UNIT 1 THE INTERDISCIPLINARY NATURE OF

Module 1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

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 TIMEFRAME: WEEK 1
Course Learning Topic Learning Outcome
Module Learning
Outcome Outcome
MLO 1: Discuss the how
TLO 1: discuss the
environmental science
multidisciplinary nature
CLO 1. Display the basic becomes
of environmental
principles and concepts interdisciplinary
science
about Environmental
TLO 2: awareness on the
Science MLO 2: Explain the need
need to study
to study environmental
environmental science
Science
LEARNING OUTCOMES:

At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

Contents
Title Page Time
Allotment
(Minutes)
Honesty Clause 2
Introduction 3
• Activity 1
- What to know
3 10 min
- What I Needed
- What to do
• Activity 2
- What to know
4 15 min
- What I needed
- What to do
• Rubrics for Guide Questions
5
• References

HONESTY CLAUSE
“The College takes a strict view of cheating in any form, deceptive fabrication, plagiarism and violation
of intellectual property and copyright laws. Any student who is found to have engaged in such
misconduct will be subject to disciplinary action by the College.”

________________________
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INTRODUCTION
The environment is defined as surroundings that have the conditions for
living organisms to operate. It includes the living and non-living components such
as air, water, and energy which we interact in a complex web interconnection
from us to another and to the world we live in.
It is where we get resources needed to stay alive and healthy such as clean
water, air, food, shelter, and energy. As a result, we are part of, and not apart,
from the rest of nature. This module is an introduction to environmental science.

ACTIVITY 1: TIMEFRAME: 10 MINUTES

WHAT TO KNOW!
Environmental Science is an
interdisciplinary study, (see
figure1), of how humans interact
with the living and nonliving
components of their environment.
What makes environmental
science an interdisciplinary field?
What are its main goals? Let’s find
out in the succeeding activities.

WHAT I NEED (MATERIALS)

• worksheet • pen

WHAT TO DO (PROCEDURE)
DIRECTIONS: Answer the following question by filling the box or the table
below them.

1. Based on figure 1, What makes environmental science an interdisciplinary

field?

2. Listed below are the discipline in which ideas are integrated to study
human interaction with its environment. Identify what each discipline
studies and what are the information and ideas we get from them.

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 Discipline What does its study? Ideas from their studies
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
Mathematics
and ICT

3. How do the ideas interact with each other? How do the interactions of
ideas are used?

4. Base from you answer to 2, what do you think are the goals of
environmental science?

1.
2.
3.

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ACTIVITY 2 TIMEFRAME: 15 MINUTES
WHAT TO KNOW:
Nowadays, the world are changes rapidly that some of the changes are
beneficial and some changes are harmful to the earth. Environmental science
helps us to study these rapid changes and how it affects the world we lived in.

WHAT I NEED:
• internet • cellphone • worksheet • pen

WHAT TO DO:
DIRECTIONS: List down some recent the changes happened to the world
and discuss its relationship to environmental science.
Changes Relation to environmental science
1. Population Exponential Growth consumption of natural resources
2.
3.
4.
5.
Guide Questions:
1. Based on the list of changes and its relation to environmental science, how
do you think environmental science help us in those changes?

2. Why do you think environmental science is important to study?

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 RUBRICS FOR GUIDE QUESTIONS
NAME:
Yr. & Section

EXCELLENT VERY GOOD GOOD POOR

CRITERIA
4 3 2 1
COMPLETION: At least 85% of 60 to 70% of Less than half
All questions
the questions the questions of the
Number of questions were
were were questions were
successfully
successfully completed successfully successfully successfully
completed.
completed. completed. completed.
TYPE OF RESPONSES: Sporadic but
Most of the
All of the more than Less than half
Response to questions answers were
answers to the
half of the of the answers
questions were
are written in complete written in answers were were written in
written in
sentences. complete written in complete
complete
sentences. complete sentences.
sentences.
sentences.
QUALITY OF RESPONSES: Somewhat
Not careless; careless, but
Quality of work very legible. Not careless and can read
Very careless
and illegible.
(Neatness) and Work is fairly legible. some of the
Work consist of
conventions adhered to. exemplary; Work consist of 5 writing. Work
too many
has less than to 9 spelling or consist of 10
spelling or
4 spelling or grammatical to 15 spelling
grammatical
grammatical errors. or
errors.
errors. grammatical
errors.
ACCURACY: Close to 100%
About 60% of Less than half
of the About 80% of
Answers/responses are questions are the questions
the questions of the
are accurate questions are
on point (correct) and correct or on are correct or on
or on point. properly
well thought out. point. Very point. Well
Fairly well answered with
well thought thought out.
thought out. little thought.
out responses.
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References
Cunningham, M. (2013, May 14). What is Environmental Science? - Definition and Scope
of the Field. Retrieved August 2020, from Study.Com:
https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-environmental-science-definition-
and-scope-of-the-field.html
Miller, G. T., & Spoolman, S. (2010). Environmental Science (13th Edition). Brooks/Cole
Cengage Learning

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