Earth and Human Activity
ESS3.A - NATURAL RESOURCES
ESS3.B - NATURAL HAZARDS
ESS3.C - HUMAN IMPACTS ON EARTH’S SYSTEMS
ESS3.D - GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
LEARNING GOAL
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR ACTIONS HAVE IMPACTS AND CONSEQUENCES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
May 6
Explain natural resources. Be sure to include what they are, renewable vs. nonrenewable, how we extract them from the Earth, the environmental consequences, and technological advances helping their use be more efficient.
May 13
Describe how natural hazards play a role in environmental changes and human activity
May 20
Provide details about how human activities impact the environment
May 27
Research climate change. What are causes and future ramifications to the Earth and humans
CONTENT TO BE INCLUDED -Be COMPLETE and THOROUGH for each component - The Key to each of these is the DEPTH and DETAIL of information provided
Natural Resources:
Types - What are Earth's resources - Renewable and non renewable
Extraction (Industry standards) - how do we get to and remove resources and the consequences of extraction on environment FOR EACH ONE of the following:
Trees, oil(tar sands, offshore drilling, shale oil, fracking), natural gas, water, coal, ores(mining) - include details/pictures, statistics for EACH ONE
Technology advancements replacing fossil fuel use - details for each of the following with pics - use of solar, wind, electric, biofuels(StonyVale farms), algae, geothermal energy, tidal power - include pictures, details and statistics for each one
Natural hazards:
Volcanoes - Historical moments(Mt. Vesuvius, Krakatoa, Mt. St. Helens, + 1 other , and a current event) - pictures - effects on people/land for each one
Earthquakes - Historical moments(Fukushima, San Francisco, Haiti, +1 other) - pictures - effects on people/land for each one
Floods - effects on people/land - pictures - flood of 1987 in Maine - historical event - current event
Hurricanes - Effects on people/land - Katrina, Maria, Harvey, Irma
Wild fire - effects on people/land - pictures - historical event - current event
Human activities impacts on environment - SHOCK AND AWE - Find information that will shock you
Resource depletion - fossil fuels - how much used per day/per year US/globally, when will we run out? what happens then?
Pollution types - air, light, land(landfills (how long do things last), plastics, nuclear waste), water( sewage, plastics, industrial, farm run off (Sebasticook Lake)) - include MULTIPLE pictures, statistics for EACH TYPE of pollution
Habitat destruction - effects on environment - specific examples- rainforest, tar sands, wetlands - includes pictures along with details
Freshwater supplies - Aquifer(look at Ogallala Aquifer) and - Colorado river 7 states conflict, irrigation, water consumption - how these impact environment - statistics and pictures
Climate change
Climate cycles Earth's history(is current trend natural or man made?) - current trends - earth's average temperature comparison last 1000 years
Industrial revolution - CO2 levels have changed due to this - compare CO2 levels over the last 150 years to where are we now?
Oceans rising - environment and human impacts(coastal cities like Miami, New York, Boston), predictions for year 2100
Glacial melting - Greenland, Antarctica, Mountain regions - rate of change influenced by climate change - pictures/evidence for each
Ocean temps/acidity changes - effects on marine life(Gulf of Maine - lobsters) - coral reefs and what impact their destruction have on ocean -
pictures/stats
Habitat change - immigration of new life(Maine - ticks, turkeys, green crabs) and loss of life (maple trees in Northeast)
Animal extinction - polar bears, rainforest species(frogs), others here in United States
Future predictions climate change
