http://www.teachengineering.org/view_lesson.php?url=collection/cub_/lessons/cub_environ/cub_environ_lesson01.xmllessontext/xmlIntegrated Teaching and Learning Program, environmentengineerinteractionnaturalabioticbioticEnvironmentAbiotic FactorsBiotic FactorsEnvironmental EngineerInteractionLAWS

Students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the interactions within it through written and hands-on webbing activities. They also learn about environmental engineering careers and the roles of these engineers in our society.

Environmental engineers design and build a range of projects and systems in our natural and human-made surroundings. For example, projects that re-direct a river’s natural flow or restore contaminated rivers are types of environmental challenges that engineers take on. They also solve environmental problems that involve air pollution, public health, waste disposal, toxic materials control or land protection, among many others. Describe an environment.Identify interactions taking place in an environment.Appreciate the degree to which living and non-living things depend on one another.Classify parts of the environment as either biotic or abiotic.Identify and understand the roles of environmental engineers in our society. 50TeachEngineering.orgAmy KolenbranderJessica ToddMalinda Schaefer ZarskeJanet YowellChandler, Pauline. Environmental Issues (Hand-On Minds-On Science Series): Intermediate, Westminster, California: Teacher Created Materials, Inc., 1994.Durell, Ann, Craighead George, Jean and Paterson, Katherine (eds). The Big Book For Our Planet (First Edition), New York: Dutton Children’s Books, 1993.Kerrod, Robin. Let’s Investigate Science – The Environment, New York: Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 1994.McFadden (ed). Science Plus – Technology and Society (Level Red), Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1993.http://www.discoverengineering.org/http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/wue/cool_careers.htmlhttp://www.mines.edu/academic/envsci/ufield.htmlS11416CDInternational_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyC. Things that are found in nature differ from things that are human-made in how they are produced and used. 35S1142566ColoradoScienceb. Identify the components that make a habitat type unique 44United StatesCopyright 2012 - Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulderhttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2011-05-104Teacher