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This unit is HIGHLY ENGAGING because it focuses on REAL-WORLD connections and EVERY ACTIVITY IS DIFFERENT than the next.
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This COMPREHENSIVE unit includes the following sections:
Introductions to the Topic
- Notes*
- Human Impact on the Environment Reading & Worksheet*
Resource Depletion Activities
- Overharvested Resources in the News Activity*
- Natural Resources Stations Activity*
- Graphing Human Population Growth’s Impact on Earth
Ecosystem Disruption Activities
- Mapping Habitat Destruction in the Amazon*
- Invasive Species Graphing Activity*
- Mapping Worldwide Carbon Emissions Activity
- Climate Change Graphs Worksheet*
Pollution Activities
- Graphing Garbage Activity*
- Air Pollution Stations*
- Water Pollution Stations*
- Biomagnification Activity*
Environmental Solutions Activities
- Environmental Solutions Reading & Worksheet*
- Hometown Ecosystem Solution Project*
Review and Assessment
- Human Impact on Earth WebQuest*
- Human Impact Data Analysis CER Stations*
- Human Impact Assessment
Unit-Based Emergency Sub Plan
- Top 10 Environmental Disasters Article & Worksheet*
*Skip the line at the copier! The starred documents include both print and digital Google options to assign!
Teacher Notes:
- Includes a unit plan – you’ll know exactly what to do and in what order!
- Supports NGSS MS-ESS3-3, MS-ESS3-4, and MS-ESS3-5
- Answer keys are always included.
- Please note: Except for the notes, these resources are NOT editable.
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Related Standards:
- 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.
- NGSS MS-ESS3-5: Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
- NGSS MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
- NGSS MS-LS2-5: Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
