Abstract:
The importance of our research is due to the need to introduce into modern biological
education methods of predictive modeling which are based on relevant factual material. Such an
actual material may be the entry of natural and anthropic heavy metals into the soil at industrial
areas. The object of this work: (i) to work out a predictive model of the total heavy metals inputs
to soil at the Kryvyi Rih ore-mining & metallurgical District and (ii) to identify ways to use this
model in biological education. Our study areas are located in the Kryvyi Rih District
(Dnipropetrovsk region, Central Ukraine). In this work, classical scientific methods (such as
analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, analogy and formalization, abstraction and
concretization, classification and modelling) were used. By summary the own research results
and available scientific publications, the heavy metals total inputs to soils at Kryvyi Rih District
was predicted. It is suggested that the current heavy metals content in soils of this region due to
1) natural and 2) anthropogenic flows, which are segmented into global and local levels.
Predictive calculations show that heavy metals inputs to the soil of this region have the following
values ( mg ∙ m ଶ year ⁄ ): Fe – 800-80 000, Mn – 125-520, Zn – 75-360, Ni – 20-30, Cu – 15-50,
Pb – 7.5-120, Cd – 0.30-0.70. It is established that anthropogenic flows predominate in Fe and
Pb inputs (60-99 %), natural flows predominate in Ni and Cd inputs (55-95 %). While, for Mn,
Zn, and Cu inputs the alternate dominance of natural and anthropogenic flows are characterized.
It is shown that the predictive model development for heavy metals inputs to soils of the
industrial region can be used for efficient biological education (for example in bachelors of
biologists training, discipline “Computer modelling in biology”).
Description:
[1] Adagunodo T A, Sunmonu L A and Emetere M E 2018 Heavy metals' data in soils for agricultural activities Data in Brief 18 1847–55 URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.04.115 [2] Ahn Y, Yun H S, Pandi K, Park S Ji M and Choi J 2020 Heavy metal speciation with prediction model for heavy metal mobility and risk assessment in mine-affected soils Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27 3213–23 URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-06922- 0 [3] Antisari L V, Ventura F, Simoni A, Piana S, Pisa P R and Vianelloz G 2013 Assessment of pollutants in wet and dry depositions in a suburban area around a Waste-to-Energy Plant (WEP) in Northern Italy Journal of Environmental Protection 4 16–25 URL https://doi.org/10.4236/jep.2013.45A003 [4] Ayangbenro A S and Babalola O O 2017 A new strategy for heavy metal polluted environments: a review of microbial biosorbents International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14 94 URL https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14010094 [5] Bao K, Shen J, Wang G and Le Roux G 2015 Atmospheric deposition history of trace metals and metalloids for the last 200 years recorded by three peat cores in Great Hinggan Mountain, Northeast China Atmosphere 6 380–409 URL https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos6030380 [6] Bielyk Y, Savosko V, Lykholat Y, Heilmeier H and Grygoryuk I 2020 Macronutrients and heavy metals contents in the leaves of trees from the devastated lands at Kryvyi Rih District (Central Ukraine) E3S Web of Conferences 166 01011 URL https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202016601011 [7] Birch G F 2017 Determination of sediment metal background concentrations and enrichment in marine environments – a critical review Science of The Total Environment 580 813–831 URL http://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.028 [8] Boxberg F, Asendorf S, Bartholoma A, Schnetger B, de Lange W P and Hebbeln D 2019 Historical anthropogenic heavy metal input to the south-eastern North Sea Geo-Marine Letters 40 135–48 URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-019-00592-0 [9] Bryce C M, Baliga V B, De Nesnera K L, Fiack D, Goetz K, Tarjan L M, Wade C E, Yovovich V, Baumgart S, Bard D G, Ash D, Parker I M and Gilbert G S 2016 Exploring Models in the Biology Classroom The American Biology Teacher 78 35–42 URL https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2016.78.1.35 [10] Demková L, Jezný T and Bobuľská L 2017 Assessment of soil heavy metal pollution in a former mining area – before and after the end of mining activities Soil & Water Research 12 229–36 URL https://doi.org/10.17221/107/2016-SWR [11] Gholizadeh A, Borůvka L, Seberioon M M, Kozak J, Vašat R and Němeček K 2015 Comparing different data pre-processing methods for monitoring soil heavy metals based on soil spectral features Soil and Water Research 10 218 https://doi.org/10.17221/113/2015-SWR [12] Gilbert J K 2004 Models and modelling: routes to more authentic science education International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education 2 115–30 URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-004-3186-4 [13] Gul S and Sozbilir M 2015 Biology education research trends in Turkey: 1997-2012 Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education 11 93–109 URL https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1309a [14] Gunawardena J, Egodawatta P, Ayoko G A and Goonetilleke A 2013 Atmospheric deposition as a source of heavy metals in urban stormwater Atmospheric Environment 68 235–42 URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.11.062 [15] Hancuľak J, Fedorova E, Šestinova O, Špaldon T and Matik M 2011 Influence of ferrum ore works in Nižna Slana on the atmospheric deposition of heavy metals Acta Montanistica Slovaca Ročnik 16 220–8 URL https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.221.6983&rep=rep1&type=pdf [16] Holub M, Balintova M and Singovszka E 2015 Quality of the bottom sediments in the area affected by mining activities Pollack Periodica 10 109–16 URL http://doi.org/10.1556/606.2015.10.3.11 [17] Hoskinson A M, Couch B A, Zwickl B M, Hinko K A and Caballero M D 2014 