Environmental science : active learning laboratories and applied problem sets / Travis Wagner and Robert Sanford.

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_ Introduction -- Pt. 1 : General information -- Laboratory health & safety procedures -- Writing laboratory reports -- Pt. 2 : Labs -- Environmental awareness -- Science and the popular media -- The Greening of campus -- Environmental site inspection -- Life cycle assessment -- Urban ecosystems -- Experimental design : range of tolerance -- Experimental design : environmental contamination -- Landscaping for energy conservation -- Human survivorship changes -- Dowsing for water -- Aquatic species diversity -- Environmental forensics -- Field trip : sewage treatment plant -- Field trip : wetlands mitigation -- Field trip : water treatment plant -- Global climate change and automobiles -- Indoor air quality inspection -- Soil characterization -- Landfill planning and placement -- Pollution prevention : solid waste -- Field trip : solid waste management -- Toxicity testing and the LC₅₀ -- Environmental risk ranking -- Sampling for environmental pollutants -- Indoor energy conservation -- Lung power -- Pt. 3 : Applied problem sets -- The Scientific method : observation and hypotheses -- The Scientific method : results and discussion -- Quantification of environmental problems -- Ecosystem diagram -- Biogeochemical concept diagram -- Global warming, CO₂, and you -- Recognizing human impacts -- Ecological footprints and sustainability -- Oil consumption and future availability -- Water quality and consumer choice -- Local environmental risk -- Society and waste -- Introduction to environmental modeling -- Ecological identity -- Trophic levels and the Scarborough Marsh -- Trophic ecology of humans : the best guess breakfast interview -- The Greening of business -- Pesticides and food -- Review and reflection -- Pt. 4 : Appendices -- Glossary -- The Metric system -- Conversion factors -- Numerical prefixes -- About the authors.