Environmental Science 20
ES20-AH1
Assess the impact of human activities on indoor and outdoor air quality and the need for regulations and mitigating technologies to minimize risks to human health.
SI, DM
Indicators for this outcome
| (a) | Pose questions regarding how human activities and technologies have influenced air quality. (S) |
| (b) | Investigate the role of stratospheric ozone layer depletion as a contributor towards human health issues such as cancers and cataracts. (STSE, K, A) |
| (c) | Describe the sources of indoor and outdoor air pollutants such as particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, volatile organic chemicals (VOCs), carbon monoxide, lead, tropospheric ozone, sulphuric acid, radon, mold and allergens and their potential effects on human health. (K, STSE) |
| (d) | Analyze the role of various government regulations (e.g., Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) and the National Ambient Air Quality Objectives (NAAQOs)), and legislation (e.g., Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 and The Clean Air Act in Saskatchewan) in minimizing risks to human health. (S, K, STSE) |
| (e) | Investigate the sources and production of industrial and photochemical smog and identify measures that can be undertaken to mitigate their effects to human health. (K, STSE, A) |
| (f) | Design and carry out a process to assess indoor or outdoor air quality, using appropriate technologies to collect and analyze data. (S, A) |
| (g) | Explain the scientific principles underlying technologies and processes such as air scrubbers, baghouse filters, electrostatic precipitators and catalytic converters that were developed to reduce contaminants in motor vehicle and industrial emissions or to improve indoor air quality. (K, STSE, S) |
| (h) | Investigate whether a personal protective device or substance (e.g., sunscreen, mosquito repellent or protective clothing) is effective in protecting a person from an environmental factor that affects human health. (STSE, S) |
| (i) | Develop a generalization about the relationship between human population density and human health. (S, STSE) |
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