Week # 13 - Nov. 30 - Dec. 7


Thirteenth Week Assignments due Dec. 7.

Topic 13
No Lab this week - catch up on any late work.

Last 2 Weeks! This week and then final exam week.

Assignments Past Due:
Topic 12: Solid Waste Disposal
HOME Lab #6 - Properties, Classification, and Recycling Plastics

This is also a good time to catch up on any back work - you can go back and do any work that you have not completed with a loss of 1 point on topics and issues. Labs, I do not assess the late point. The absolute final deadline for all work is Friday, Dec. 16 at midnight.


Exam # 4 is now available online and due on Wed, May 20. Absolutely NO EXCEPTIONS. The Exam Menu for various form of the exam is also posted as well.***Please Check out*** Sample Answer for the last question on the exam.

 

 Thirteenth Week Assignments due Dec. 11.

1. On-line Lecture Discussion Topic 13: Do the readings in the text book and correlate that with the Topic 13: Hazardous Waste Disposal .

The molecule report is on hazardous chemicals. Content A questions are on superfund sites. Try to relate all three parts of the question - select a superfund site, select a problem chemical at that site, and select a method to treat that chemical (if possible).

Issue question: CASE STUDY: A CIVIL ACTION

DID TRICHLOROETHYLENE IN GROUND WATER FROM W.R. GRACE COMPANY CAUSE A CLUSTER OF LEUKEMIA DEATHS IN WOBURN, MASS.?

"A Civil Action" is a book by Jonathan Harr, and subsequent Hollywood movie of the same name, which documents a court trial in Woburn, Massachusetts. W.R. Grace Company and several other companies were accused of contaminating the drinking water, which in turn lead to a cluster of leukemia cancers. In this case study, we will look at a series of documents about the trial, subsequent studies, and the EPA Superfund Cleanup to conduct some research in the Content B questions.  After researching the the original trial and subsequent studies, you will be the jury for the retrial of this case. There are many documents in this case study, since it will be quite time consuming to read all of them, each student will concentrate on one or more and summarize the main points for the other students. Then the other students can read the summaries for their decision about the trial which will be reported in the issue question.

Please look in the issue to find your specific assignment, for round one of the discussion. It is important that everyone get online early in the week to get your research completed in Content B questions so that everyone can read your work to help decide on the final issue question.

3. On-Line Course Evaluation (this is due on Friday, Dec. 16): I realize that you have many things to complete, but I would certainly appreciate it if you took some time to reflect upon the on-line course so that I may improve it for others, as well as, explain the pros and cons to my faculty colleagues.

Your grade will not be influenced by any comments that you may make.