Human Impact on the Environment ACTIVITY BUNDLE

$21.48  This human impact on the environment activity set 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!

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:

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.

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.

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)

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.

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:

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Related Standards:

• 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.
• 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.