Looking for a more RIGOROUS human impact CER activity? Spark some critical thinking with DATA ANALYSIS and CER practice!
Students learn more about the different ways that humans impact their environment as they analyze data tables and graphs to answer claims-evidence-reasoning questions.
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HOW IT WORKS: Students visit 20 stations. At each, students will:
- READ a brief passage about a topic related to human impact on Earth.
- ANALYZE information in the text, a data table, diagram, or a graph.
- Make a CLAIM based on EVIDENCE for a question related to the topic.
20 Stations Cover the Following Topics:
- Habitat destruction
- Plastic pollution in waterways
- Greenland ice is losing mass
- Biomagnification of toxins in food chains
- Effects of lithium mining
- Invasive species growth
- Carbon emissions
- Decline of pollinators
- Fossil fuel use over time
- Biodiversity and extinctions
- Deforestation
- Human population growth
- Coral bleaching/ocean acidification
- Renewable energy types
- Acid rain/air pollution
- Car exhaust and the Clean Air Act
- Depletion of natural resources
- Wetland habitat loss
- Groundwater depletion
Teacher Notes:
- Includes an answer key.
- Please note that this human impact CER activity is not editable.
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Related Standards:
- NGSS MS-ESS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
- NGSS MS-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.
