UNIT 1 ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ITS CAUSES,

Module 2 ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, AND SUSTAINABILITY

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TIMEFRAME: WEEK 2
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Course Learning Topic Learning Outcome Module Learning
Outcome Outcome
CLO 1: Display the basic TLO 3: Discuss and MLO 1: identify the
principles and concepts Identify the different different environmental
about Environmental environmental problems problems and its causes.
Science;
TLO 4: List and discuss MLO 2: identify and
CLO 2. Recognize the
the existing criticize existing
different Environmental
Environmental law environmental law
Laws existing in the Local
and National;
TLO 5: Describe MLO 3: describe
CLO 3. Discuss the environmentally environmentally
different threats to sustainable society sustainable society
environmental
degradation and its TLO 6: List and discuss MLO 4: Discuss each
impact on human well- the different Sustainable Sustainable
being; Development Goals Development Goals
CLO 4. Assess human
activities that alter the
flow of Biogeochemical
Cycles and
disturbs/destroys
different Ecosystems.
CLO 5. Describe on the
major source of pollution
in different environments
and identify the possible
solutions for these
problems
CLO 6. Reflect on the
negative effects of
human activities that
alter biogeochemical
cycles, destroy
ecosystems, and
increases pollutants on
the environment.

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 CONTENTS
Time
Page
Title Allotment
No.
(Minutes)
Honesty Clause 3
Introduction 4
Activity 1
- What to know
4 15
- What I Needed
- What to do
Activity 2
- What to know
5 15
- What I needed
- What to do
Activity 3
- What to know
6 30
- What I Needed
- What to do
Activity 4
- What to know
7 20
- What I Needed
- What to do
Rubrics
9
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.”

________________________
Name and Signature

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INTRODUCTION
From the previous module, it is stated that the world is rapidly changing.
Some of the changes are beneficial and some are harmful to the earth. These
harmful changes what gives rise to the importance of studying environmental
science. What are these harmful changes? What causes them? What are the
existing laws to prevent or lessen the environmental problem? And what is
sustainability? This learner’s activity will help you seek answer these questions.

ACTIVITY 1 TIMEFRAME: 15 mins

WHAT TO KNOW
Resources are everything that is obtained in the environment in order to
meet our needs and wants. Some of these natural resources are renewable, these
renewable resources can be replenished in days to several hundreds of years
through natural processes as long as it is not consumed faster than its renewal.
Some of our natural resources are not renewable, these non-renewable resources
have fixed quantity and scales up from millions to billions of years before it can be
renewed by the geological processes of the earth. The highest rate at which a
renewable resource can be used without reducing its available supply is called
sustainable yield. When the use of renewable resources exceeds its natural
replenishment rate, destruction of ecosystem and extinction of wildlife that makes
the supply drops is called environmental degradation.

WHAT I NEED (MATERIALS)

• Worksheets • Pen • Internet • mobile phones

WHAT TO DO (PROCEDURE)
Directions: List down the five recent environmental degradation you have
read or heard on the news:

No. Environmental Degradation Causes

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

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Guide Question:
1. Based on the identified environmental degradation and their causes, do
you think we are affected by these environmental degradations? How are
we affected?

2. Which of the environmental degradations you have listed should come first
in priority to deal with? Explain why?

3. In what way does your lifestyle contributes to environmental degradation?

What can you do to correct this lifestyle?

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ACTIVITY 2 TIMEFRAME: 15 MINUTES

WHAT TO KNOW
Environmental Pollution is the degradation on quality and quantity of the
natural resources. In simple words, pollution is the contamination of the
environment by a chemical or other agent such as noise, heat that is harmful to
health, survival, or activities humans or other organisms. There are two sources of
pollutants which are the point source and non-point sources.

WHAT I NEED (MATERIALS):

• Worksheets • Pen

WHAT TO DO (PROCEDURE)
Directions: Using the illustration, identify which shows a point sources and
non-point sources.

1. Which among these illustration shows a

point sources and non-point sources?

2. Based on your answer from number 1, How

do you define point source and non-point source of
Figure 1
pollution?
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Protection Agency, Washington,
D.C. - U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, "NPDES Permit Writers
Manual." EPA 833-K-10-001. p. 1-8.

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 3. Based on your lifestyle, which part of it
contributes to pollution? How are you going to
correct these lifestyles?

Figure 2
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ACTIVITY 3 TIMEFRAME: 30 minutes

WHAT TO KNOW
Based from the previous activity, we have identified environmental
problems and its causes. In order to control these environmental problems,
government created a response through environmental laws which protects the
environments and regulates the businesses that impacts it. What are the
environmental laws that were developed in the Philippines? how can we
enhance these environmental laws? In this activity we will answer these questions.

WHAT I NEED (MATERIALS):

• Worksheets • Pen

WHAT TO DO (PROCEDURES):

Directions: Select one environmental law to read then answer the following
questions. This will be submitted in a presentation. (Powerpoint)

Guide Questions:
1. What is the law all about? Why it is created?

2. What is the scope of the law?

3. Are there any problems you have encountered while reading the contents
of the law? Which part? Please indicate those problems.

4. Should this law be updated in terms of content?

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ACTIVITY 4 TIMEFRAME: 20 minutes

WHAT TO KNOW
Aside from the environmental law created by the government, another
solution is sustainability, It is composed the three pillars: environmental, economic
and social. Since these problems exist globally, the United Nations crafted the
Sustainable Development Goals which is collection of 17 goals designed to
achieve a more sustainable future for all. What is environmentally sustainable
society? What are the 17 goals of sustainable development?

WHAT I NEED (MATERIALS)

• Internet • Mobile Phone or Laptop • Pen •

Worksheet

WHAT TO DO (PROCEDURES):
PART A. Direction: Watch the video and answer the following question
below.

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Guide Questions:
1. How does sustainability define in the video?

2. What are the three pillars of sustainability mentioned in the video and how
are they described in the video?
Three Pillars Description
1.
2.
3.

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 3. Based on what you have watch how would describe living sustainably? Are
you living sustainably? Explain your answer.

PART B. Directions: Identify the 17 sustainable development goals and give a 1

– 2 sentences discussion to each goal. Then answer the question below.

Goal Discussion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.

Guide Questions:

1. What was the reason why sustainable development goal was created?

2. Which of the 17 sustainable development goals are you experiencing?

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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
Miller, G. T., & Spoolman, S. (2010). Environmental Science (13th Edition).
Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.
Fedkin, M. (n.d.). Introduction to Sustainable Building. Retrieved August 2020,
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education.psu.edu/eme807/node/551
Office of Sustainability. (n.d.). Retrieved August 2020, from The University of
Maine: https://umaine.edu/sustainability/what-is-sustainability/
Choudhary, Dr. Mahendra & Chauhan, Govind & Kushwah, Yogesh. (2015).
Environmental Degradation: Causes, Impacts and Mitigation.

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