Bridging physics and biology teaching through modeling American Journal of Physics 82 434–41 URL https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4870502 [18] Hu H, Jin Q and Kavan P 2014 A study of heavy metal pollution in China: current status, pollution-control policies and countermeasures Sustainability 6 5820–38 URL https://doi.org/10.3390/su6095820 [19] Jansen S, Knippels M C P J and van Joolingen W R 2019 Assessing students’ understanding of models of biological processes: a revised framework International Journal of Science Education 41 981–94 URL https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2019.1582821 [20] Jenkins E 2016 50 Years of JBE: The Evolution of Biology as a School Subject Journal of Biological Education 50 229–232 URL https://doi.org/10.1080/00219266.2016.1202484 [21] Jungck J R 2011 Mathematical biology education: modeling makes meaning The Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena 6 1–21 URL https://doi.org/10.1051/mmnp/20116601 [22] Kabata-Pendias A 2011 Trace elements in soils and plants (Roca Raton: Taylor and Francis Group) p 534 [23] Komarova E and Starova T 2020 Majority values of school biological education in the context of education for sustainable development E3S Web of Conferences 166 10029 URL https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202016610029 [24] Komarova O V and Azaryan A A 2018 Computer Simulation of Biological Processes at the High School CEUR Workshop Proceedings 2257 24–32 [25] Li Z, Ma Z, van der Kuijp T J, Yuan Z and Huang L 2014 A review of soil heavy metal pollution from mines in China: Pollution and health risk assessment Science of the Total Environment 468–469 843–53 URL https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2013.08.090 [26] Ma L, Sun J, Yang Z and Wang L 2015 Heavy metal contamination of agricultural soils affected by mining activities around the Gabxi River in Chenzhou Southern China Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 187 731 URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4966-8 [27] Merhabi B, Mehrabani S, Rafiei B and Yaghoubi B 2015 Assessment of metal contamination in groundwater and soils in the Ahangaran mining district, west of Iran Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 187 727 URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4864-0 [28] Nickel S, Schröder W and Schaap M 2015 Estimating atmospheric deposition of heavy metals in Germany using LOTOS-EUROS model calculations and data from biomonitoring programmes Pollution atmosphérique 226 1 URL https://doi.org/10.4267/pollutionatmospherique.4894 [29] Podolyak A G and Karpenko A F 2019 Copper in arable and meadow soils of Gomel region Ecological Bulletin of Kryvyi Rih District 4 56–66 https://doi.org/10.31812/eco-bulletinkrd.v4i0.2560 [30] Reiss M J 2018 Biology education: the value of taking student concerns seriously Education Sciences 8 130 URL https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci8030130 [31] Sankhla M S, Kumari M, Nandan M, Kumar R and Agrawal P 2016 Heavy Metal Contamination in Soil and Their Toxic Effect on Human Health: A Review Study International Journal of All Research Education and Scientific Methods 4 13–9 URL http://www.ijaresm.com/uploaded_files/document_file/Rajeev_KumarrQAQ.pdf [32] Savosko V M 2016 Heavy Metals in Soils at Kryvbas (Kryvyi Rih: Dionat) p 288 [33] Savosko V N 2009 Lokalnoe fonovoe soderzhanie tiazhelykh metallov v pochvakh Krivorozhskogo zhelezorudnogo regiona (The heavy metals’local background content in soils at Kryvyi Rih iron-ore region) Gruntoznavstvo (Soil Science) 10 64–73 URL http://www.ussj.cv.ua/2009_t10_3-4/Savosko.pdf [34] Savosko V, Podolyak A, Komarova I and Karpenko A 2020 Modern environmental technologies of healthy soils contaminated by heavy metals and radionuclides E3S Web of Conferences 166 01007 URL https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202016601007 [35] Selim H M and Sparks D L (eds) 2011 Heavy metals release in soils (Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers) p 264 [36] Singer S R, Nielsen N R and Schweingruber H A 2017 Biology education research: lessons and future directions Life Sciences Education 12 129–32 URL https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.13-03- 0058 [37] Sparks D L 2019 Fundamentals of Soil Chemistry Encyclopedia of Water Science Technology and Society ed Maurice P A (Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons) URL https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119300762.wsts0025 [38] Sparks D L 2020 A golden period for environmental soil chemistry Geochemical Transactions 21 5 URL https://doi.org/10.1186/s12932-020-00068-6 [39] Sposito G 2008 The chemistry of soils (New York: Oxford University Press) p 340 [40] Svoboda J and Passmore C 2013 The strategies of modeling in biology education Science & Education 22 119–42 URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-011-9425-5 [41] Tóth G, Hermann T, Da Silva M R and Montanarella M Heavy metals in agricultural soils of the European Union with implications for food safety Environment International 88 299–309 URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2015.12.017 [42] Türtscher S, Berger P, Lindebner L and Berger T W 2017 Declining atmospheric deposition of heavy metals over the last three decades is reflected in soil and foliage of 97 beech (Fagus sylvatica) stands in the Vienna Woods Environmental Pollution 230 561–73 URL http://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.06.080 [43] Waldrop L D, Adolph S C, Behn C G D, Braley E, Drew J A, Full R J, Gross L J, Jungck J A, Kohler B, Prairie J C, Shtylla B and Miller L A 2015 Using active learning to teach concepts and methods in Quantitative Biology Integrative and Comparative Biology 55 933–48 URL https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icv097 [44] Wong C S C, Li X D, Zhang G, Qi S H and Peng X Z 2003 Atmospheric deposition of heavy metals in the Pearl River Delta, China Atmospheric Environment 37 767–76 URL https://doi.org/10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00929-9