What other abbreviations do you use in your lab notebook?
Ex.1.21 In pairs, decide how you might represent each of the following in a lab notebook:
| 1 decreases 2 degrees Celsius 3 kelvin 4 greater than or equal to 5 positive | 6 volume per volume 7 without 8 two to one ratio 9 hours 10 concentration |
Ex.1.22 Have you ever used a lab notebook software package? Read a graduate student’s notes about the advantages of using an electronic lab notebook and complete them with one word in each gap:
| · It’s easy for people to (1) ____________ information. · You don’t have to try understand someone else’s (2) ____________. · You can (3) ____________ your own lab book. · All the (4) ____________ you make are automatically highlighted. · The packages can be adapted to fit your (5) ___________ requirements. · It’s much (6) ____________ than a paper lab book. |
Ex.1.23 In pairs, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using an e-notebook. Then either use lab notebook software or a paper lab notebook to make notes about your current experiments.
| Listening |
Ex. 1.24 Listen to six people speaking about how they feel about environmental issues. Match the speakers from A to F with the statements from 1 to 7. There is one statement in the list that you do not need. Complete the table below:
1. I feel unhappy because I can’t change public attitude to our planet.
2. I would like to see new energy saving laws introduced.
3. I am afraid of the after-effects of human activities.
4. I am sure that wise attitude to basic earth supplies is necessary.
5. I do not want my family to live in polluted environment.
6. I am for the use of energy saving practices in house construction.
7. I find many simple ways to help our planet in everyday life.
| Speaker | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| Statement |
Ex. 1.25 Listen to the six speakers again and answer the questions:
1. What does Speaker A suggest that we start with?
2. Where exactly in the USA does Speaker B come from?
3. According to Speaker C, what is the typical English countryside?
4. What kind of earth supplies is Speaker D particularly worried about?
5. What makes Speaker E very sad?
6. According to Speaker F, how does a green home protect the environment?
| Project work |
Ex. 1.26 Go on the Internet Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia to find more information about Environmental science. Prepare a two-minute talk about its terminology, components, regulations and outstanding environmental scientists. Use the diagrams below:
| PROGRESS MONITORING ON MODULE 1 |
Task 1 Lexis. Match a word in A with the Russian equivalent in B:
A B
1. environmental science a. устанавливать
2. behavior b. сталкиваться
3. resource management c. заниматься чем-либо
4. significant d. включать
5. renewable resources e. выполнять, осуществлять
6. nonrenewable resources f. выгода
7. to establish h. поведение
8. to inhabit j. наука об окружающей среде
9. to face k. управление ресурсами
10. degradation l. значительный
11. to deal with m. населять
12. to be engaged n. ухудшение
13. to involve o. поддерживать
14. to carry out p. угроза
15. to maintain q. воздействие
16. benefit r. вымирание
17. threat s. уместность, актуальность
18. relevance t. быть занятым
19. impact u. возобновляемые ресурсы
20. extinction v. невозобновляемые ресурсы