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Lesson Plan EVS

The document outlines a comprehensive lesson plan for Environmental Science (EVS) covering various topics such as the overview of the environment, air and water pollution, soil pollution, solid waste management, and green chemistry. It includes quizzes, assignments, and innovative write-up activities to evaluate students' understanding. Additionally, it provides a basket of topics for further exploration related to environmental issues and sustainable practices.

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Lesson Plan EVS

The document outlines a comprehensive lesson plan for Environmental Science (EVS) covering various topics such as the overview of the environment, air and water pollution, soil pollution, solid waste management, and green chemistry. It includes quizzes, assignments, and innovative write-up activities to evaluate students' understanding. Additionally, it provides a basket of topics for further exploration related to environmental issues and sustainable practices.

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Lesson Plan EVS (2022-2023)

Sl No. Details of portion to be covered


of
Period

UNIT-I Overview of the environment

01 Overview on environment and importance of environmental


science. The basic idea on different terminologies: pollutants,
contaminant, receptor, sink and threshold limit value (TLV)

02 Components of Earth - Lithosphere, atmosphere, biosphere (the


life zone of the earth) and hydrosphere, different layers of the
atmosphere (troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and
thermosphere) and their composition

03 The concept of black body radiation and albedo, variation of


temperature in the atmosphere with altitude
04 Structural components and chemical composition of the
lithosphere (crust-upper mantle- lower mantle- outer core-inner
core), Components of the hydrosphere

05 Concept of black body radiation and albedo, zero-dimensional


energy balance model.

06 Quiz test- 1

UNIT-II Air Pollution and its control

07 Atmospheric pollutants- Primary pollutants: COx, SOx, NOx, HC


and particulates sources and effects. CFC

08 Secondary pollutants: Smog (oxidizing and reducing scheme)

09 Some important environmental issues due to air pollution:


Depletion of the ozone layer, Green-house effect

10 Global warming, Acid Rain


11 Controlling measures for air pollution cyclone separator,
electrostatic precipitator, bag house filter, catalytic converter
and scrubber

12 Discussion/Doubt clearing

Assignment

UNIT-III Water Pollution and its control

13 Types and sources of water pollutants (oxygen-demanding


wastes, infectious agents, VOC, petroleum products, pesticides
and herbicides

14 Heavy metals, hazardous wastes (toxic, corrosive, reactive,


ignitable, nutrients, sediment, thermal)
15 Wastewater treatment techniques: ultrafiltration, aerobic and
anaerobic treatment

16 Reverse osmosis, electrodialysis, disinfection by chlorination,


ozonization

17 Modern water purification system, significance of water quality


parameters like Hardness

18 Water softening process (permutite), WHO guidelines for


drinking water

19 Quiz test- 2

UNIT-IV Soil pollution and Solid Waste management

20 Soil pollution: sources of pollutants

21 Mitigation measures of soil pollution

22 Types of solid wastes: heavy metal, bio-medical and radioactive


wastes: Sources and effects

23 Toxic and biochemical effects of solid wastes

24 Solid waste management (landfilling, incineration, composting)


Innovative write up
UNIT-V Green Chemistry and EIA

25 Basic principles of green chemistry with examples

26 Matrices to explain greenness, R4M4 model, life cycle analysis


(Cradle to grave approach).

27 Importance, scope and principles of EIA

28 Case study of EIA

Note:
Active learning activities [30 marks]

 Evaluation: Average of 02 Quizzes (Total of 10 marks)


 Assignment: Faculty-specific [10 Marks]
 Innovation/Creation- Innovative write-up from the given basket of
topics. [10 Marks]

BASKET OF TOPICS – EVS


1. Benign Biofuels: Future prospective
2. Biochar: A way to trap carbon with ‘Green Coal’
3. Species relocation: Giving under-threat species a second home

4. Source of petroleum products and their cracking causes the environmental


pollution

5. Oceans: its threat and management


6. Renewable energy future - an approach towards better sustainability

7. Non-conventional energy and the green environment

8. Utilization of wastes as an alternative source of energy

9. Desalination

10. Role of Microbes in Environmental Bioremediation

11. E-Waste and its recovery

12. Earth's natural resources and sustainable living

13. Radiation Pollution: Causes, Effects and Solution


14. Management of huge biomedical waste due to Covid 19 pandemic and its
recycling technology.

15. Grey water management in a rural area

16. Carbon Sequestration: an alternative to minimize CO2 emission

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