Republic of the Philippines

PALOMPON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Palompon, Leyte
www.pit.edu.ph

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Mathematics and Science Department

Course : Natural Science 4

Descriptive Title : Environmental Science
Credit : 3 units (Lecture - 2 units, Lab - 1 unit)
Pre-Requisite : None
Time Frame : Lab - 54 hours and Lecture - 36 = 90 hrs
Semester/School Year : 2nd Semester 2013-2014
Instructor : ROMULO G. ALMIA

I. VISION, MISSION AND GOAL

A. Institute
Vision:
An institution of excellence committed to the education and training of globally competitive manpower of the maritime
industry, educational institutions and the industrial world, and a leading partner in the enhancement of the quality of life in the
service area, the country and beyond.

Mission:
PIT as a chartered state maritime and technological institution educates and trains competent and world-class seafarers,
engineers, technologists, teachers and other professionals who are imbued with moral and spiritual values and the sincere
commitment to serve God and people.

Core Values:
Excellence Integrity Creativity Commitment

B. College of Technology and Engineering

Goal:
Make the College of Technology and Engineering a vital educational component of the Institute where students get trained to
become highly skilled and competent craftsmen, technicians, technologists and engineers imbued with managerial and entrepreneurial
 skills through quality instruction, development-oriented research, need-oriented extension and production programs for national
development and an improved quality of life in Northwestern Leyte, the region and the country.

Core Values:
Commitment and Comparison Honesty and Self-discipline

Creativity and Resourcefulness Flexibility and Versatility

Responsiveness and Collaboration

II. COURSE DECRIPTION

This course is intended to provide knowledge, concept, principles , practices and other related information relative to fundamental
knowledge in physics in specific purpose and application in the field of science. It is designed to provide students with the opportunity to
relate traditional concepts and principles in physics to the present concept and principles of physics especially their so many advance
innovations in this field of science.

The course is intended to provide students with insights and information about the present environment condition. The basic task is to make an
integrated part of thinking and action the constructive approach to the environment both pragmatically and philosophically.

Environmental condition is a process recognizing the value and various conceptions with the aim of determining the skills and approaches
necessary for understanding the connection between man, his culture and bio-physical environment. It includes the teaching on determining certain
values and the ability to clearly think of complicated problems which are much political, economic and philosophical as they are technical.

It is therefore the main concern of this course to help students find and understand the different relationships existing between living organism and
their environment. It also attempts to introduce science as a unified enterprise aimed at seeking explanation on the workings of nature.

Objectives Of The Course

General:

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

1. understand the relationship between living organism (especially of man) and his immediate environment;
2. gain a variety of experiences and acquire a basic understanding of the environment and the problems associated with it.
3. help other students or other individuals acquire an awareness of sensitivity to the total environment and to its allied problems.
4. have the opportunity to be actively involved in working out solution of particular environmental problems; and
5. acquire a set of values and feeling of concern for the environment and the motivation to actively participate in environmental improvement and
protection.
 Specific:

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

1. acquire, relate and apply basic knowledge, concepts and principles in physics to engineering problems and challenges;
2. develop students capability in analyzing problems using critical and analytical process which is applicable to decision making;
3. demonstrate skills in problem solving;
4. equip students in using technical specifications and instructions regarding equipments in physics that they will be using in their field
of expertise; and to develop independent learning process with minimal teacher supervision.

IV. COURSE OUTLINE

Institution Subject/Course
Intended Program Intended Intended Teaching and Assessment
Coverage
Learning Learning Outcome Learning Learning Activity Method
Outcome Outcome
Personnel BS Industrial Environmental Focused Written Quiz
Empowerment Technology Science Earth and its Environments Instruction:
The graduates of The students - Earth Systems ( Energy, Matter, and Systems, - Multimedia Oral Recitation
Complementation the program should be able Earth Systems, How Science Studies Earth Presentation and
and should be able to: Systems) Discussion on Board Work
to:
Collaboration - know and apply - Ecology(Understanding the Biosphere, Topics
- Identify and
Understanding Interactions in the Biosphere, The - Demonstration Laboratory
the basic apply basic
Responsiveness Biosphere is a Dynamic and Open System, The Activities Activity
principles and knowledge,
Biosphere and Humans.
foundation that concepts and
- Human Population(Population Basics, Population Guided Instruction Performance
principles in
underlie History and Trends, Population and the and Task
preserving our
environmental Environment) Collaborative
environment.;
concern. - Environmental Change(Environmental Change Learning Written
- knowledge
Around You, Thinking About Environmental - Classroom-based Periodic Exam
how to
- show practical Change, understanding Rates and scales of interactive
improvise
knowledge of Environmental change, Measuring Environmental session (Pair-
machines that is
Change, People and Environmental Change) Problem Solving,
how Earth of great help in
preserving our Peer Tutorial,
systems and Living at Earth System Interfaces Board Work, Oral
Human environment.
- Coasts (Coasts and Earth Systems, Coasts and Recitation, etc.)
- able to know
relationship ends the Biosphere, People and Coasts. on the presented
how to build
in better living. - Watersheds and Rivers(Watersheds and Rivers, topic
greener,
- operationalize Watershed and River Ecology, People and Rivers, - Take-home problem
powering up
preservation of Living with Rivers) sets and
and enhance
our environment. - Weather and Storms(The Dynamic Atmosphere, worksheets
technique to
- come up with Weather, Climate, and the Biosphere, Severe - Recipe-type
having zero
Weather Conditions, People and Severe Weather, Laboratory
new, relevant, waste.
Human Impact on the Atmosphere) Activity
and responsive - Performance Tasks
curriculum to the - Urban Environments (Urbanization, Urbanization
issues being and Earth Systems, Assessing Urban Impacts) Individual
 verified for the Learning:
solutions of out Living with a Dynamic Earth - Individual reactions
environmental - Restless Earth( the moving Geosphere-plate for how to make
Tectonics, Shaping Earth's Surface, Physiography clean
problems.
Environments and Biomes) environment by
- Volcanoes(What Volcanoes Are, Volcanoes and the application of
Earth systems, Volcanoes and People, Living with physics.
Volcanoes)
- Earthquakes(What Earthquakes Are, Where Example:
Earthquakes Occur, Measuring Earthquakes,
Predicting Earthquakes, People and Earthquakes) How would you
- Unstable Land(What is Unstable Land?, Causes separate
of Unstable Land, Living with Unstable Land) aluminum from
waste plastics.
Depending on Earth
- Water (Earth- the Water Planet, Water and Earth
Systems, Earth's Water Resources, People and
Water)
- Earth Soil(How Soil Form, Why Soil is Important,
The Soil Ecosystem, People and Soils, Sustaining
Soil).
- Using Earth's Energy Resources (Why Energy is
Important, Earth's Energy Resources, The
Environmental Concerns of Energy, The Energy
Future)
- Mining(Mineral Resources, Environmental
Concerns, The Mineral Resource Future)
- Can You See The Future?(Constraining the
Future, Engaging for the Future)

