Critically appraise at least five internet sources related to environmental sustainability. Your appraisal should include:

1. Source Selection

   • Identify and justify your choice of internet sources. Discuss their relevance to environmental sustainability.

2. Critical Analysis

   • Evaluate the credibility, authority, and bias of each source. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the information provided.

3. Impact on Understanding

   • Explain how the selected sources have contributed to your understanding of environmental sustainability.

4. Ethical Considerations

   • Consider the ethical implications of the information presented in the sources. Discuss issues such as misinformation, bias, and the responsibility of information providers.

5. Conclusion

   • Summarize your findings and suggest best practices for selecting credible internet sources.

You are required to produce a report based on the river discharge estimation measurements conducted during the practical session. The report should include a brief introduction and address the following five questions. Ensure your answers are supported with appropriate graphics where necessary, and pay attention to units for numerical answers. Overall, the report should not exceed 1500 words and must use the Harvard system of referencing for citations.

Questions:

1. Simple Float Method

   • Present your results and your assessment of the discharge using the Simple Float Method. Include a discharge value appropriate to the likely discharge of the River Hogsmill at the time of fieldwork. Discuss any errors and the primary data and means used for estimating the discharge.

2. Salt-Dilution/Tracer Method

   • Present your results and your assessment of the discharge using the Salt-Dilution/Tracer Method. Ensure you include a discharge value relevant to the river conditions at the time of the fieldwork and explain any errors in your calculations.

3. Flow Meter Method

   • Present your results and your assessment of the discharge using the Flow Meter Method. Include a discharge value appropriate to the River Hogsmill and discuss any potential errors alongside the primary data used in your calculations.

4. Manning Equation Method

   • Present your results and your assessment of the discharge using the Manning Equation Method. Provide a discharge value suitable for the river's conditions during your fieldwork, addressing any discrepancies and showing the original data.

5. Variation and Hydrological Explanation

   • Comment on the variation between your results and offer a hydrological explanation for the discrepancies observed. Discuss factors such as slope, boundary layer friction, and wetted perimeter values. Use appropriate data to support your explanation, and ensure your citations are well integrated.

IN your final assignment, you'll justify the use of a learning theory to help address the issue you have selected. You'll use the theory as a basis for developing curriculum or training to promote student learning related to the issue.

Please respond to the following:

• Identify a learning theory that seems appropriate as the basis for lessons related to your topic. Explain its major concepts. Connect it to your topic, providing examples of how you could apply it to the topic

Should students in school or adult learners be introduced to the topics of ethics and diversity? If yes, what topics will you discuss? If not, why not?

Provide specific topics that should be discussed and topics that should not be covered.

Individuals are exposed to ethical situations in their lives that may compromise the integrity of the institution or organization they work for. Reflect on a situation in your institution or organization that has put you and others in an ethical dilemma. How did you respond to the situation? How would you have addressed the situation better to ensure you remain ethical in your words and actions?

Overview

This week you will select an educational issue to focus on for the rest of the course. The issue will be appropriate to your chosen track, either K-12 or adult education. For this assignment, you will research the issue, explain how it is related to diversity, describe how ethics can be applied to your chosen topic, and explore how it can be addressed through learning. Based on this information, you will create a sentence outline for the paper to be completed in Week 5.

Instructions

Part 1. Issue Selection

Write a 1-2 page paper following these instructions:

Address each item in 3-5 sentences.

1. Select a current issue related to education that would you like to research. Refer to your previous research at the U.S. Department of EducationLinks to an external site., the American Association of University ProfessorsLinks to an external site., and/or the Association for Talent DevelopmentLinks to an external site.. In addition, review the Week 2 discussion of issues. Provide enough information to show that the issue is relevant to education and your program track.
2. Explain how the topic of diversity is connected to your educational issue.
3. Review a set of ethical guidelines that is appropriate for your area of education. You can select from the following or research another source:
   1. The National Education Association: Code of Ethics for EducatorsLinks to an external site..
   2. The Society for Human Resource Management: Code of EthicsLinks to an external site..
   3. Training Industry: Addressing Ethics in TrainingLinks to an external site..
   4. Academy of Human Resource Development: Standards on Ethics and IntegrityLinks to an external site..
4. Identify 3-5 ethical standards that apply to addressing the educational issue you have selected. Explain how the ethical standards apply to the issue you have selected. Cite the source of the code of ethics.

Part 2. Sentence Outline

Create a sentence outline for the paper that you will write for the Week 5 assignment.

1. Explain the issue you have chosen.
2. Explain how the issue is connected to diversity.
3. Explain how ethical standards relate to an issue in education.
4. Describe problems related to the issue and how they might be addressed through learning.
5. List 3 sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, appropriate, and no more than 5 years old. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.

Example of a sentence outline: from Chapter 2 of Business Writing for Results, page 45.

Share the topic you selected for your educational issue paper due in Week 3. Discuss the relationship of this topic to diversity and ethics.