{"id":752,"date":"2022-07-01T17:01:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T17:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biocomplexity\/?page_id=752"},"modified":"2022-07-01T18:13:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T18:13:15","slug":"unit-2-sprawl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biocomplexity\/unit-2-sprawl\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 2: Sprawl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h1 class=\"is-style-highlight-purple-with-dots wp-block-heading\">Unit 2: Sprawl<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biocomplexity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/06\/Sprawl_book_cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-625\" width=\"167\" height=\"213\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:95%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students develop ecosystem literacy at the local scale of their familiar schoolyard ecosystem. They make a land-use decision regarding the addition of an athletic field to the school grounds and investigate how land use impacts hydrology, nitrogen flux, biotic factors, social factors, and ecosystem services. They build a case for their chosen land-use decision by constructing evidence-based arguments that take impacts, ecosystem services, and social factors into account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biocomplexity\/unit-2-sprawl\/unit-2-teachers-edition\/\">Teacher Edition<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biocomplexity\/unit-2-sprawl\/unit-2-student-edition\/\">Student Edition<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"is-style-highlight-purple-with-dots wp-block-heading\">Minimum System Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To help ensure a good experience viewing our e-books, we recommend the following minimum system requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Operating System: Windows XP<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>,Vista<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>,7<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>,8<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>; Mac OS X<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/li><li>Processor Speed: 2 GHz<\/li><li>Memory: 512 MB (Windows XP<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>); 1 GB (Windows Vista<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;or Mac OS X<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>)<\/li><li>Connection Speed: 1.5 Mbit\/sec<\/li><li>Browser: Internet Explorer 7<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>; Firefox 4<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;(Windows<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>); Firefox<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;4 (Mac<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>)<sup>1<\/sup>; Safari<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;4<\/li><li>Other:<br>Adobe Reader<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp;(Windows<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>)<sup>2<\/sup><br>Adobe Flash<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><sup>2<\/sup><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>3<\/sup>&nbsp;For windows users please use the Adobe Reader Plug In &#8211; see link below. 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To enable cookies please see link below.<br><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/ta38613?viewlocale=en_us\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/ta38613?viewlocale=en_us<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>5<\/sup>&nbsp;All Android device users please install the Adobe Reader Plugin.<br><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.adobe.reader&amp;feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.adobe.reader&amp;feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unit 2: Sprawl<\/p>\n<p>Students develop ecosystem literacy at the local scale of their familiar schoolyard ecosystem. They make a land-use decision regarding the addition of an athletic field to the school grounds and investigate how land use impacts hydrology, nitrogen flux, biotic factors, social factors, and ecosystem services. They build a case for their chosen land-use decision by constructing evidence-based arguments that take impacts, ecosystem services, and social factors into account.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biocomplexity\/unit-2-sprawl\/unit-2-teachers-edition\/\">Teacher Edition<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biocomplexity\/unit-2-sprawl\/unit-2-student-edition\/\">Student Edition<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Minimum System Requirements<\/p>\n<p>To help ensure a good experience viewing our e-books,  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biocomplexity\/unit-2-sprawl\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-752","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biocomplexity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biocomplexity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biocomplexity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biocomplexity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biocomplexity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biocomplexity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":833,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biocomplexity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/752\/revisions\/833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/biocomplexity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}