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Topic: Human Impact on Land
Topic: Human Impact on Land
Vocab: Natural Resource, Renewable, Non-renewable, Fossil Fuel, Urbanization, Land Degradation, Deforestation, Desertification
Day 1: Natural Resources Review, read about Natural resources. BrainPop about Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources. Click here for the INB notes page. Watch Video Clip about our changing land
Day 2: Read about Human Impact with Article. Then complete Human Impact on Land Jigsaw about How Activities Affect Land and Soil using pg 209-213. Watch Video Clip from Nat Geo: Human Footprint
Day 3: The Lorax Video, Questions, and Vocab Practice
Day 1: BrainPop and Text
Day 2: Jigsaw, Text & Video
Jigsaw Human Impact.pdfrenewable-and-nonrenewable-energy-sources-text-tuesday (1).pdfText Time_HumanImpactEarth.pdfNat Geo Human Impact.mp4Day 3: Video and Discussion Questions
lorax_vocab_and_movie_sheet_activity.pdfThe Lorax By Dr Seuss's (1972)WebRiP XviD_X-Release.mp4Topic: Human Impact on Water
Topic: Human Impact on Water
Vocab: Water Pollution, Point-Source Pollution, Nonpoint-Source Pollution, Thermal Pollution, Eutrophication, Potable, Reservoir
Day 4: Human Impact on Water: Cornell Notes over pages 268-245. Also, read NewsELA article about human impact on water.
Day 5: Text Time! Read about Point and Non-Point Source Pollution and answer text based questions.
Day 4: Human Impact Article
Day 4: Cornell Notes
malaria-forests-13821-True.pdfNotes 4-3 and 4-4 fill in Human Impact on Air and Water.pdfDay 5: Text Time
sources of polllution point source vs non point source.pdf1. Write your one sentence summary of each paragraph of this article (9 total).
2. Create a Venn diagram that compares and differentiates between point and non-point source pollution. Make sure your Venn has 3 similarities and at least 3 differences.
3. Describe some of the legislation set up to combat point source pollution.
4. Describe the economic repercussions (impacts) of non-point source pollution.
5. Why is it important for people to know what type of pollution is happening? Explain, using information from this article and writing at least 4 sentences.
6. Evaluate if knowing the type of the source of the pollution helps make clean-up easier. Justify your opinion in 4-6 sentences and using at least 3 direct quotes from the article.
Day 6: Fish Story Activity and Story board.
Directions for Story Board Draw
Draw a story board. It should have 8 panels.
The first panel should have your name and title.
The other seven need to have drawings that describe what is happening in each paragraph (or section).
You then should make a sentence to describe what is happening to the fish under your drawing.
Day 6 B: Watch the documentary by MTv and Jay-Z about the clean water around the world. In addtion there is a guide for discussion below.
Day 6: Fish Story Directions
Day 6: Student Example
fish-story.pdf
Freddie Fish Story.pdfDay 6B: Diary of Water Videos and Discussion Guide
jayzdiary_1.wmvJayZ Clip 2.wmvJay-Z Water documentary Notes.pdfjayzdiary_3.wmvExtra Activity: Citizen Science Packet and Game
Citizen-Science-Curriculum-Packet.pdfThis is an exciting activity to tie together lots of the thoughts. You can also use this website to play a game and see how to protect the water:
Click Here for Citizen Science Website and Game
Topic: Human Impact on Air
Topic: Human Impact on Air
Vocab: Greenhouse Effect, Air Pollution, Particulate, Smog, Acid Precipitation, Air Quality
Day 7: Human Impact on Atmosphere: What is Air Pollution, read and discuss Greenhouse Effect, Smog, and Acid Precipitation, finish notes from previous lessons using pg 215-221. Watch video about Greenhouse Effect. Use eggshells to demonstrate what happens with acid rain and complete worksheet about it.
Day 8: Read and break down article about Chinese Air Pollution problem. Discuss Air Quality issues and consequences after reading and watching video.
Read about air quality by clicking here. Then think about: What is our air like? Use the link to see what our air quality is like in the United states. Answer the questions using the sheet found below.
Day 7: Egg Shell Experiment
Day 7: Video Clip
Acid Rain Lab with Eggshells.pdfDay 8: Video Clip
Day 8: Article
Day 8: Air Quality WS
What is China doing to tackle its air pollution_ - BBC News.pdfaqiworksheet.pdfTopic: How can we protect our resources?
Topic: How can we protect our resources?
Vocab: Conservation, Stewardship
Day 9: Protecting the Earth: Read about Stewardship and Conservation. Discuss and answer questions.
Click Here for Natural Resource Conservation Text and Video
Day 10: Student Projects about Stewardship and Conservation:
Water Conservation and Water Stewardship
Land Preservation, Reforestation and Reclamation
Reduce Urban Sprawl and Soil Conservation,
Energy Conservation and Recycling.
Click Here for help with Researching A Scientist!
Day 11 & 12: Students will finish Projects about Stewardship and Conservation and complete a gallery walk of posters.
Day 10 & 11: Poster
Day 12: Gallery Walk
Conservation Poster.pdfGallery Walk.pdfDay 16: Unit Review
Day 17: Grudge Ball
Unit 4 Review_7th Grade.pdfUnit 4 Grudge Ball.pptxExtra Resources
Extra Resources
Science Articles.pdfdirty-water-kills-5000-children-cc-article.pdfNotes 4-5 fill-in Protecting Earths Water Land and Air.pdfPage updated
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