitchell. He appeared distracted and did not concentrate in the morning session. Carole Pope successfully engages Cody – who was moody throughout...
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Homosexuality has long been a topic of interest for anthropologists. While some of them tried to explain the patterns of homosexual behaviors in humans, others sought to explore similar behaviors in animals. Primates are probably the most extensively studied mammalian species. Anthropologists have produced a rich body of observational evidence...
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The Louisiana delta wetland is in the southeast corner of Louisiana as shown in Figure 1. Beginning about 100 years ago, the Mississippi River has been diverted in various locations both within and outside of Louisiana for the purposes of fresh water supplies, flood protection, and recreational use. This has...
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Developed by Urie Bronfenbrenner in 1970, ecological systems theory is a groundbreaking work that has had tremendous influence on the field of education and childcare in general. The theory is based on two propositions. First, humans develop through processes of increasingly more complex interactions between “an active, evolving biopsychological human...
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Global climate change is occurring due to the infusion of man-made greenhouse gases which is disrupting the global carbon cycle. The most prevalent greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide (C02), emitted predominantly by burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil. The earth's forests play a significant role in the global...
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Soil erosion can be caused by practices such as overgrazing, overcultivation and deforestation. These practices and methods to correct them are discussed below. Overgrazing refers to situations where there is such intensive use of grassland for grazing that grass production cannot keep it. The result is that the land turns...
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There is a distinction between weather and climate. While weather refers to the short-term variations in the atmospheric phenomena interacting with the environment, climate points out at the long-term pattern of the atmospheric phenomenon. The normal way of defining climate is to consider the statistical average of the weather conditions...
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“The Historical Roots of our Ecological Crisis” is the article by Lynn White which appeared in the Science journal back in 1967. The author covers the story of the development of human beliefs about the environment, as well as the changes in the attitudinal aspects that are concerned with the...
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During the past millennium, the expansion of Europeans has altered the course of history dramatically. However, while majority of historians have focused on the European influence on culture, government, and other human or political affairs, Crosby (1988) explores how the expansion of Europeans altered life on earth literally not only...
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Introduction In the modern world, many environmental problems exist. Some plants and animals are threatened with extinction. For instance, such situations concern the chimps and the trees. This paper explains why chimps and trees are ecologically and socially valuable, why they are disappearing, and what will happen if they go...
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Introduction Deforestation is an issue which affects many parts of the globe. The ramifications of deforestation are manifold, and regardless of where deforestation occurs those ramifications seem to follow a certain course. Sri Lanka is no different. Of the environmental issues which face Sri Lanka, deforestation is perhaps the most...
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I doubt many people would disagree with the assertion that Florida is a beautiful state. It is lush and colorful, boasting many beautiful waterways and diverse plant and animal life. However, some of that diverse life is not native to the state, and though they may contribute to the beauty...
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An ecological system or ecosystem is essentially a self-regulating natural community of plants and animals interacting with each other and with their non-living environment. In other words, an ecosystem consists of all the organisms and the abiotic pools with which they interact. The term ecosystem was coined by the British...
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Before taking this course, I truly believed that taking an individualized approach was more efficient in providing solutions for social justice than a transformative ecological approach. I thought that, by focusing on an individual, that individual could be helped more than by putting that individual into a generalized category. However,...
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Abstract Individuals play a vital role in the grand scale of social structure. However, even though individuals are unique and should be considered as different from another person, does amelioration through individual interventions trump transformation through ecological interventions? This paper will discuss the pros and cons of amelioration through both...
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After reviewing both articles, the major biological components of an ecosystem include: non living and living. Human activities will affect non living components through the utilization of natural resources to run the modern world. This will cause various forms of CO2 to go into the atmosphere. At the same time,...
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Introduction Plants and flowers make any house a home. They bring life and color to the room, instantly uplifting moods and providing beauty. While visiting a friend, a beautiful bouquet of flowers caught my attention and a curiosity arose of how long these flowers would last. Upon inquiry, sucrose was...
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Introduction The academic discipline of psychological science, as we regard it, is one among the most important branches of knowledge that has seen to a better understanding of humanity hence, ameliorating human’s relations at all significant social settings (White, 2000). It is from this rational grounds, and in regards to...
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Bleidorn, W. et al. (2010). Nature and Nurture of the Interplay Between Personality Traits and Major Life Goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99(2), 366-379. Summary: This article focuses on the genetic (nature) and environmental (nurture) sources of the interplay between the Big Five personality traits and major life...
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The question concerning the allocation of natural resources is one of the fundamental global issues of human existence: namely, there is a clear imbalance extant in the world between rich and poor nations. Thinkers such as Garrett Hardin have suggested the metaphor of a lifeboat to describe this situation. In...
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The main point of these three readings is the interpretation of nature and the effects that men have upon nature’s development and nature’s destruction. In the piece written by Bass, he describes the way that Yellowstone’s natural balance had been offset to where elk were eating the grass bare, and...
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Question 1. Compare Acid Deposition to Air Born Particulate pollution. Acid Deposition (which includes Acid Rain, Snow, Fog and Dry Deposition) is a large-scale regional air pollution problem. In the U.S., it impacts mainly the Northeast Region and higher elevation areas of the Southeast. Nitrogen and sulfur oxides are emitted...
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Since the beginning of time, man has attempted to take advantage of nature in ways that will benefit him. In some ways, nature is subdued by man. He is able to make fire, to cut down trees and make shelter, and capture and enclose animals and grow food for substance....
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I have been fortunate enough to travel to many of the major global cities in the world such as New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo. One of the common themes shared by these cities is that they remind of the tremendous progress by mankind. But progress rarely comes without costs...
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Nature versus nurture had been a debate for decades. Nature refers to one’s inborn genetic traits that can lead to certain behavior, such as being an introvert, shy, or having a hot temper. On the contrary, nurture refers to one’s behavior and social traits being shaped by environmental factors, such...
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