Human Impact on the Environment ACTIVITY BUNDLE includes PRINT and GOOGLE
Flying Colors Science
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Grade Levels
7th - 10th
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
NGSSHS-LS2-7
NGSSMS-LS2-5
NGSSHS-ESS3-3
NGSSMS-LS2-4
NGSSMS-ESS3-4
Formats Included
- Zip
- Google Apps™
- Easel Activity
Pages
30 pages
Flying Colors Science
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Description
Engaging lessons on how humans impact ecosystems! Includes activities for habitat destruction, invasive species, and overexploited species. Also includes a webquest about how people can restore ecosystems, and a culminating project about STUDENTS' LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS! Covers standards: MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-5, and MS-ESS3-4.
Every included resource contains both a PRINT and a GOOGLE-ready version!
Includes Five Resources:
- Invasive Species - Graphing Activity
- Habitat Destruction - Map Analysis Activity
- Overharvested Resources In the News Activity
- Ecosystem Restoration Projects WebQuest
- YOUR Hometown Ecosystem Research Project
Product Descriptions:
1. Invasive Species - Graphing Activity: This activity has the following sections:
- READING: Students read a 2-slide informational text about zebra mussels, an invasive species in North America. The article includes how the zebra mussels spread and their negative impact on biodiversity in the new ecosystems.
- GRAPHING INVASIVE SPECIES: Students are given data about the increasing population of zebra mussels by year and graph the information on a provided graph.
- GRAPHING NATIVE SPECIES: Students are given data and information about swan mussels, a native species, and graph the negative impact of zebra mussels on their population.
- ANALYSIS: Students answer concluding analysis questions, including a claims-evidence-reasoning grid.
2. Habitat Destruction - Map Analysis Activity: In this ecosystems and ecology activity, students will:
- Read a background article about biodiversity and habitat destruction in the Amazon.
- Analyze 4 different colored maps of the Amazon jungle, including natural resource use, management areas, land cover, and deforestation.
- Make CLAIMS based on EVIDENCE from the maps about how a proposed railway will affect land cover, resources available, indigenous people, and ecosystems.
3. Overharvested Resources in the News Activity: In this activity, students will:
- READ up to 8 provided news articles about overexploited species, including Himalayan yew, bluefin tuna, oysters, elephants, frankincense, pangolins, and Burmese pythons.
- ORGANIZE the information in a graphic organizer
- ANSWER text-dependent analysis questions (1 set for each article)
4. Ecosystem Restoration Projects WebQuest: This graphic organizer worksheet lists the names of 17 ecosystem restoration projects from around the United States, and has students use the internet to find where it is, what the problem was, and how it was solved. Could be used in class or as a take-home assignment.
5. YOUR Hometown Ecosystem Research Project: In this research project, students will:
- Learn more about a problem within a LOCAL ecosystem
- Discover what solutions have already been tried (if any)
- Suggest a solution to the ecological issue
- Use the teacher's choice of a website tool to create a presentation
Teacher Notes:
- Answer keys included.
- Please note: these resources are not editable.
- Every included resource can be assigned in print or in Google Classroom!
Total Pages
30 pages
Answer Key
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Standards
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NGSSHS-LS2-7
Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity. Examples of human activities can include urbanization, building dams, and dissemination of invasive species.
NGSSMS-LS2-5
Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services. Examples of ecosystem services could include water purification, nutrient recycling, and prevention of soil erosion. Examples of design solution constraints could include scientific, economic, and social considerations.
NGSSHS-ESS3-3
Create a computational simulation to illustrate the relationships among the management of natural resources, the sustainability of human populations, and biodiversity. Examples of factors that affect the management of natural resources include costs of resource extraction and waste management, per-capita consumption, and the development of new technologies. Examples of factors that affect human sustainability include agricultural efficiency, levels of conservation, and urban planning. Assessment for computational simulations is limited to using provided multi-parameter programs or constructing simplified spreadsheet calculations.
NGSSMS-LS2-4
Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations. Emphasis is on recognizing patterns in data and making warranted inferences about changes in populations, and on evaluating empirical evidence supporting arguments about changes to ecosystems.
NGSSMS-ESS3-4
Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems. Examples of evidence include grade-appropriate databases on human populations and the rates of consumption of food and natural resources (such as freshwater, mineral, and energy). Examples of impacts can include changes to the appearance, composition, and structure of Earth’s systems as well as the rates at which they change. The consequences of increases in human populations and consumption of natural resources are described by science, but science does not make the decisions for the actions society takes.
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