Lesson 3: You Are an Environmental Scientist
Environmental science is the study of the natural world and how living things — including humans — interact with it.
You have been doing environmental science for six weeks. You have observed, recorded, compared, questioned, and thought carefully about a real living ecosystem.
Environmental scientists work to understand how natural systems function, how human activity affects them, and how to keep them healthy.
That is exactly what you have been learning to do. You are not just a golfer. You are a golfer who understands the world the game is played in.
Write or dictate a letter to a younger child explaining three things you learned about the environment of a golf course. What would you most want them to know? What should they look for when they visit a course? Make it friendly and exciting — help them see what you now see.
The teaching-another-person activity is one of the most powerful assessment tools available. When a student can explain something clearly to someone who does not know it, they have genuinely understood it. The letter also produces a keepsake document that captures your student’s thinking at this moment in their development.