It
is one of the courses that touch on the life of humanity, where the alarm
sounds about the problems that are facing the environment, at a time when
pollution has increased dramatically and has become widespread in a way that
hardly any element of the natural elements, nor any developed or underdeveloped
country, has increased, so the danger has increased, so the aim of this course
is to Enhancing environmental awareness among students with the aim of human
safety, preserving natural resources and making good use of them, and alerting
them to the dangers that threaten the environment by studying the following
concepts: Pesticides, lunch pollution, radioactive pollution, hazardous waste,
noise pollution, the concept of environmental awareness
Intended learning outcomes
The
student will acquire a lot of knowledge and skills after passing this course,
represented in knowing the concept of the environmental problem and its causes,
the concept of pollution linguistically and scientifically, and the comparison
between the sources of pollution and its causes. It is important to show air
pollution and the speed of its spread, whether it is natural pollution
(volcanoes, dirt and dust) or human pollution (cities, industrial activity,
etc.), and to compare them, and to explain how ground and surface water is
polluted, its causes and impact on public life, and to show How is sea water
polluted? He can explain ways of polluting soil and vegetation with pesticides,
design new strategies for farmers to reduce the use of pesticides, which in
turn affect food contamination, show nuclear radioactive contamination and
criticize the policy of hazardous waste disposal to limit the spread of its
negatives.
To explain noise pollution, and be able to write a
report on positive trends towards environmental awareness
Teaching and learning methods
Scientific
lectures, dialogue and group discussion, working papers, using maps, and
projectors. Scientific trips to find out about environmental pollution
Methods of assessments
Midterm
exam: 20%
- Various activities:
20%
- Final exam: 60%
Course
Content Time Distribution
- The concept of the
environmental problem, and its causes, the first week
- Pollution
understood, confiscated, causes of the second week
Air
pollution and its spread. the third week
- Natural pollution,
volcanoes, dirt and dust, the fourth week
- Human pollution,
cities, industrial activity, fifth week
- Water pollution
(pollution of groundwater + surface water) the sixth week
