Overview of Unit 1

This unit is focused on gathering information about how we, humans, harm the Earth and how the results damaged the Earth overtime.

Unit 1 Lesson Objectives:

Lesson 1

• Students will identify different causes and signs of climate change (deforestation, overproduction, pollution and trash)

Lesson 2

• explain the consequences of human damage (global warming- melting of ice cap, coral bleaching, rising sea levels, severe weather, and drought)

Lesson 3

• describe the history of the damage on divergent ecosystems

Lesson 4

• propose a mitigation plan to minimize damage on Earth.

NGSS

MS-ESS3-2: Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects

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

ELA Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.10: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences

ASL Standards

Viewing Standards: Students will be able to determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development

Discourse and Presentation: Students will be able to prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively