Personal Assessment, Individual Take Home Test (due Friday)--today is your only class workday

Use these links as your sources of information

http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/files/petition.pdf

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I.  Make four claims about climate change.   Support them with evidence  from the handouts, and explain your rationale as to whether the claims are correct or in correct.  Each of these should be about a paragraph in length.

II.  We've talked about sustainability and the five-part structure for evaluating sustainability.  Examine each of the steps, starting with Extraction, and explain how each one impacts climate change and HOW you think we can minimize climate change in this step.  Be specific.  Each step should be a paragraph in length.

III.  Over the last week, you have had a chance to recycle items for a holiday drive for the needy.  Indicate the following opinions in at least a sentence or two that is more than just YES or NO.  That means this will be one to three paragraphs.

1. If you chose to brings something in or not.
2. Why you made the choice in #1 (it's not a problem if you didn't bring something in, but tell me if you had already recycled, it wasn't your problem, you don't like giving up stuff, you didn't have time, etc.)
3. If a landfill is a potential tragedy of the commons
4. Three or more types of materials in Iowa that  you think consumers should be required to recycle?
5. If you believe recycled items are your first choice to look at when you go shopping.
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