05.09.2025 - Environmental Science - Tiny House - #1

 Small House Exploration (in California) #1

     A “Tiny House,” for this assignment, will be considered to be 500 square feet or less. As we explore ways to make homes energy efficient … make a slide for each of the following.

1. Look up a California BIOME where your would like to place your home. What are the unique environmental challenged you’ll face in your chosen biome? (Heat? Snow? Salt air? Air, etc?)
2. Find a picture of a tiny home that actually exists that is close to what you’d like to build.
3. Show a slide on SOLAR POWER and how many solar cells it will take to meet your home’s energy requirements.
4. Make a slide showing how water will be used and conserved. Well water? Capturing rain? What types of water savings can you incorporate into your tiny home?
5. Make a slide showing how your house will be heated and cooled to keep it comfortable. Remember PASSIVE energy savings!

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 California Water - #2

     One slide for each number please :-) - Include an answer to each question and a picture will illustrates the issue, question, or solution.

1. Show some of ways Los Angeles has tried to conserve water in an effort to save Mono Lake.
2. Artificial turf is sometimes listed as a way to save water. List three BENEFITS artificial turf fields for home and schools.
3. Artificial turf has been studied for releasing “forever chemicals” into the environment. What IS a forever chemical? (Give three examples.)
4. What are the impacts on HUMANS and WILDLIFE of PFOS and “forever chemicals?”
5. WHY - if plastic is not, generally, recycled and plastic is so harmful to our environment - is plastic production INCREASING?
6. What chemicals go into the production of PLASTIC?
7. Name two advantages and two disadvantages of BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC.
8. YOUR opinion on TURF. Write a minimum of 50 words on your opinion, based on your reading, regarding artificial turf use for schools. Should it be allowed or not allowed for children to play on? WHY?

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