Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the resources that were provided prior to
taking the core concept quizzes this week here, as well as the following:
• Feeding America’s Efforts to Recover Food From Waste Streams (Links to an external
site.)
• How Much Plastic Is in the Ocean? (Links to an external site.)
• Towards a More Sustainable Community Part 4 – Waste Management (Links to an
external site.)
1. You were instructed to download and complete the Week 4 Lab Questions Template
Download Week 4 Lab Questions Templatelocated in your online classroom as you progressed
through the Wastewater Treatment lab simulation.
2. Additionally, you need to create a hypothesis during the experiment of this lab.
3. Each question was to be answered in at least three to five complete sentences, consisting of
75-100 words.
4. In the template, you are encouraged to discuss the broader implications of the Week 4
Labster Virtual Laboratory: Wastewater Treatment learning activity that you completed.
5. Utilize this document to ensure proper formatting and inclusion of all required material.
In your Week 4 Lab Questions document,
• State your hypothesis for the Week 4 lab learning activity, using an if/then format.
• Explain why you chose this hypothesis based on the facts and information presented
before the experiment is conducted.
• Analyze how natural resources and environmental services were impacted in the Week
4 lab simulation.
• Explain which results from the lab are useful for evaluating the validity of your
hypothesis and why.
o Include any data or graphs presented in the lab.
• Evaluate the hypothesis based on the results.
o State whether you accept or reject your hypothesis and why.
• Explain how the topics and environmental challenges presented in the lab impact
human health and social issues.
o Find and cite a source to support your answer.
• Describe a current or proposed policy or technological solution that could help address
one of the environmental challenges presented in the lab.
o Find and use a source to support your answer.
o Describe the origin of the policy or technology.
o Identify potential or actual impacts of its use/implementation.
The Week 4 Lab Questions paper
• Must be 75 to 100 words in length for each question and formatted according to APA
Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for
Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.).
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
o Title of paper
o Student’s name
o Course name and number
o Instructor’s name
o Date submitted
• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource
for additional guidance.
• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph
needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
o For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.)
as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the
Writing Center resources.
• Must use at least two sources from the following list: governmental source, credible
news article, and scholarly or credible source found using the UAGC Library. Use the
Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) tip
sheet to guide you in identifying your resources.
o The Evaluating Sources (Links to an external site.) tutorial from the UAGCLibrary
offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions
about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please
contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the
appropriateness of a specific source for a assignment.
• Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the
Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as
outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an
external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.