V. REFERENCES:

Books

Age of the Earth_101 Evidences of Young Earth

Ahrens, T. Global Earth Physics. A Handbook of Physical Constants

Albany, IN. 47151 USA

American Geological Institute, Environmental Science, Phil Ed. Cengage Learning.

American Geological Institute. Environmental Science, Philippine Edition. Printed in the Philippines by the ESP Printers.

Anderson, D. Theory of the Earth - Oxford. Blackwell Scientific Publication

Beniamino Murgante, Giuseppe Borruso, Alessandra Lapucci - Geocomputation, Sustainability and Environmental Planning

Brown, Harrison. Eco-science Population Resources, and Environment.(1977)

Creation Crisis_Why Young Earth Creationists Could Become Atheists

Earthquake Engineering Handbook

Ecoscience, Population, Resources,Environment.(1977)

Ekkehard Holzbecher Environmental Modeling Using MATLAB

Encyclopedia of Earth and Space Science (7Summits)

Energy - Creative Science & Research - Free Energy from The Earth. Information Big Brother & the Oil Companies do not want you to know!

Environmental.Diplomacy.Negotiating.More.Effective.Global.Agreements. Oxford.University.Press.USA.Feb.1994

Fundamental.Processes.in.Ecology.An.Earth.Systems.Approach. Oxford.University.Press.USA. Oct.2006

Greening.Aid.Understanding.the.Environmental.Impact.of.Development.Assistance. Oxford.University.Press.USA.May.2008

Haranas - The Classical Problem of a Body Falling in a Tube Through the Center of the Earth in the Dynamic Theory of Gravity

Jackson. The Chronologers' Quest_In Search for the Age of Earth

Journal of Social Philosophy-Special Issue- The Global Environment, Climate Change, and Justice . Vol.40no.2.2009

Kastin, Kim and Margie Turrin. Earth Science Puzzle: Making Meaning From Data. Arlington, Virginia. NSTA Press.

Old Earth or Young Earth Belief

P R Sammonds, P. R. and J M T Thompson. Advances in Earth Science From Earthquakes to Global Warming. London, UK: Imperial College
Press

Papadrakakis, M. Computational Methods in Earthquake Engineering - (Springer, 2011) BBS

Science Visual Resources. Earth Science: And Illustrated to Science. A Diagram Group. Chelsea House.

Skinner, Brian J . And Barbara Murck. The Blue Planet, An Introduction To Earth System Science, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

The Global Environment Natural Resources and Economic Growth. Oxford.University.Press.USA Jul.2008

The.Biology.of.Human.Survival.Life.and.Death.in.Extreme.Environments. Oxford.University.Press.USA.Sep.2003

The.Earth.After.Us.What.Legacy.Will.Humans.Leave.in.the.Rocks. Oxford.University.Press.USA.Jan.2009
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Thompson and Turk. Introduction to Earth Science Philippine Edition. Printed in the Philippines by the ESP Printers.

Trauth, M.H. MATLAB Recipes for Earth Sciences.

Zalasiewicz, Jan. The Earth After Us - What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks. with contributions from Kim Freedman. Oxford Press

Multimedia

Crop Circles - Quest For Truth

How.Earth.Made.Us.2010.

National.Geographic.Earth.Investigated.Earth.Without.The.Moon.

Nat Geo Wild - Ultimate Disaster - Earthquake

Nat Geo Wild - Earth Investigated - Cracking The Earth's Crust

Nat Geo Wild - Earth Investigated - Earth Under Water

History.Channel.How.The.Earth.Was.Made

National.Geographic.Our.Atmosphere.Earth.Science

Driest.Place.on.Earth.

The.Deepest.Place.on.Earth.

BBC.Earth.The.Climate.Wars

BBC.Earth.Power.of.the.Planet

BBC.Planet.Earth.The.Future. Saving.Species.

BBC.What.on.Earth.is.Wrong.with.Gravity.

Eco-Tech Series
(1) Building Green
(2) Powering Up
(2) Zero Waste
Prepared by:

ROMULO G. ALMIA
Faculty

Reviewed by: Approved by:

RENE S. DERECHO VIRGINIA S. BELTRAN

Chair, Math & Science Dean,CAS