Let's Go Enviro

Host Raiany Silva and watershed expert, Mike Kahle, explore a local stream in Cobb County. To understand how energy flows through an ecosystem, they conduct a visual survey and chemical test that students can do on their own or through organizations like Adopt-a-Stream. 

Host Cecil Washington visits the Georgia Sea Turtle Center in Jekyll Island. To learn about stability and change in Earth’s ecosystems, various experts discuss the salt marshes and how to protect and promote biodiversity in the coastal region.

Host Raiany Silva visits a solar panel farm in Hiram and a sustainable community south of Atlanta. Various experts explain the differences between renewable and nonrenewable resources, while also demonstrating best practices to conserve energy and how students can audit their own energy-usage.

In order to understand how human population growth can impact Earth’s natural resources, various experts demonstrate solutions like food recovery and composting, as well as how students can evaluate food waste in their own communities.

Host Raiany Silva takes students on a journey to feature sustainable infrastructures like the Atlanta Beltline, Clayton County Wetlands, and The Ray Highway in LaGrange. In order to understand the effects of human population growth on ecosystems, Raiany also visits Arabia Mountain High School to learn about sustainable design from teachers and students. 

This unit features a variety of roles in the field of Environmental Science as career opportunities. Additionally, students are encouraged to become citizen scientists, environmentalists, and volunteers in their communities.