4.9 Environmental Laws and Regulations
Date: 21 Aug 2006
Pennsylvania Academic Standards for Environment and Ecology
4.9: Environmental Laws and Regulations
This page contains the criteria for teaching Environmental Laws and Regulationsthat were developed in the PA Academic Standards. Clicking on a grade levelbelow will skip directly to the criteria for educators teaching at or belowthat grade. Clicking on the criteria will lead to all the teaching resourcesrelated to it.
Fourth Grade |Seventh Grade |Tenth Grade |Twelfth Grade
| Grade 4 : Environmental Laws and Regulations (4.9.4) |
| Fourth Grade: 4.9A |
Know that there are laws and regulations for the environment.
- Identify local and state laws and regulations regarding the environment.
- Explain how the recycling law impacts the school and home.
- Identify and describe the role of a local or state agency that deals with environmental laws and regulations.
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| Grade 7 : Environmental Laws and Regulations (4.9.7) |
| Seventh Grade: 4.9A |
Explain the role of environmental laws and regulations.
- Identify and explain environmental laws and regulations (e.g., Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, Act 26 on Agricultural Education).
- Explain the role of local and state agencies in enforcing environmental laws and regulations (e.g., Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Agriculture, Game Commission).
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| Grade 10 : Environmental Laws and Regulations (4.9.10) |
| Tenth Grade: 4.9A |
Explain why environmental laws and regulations are developed and enacted.
- Explain the positive and negative impacts associated with passing environmental laws and regulations.
- Understand conflicting rights of property owners and environmental laws and regulations.
- Analyze the roles that local, state and federal governments play in the development and enforcement of environmental laws.
- Identify local and state environmental regulations and their impact on environmental health.
- Explain the positive and negative impacts of the Endangered Species Act.
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| Grade 12 : Environmental Laws and Regulations (4.9.12) |
| Twelfth Grade: 4.9A |
Analyze environmental laws and regulations as they relate to environmental issues.
- Analyze and explain how issues lead to environmental law or regulation (e.g., underground storage tanks, regulation of water discharges, hazardous, solid and liquid industrial waste, endangered species).
- Compare and contrast environmental laws and regulations that may have a positive or negative impact on the environment and the economy.
- Research and describe the effects of an environmental law or regulation and how it has impacted the environment.
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