Empower your students, by educating them on the human impact on our environment. Lessons with activities and experiments covering these topics, water treatment and contaminants, human impact on land - erosion - fertilizer - urban sprawl, pollution and energy - the greenhouse effect - energy trade-offs, invasive species, endangered and extinct plants and animals, protecting the future and governments thoughts.

The activities have two objectives:
1. To teach students about human impacts on the environment.
2. To teach general science through the theme of the environment.

Concepts include: recognizing environmental issues, understanding what impacts people have on the environment.

  Learning Expectations:

UNDERSTANDING CONCEPTS:

• Recognize environmental issues

• Understand the impacts people have on the environment

• Be aware of energy usage and waste

• Help spread public awareness about environmental issues

• Research important environmental information

• Understand the importance of caring for and protecting our environment

SKILLS OF INQUIRY, DESIGN AND COMMUNICATION

• Demonstrate an understanding of the scientific method by following the steps for experimentation, and recording the procedures and observations

• Use appropriate vocabulary to describe environmental issues

• Formulate questions and seek answers

• Record observations, findings, and measurements using drawings, charts, and written descriptions

• Demonstrate problem-solving skills and creativity

RELATING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD

• Synthesize information

• Recognize the main idea

• Research facts/definitions

• Distinguish between opinion and fact

• Debate controversial topics

• Illustrate creatively

• Innovate designs and creative solutions to problems

• Help spread public awareness about environmental issues

• Make inferences

Teachers Guide includes:

• At A GlanceTM - List of Skills

• Teacher Rubric

• Student Rubric

• Introduction

• Materials List

TOPIC 1: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT

• What Impact Are We Having?

• Environmental Dictionary

• Ecological Footprint – Printable and Google Slides

• Positive, Negative, or Neutral?

• Topic 1 Answers

TOPIC 2: WATER

• Fish and Food Webs

• The Efficiency of Fishing

• Purple Loose strife & Wetlands

• Testing for Contaminants

• Local Water Treatment

• Building Dams

• Topic 2 Answers

TOPIC 3: LAND

• Erosion

• Tree Planting

• My Patchy Forest

• How Do Trees Clean the Air?

• Fretting Over Fertilizer

• Effects of Recreational Vehicles on the Environment

• My Corn

• The Urban Sprawl

• The Genetically Modified Organisms Debate

• Topic 3 Answers

TOPIC 4: POLLUTION AND ENERGY USE

• Does Recycling Really Help?

• The Greenhouse Effect Game

• Classroom Composter

• Alternate Transportation Challenge

• Packaging Problems

• Battery Battle

• Clearing the Air

• Car Craze

• Are You Energy and Water Efficient?

• Energy Trade-off

• Understanding Nuclear Energy

• Industrial Pollution

• Topic 4 Answers

TOPIC 5: INVASIVE SPECIES

• Improving the Image

• Why Are Invasive Species so Invasive?

• Dealing with Invasive Species

• The Zebra Mussel Problem

• Topic 5 Answers

TOPIC 6: ENDANGERED OR EXTINCT ANIMALS AND PLANTS

• Endangered Animal Encyclopedia

• Sea Turtle Conservation

• North American Endangered Animals

• Rainforest Simulation

• Species Identification

• Protecting the World’s Animals

• Antibiotic Resistance

• Topic 6 Answers

TOPIC 7: CONCLUSION

• Does the Government Care?

• Projecting into the Future

• Money Madness

• Conclusion

• Topic 7 Answers

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