Pollution

Unit Objectives

Content Objectives:

You will...

Define and describe types of pollution and causes.
Describe long and short term pollution impacts on the environment.
Describe the impact of pollution on human health.
Analyze your pollution impact on the environment.
Propose solutions to deviate, raticate or lessen the impacts of pollution on your local environment.
Create a presentation and worksheet or infographic about one type of pollution.

You will...

Describe cause and effect processes using a visual representation and sentence frames.
Give a multimedia presentation using notecards and a rubric of criteria.
Listen and take notes on pollution presentation using a graphic organizer.

How do we influence our environment?

What does the future hold for the survival of our environment?

Step 1: Choose your topic from the list provided by Ms. Burnett

Step 2: Research your pollution, use the following questions to guide you.

What is the definition of your pollution?
What are the causes of your pollution?
How does your pollution affect the environment? (Both short term and long term)
How does your pollution affect the human population?
Where does your pollution affect people and the environment the most? (Land vs. Water, continents vs. more localized locations, etc.)
What can be done to deviate some of the effects? (What can be done to lesson the pollution's effect on the environment and humans?)
How do you contribute to this pollution? (Reflection of your impact on your environment?)

Step 3: Create a presentation with the above presentation.

Below are requirements for your presentation: