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Earth and Human Activity Michael Nassen Earth Science 8 Grade

This unit focuses on how human activity affects the Earth. Students will learn about various human processes that interact with the environment through lectures, videos, and internet research. They will analyze images showing landscapes before and after human impacts to understand how the Earth has been transformed. Students will create a graphic organizer to organize their understanding of the relationships between human activities and effects on the Earth. Finally, students will present research showing how specific human activities have affected the planet. The goal is for students to understand humanity's role in global changes and how individual actions can impact the environment.

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Earth and Human Activity Michael Nassen Earth Science 8 Grade

This unit focuses on how human activity affects the Earth. Students will learn about various human processes that interact with the environment through lectures, videos, and internet research. They will analyze images showing landscapes before and after human impacts to understand how the Earth has been transformed. Students will create a graphic organizer to organize their understanding of the relationships between human activities and effects on the Earth. Finally, students will present research showing how specific human activities have affected the planet. The goal is for students to understand humanity's role in global changes and how individual actions can impact the environment.

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Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: Earth and Human Activity Name: Michael Nassen


Content Area: Earth Science Grade Level: 8th Grade
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):

Next Generation Science Standards

MS-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past
MS-ESS3-5.
century.

ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems

California Common Core State Standards Connections:


ELA/Literacy –

RST.6–8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts. (MS-ESS3-4)

WHST.6–8.1.a-f Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content. (MS-ESS3-4)

WHST.6–8.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. (MS-ESS3-4)
Big Ideas/Unit Goals:

 How can humans change the world?


 Why does human interaction have an affect on Earth?
 Who should be socially responsible for the Earth?

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

 At the conclusion of a guided lecture and video presentations students will be able to abstract important information and
take notes on a particular lesson.
 Students will be able to demonstrate how to find images of different landscapes before and after human activity. They will
be able to explain how the Earth and its landscape transformed by analyzing images and researching information about
the area.
 Students will now be able to present in a variety of ways (powerpoint, essay, in-class presentation, etc.) the affects of
human activity on the Earth.
Unit Summary:

SWBAT- Students Will Be Able To

 Take proper notes during a lecture


 Complete assignments and worksheets
 Form ideas and support the with evidence in a formal written paper
 Navigate and use various internet web tools and programs
 Present a claim in which the students made and support with images and evidence
Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level: Formative: Summative:
Class discussions will help assess 1) Pop-quizzes are one method that will Formal Paper: A written paper will
students’ prior knowledge on the content. be utilized in order to monitor student ensure that students can support their
Guided handouts will help students progress throughout the unit. opinion and stand with evidence and
follow lectures and build on the support a claim. The paper also assesses
knowledge students already have. 2) Flash cards are way to introduce new that students use correct grammar to
terms and widen students’ vocabulary. support their ideas.

3) Graphic organizers help to show that Presentation: A presentation will


students can organize and prioritize the encourage students to publically speak
new content. about a topic. They develop skills in
public speaking while supporting their
4) Pros v. Cons worksheet will help ideas and expressing them vocally
students to determine and rank certain amongst their peers.
human activities and place them in the
correct category.
Lesson 1 (Teacher Lecture)
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence Lesson Activities:
(Assessments):
At the conclusion of a Teacher led To start off the lesson students will present a small writing assignment in order
guided lecture and discussions and to assess the writing levels of students and background information they
video presentations questions will already have on the content area. Students will then be shown a powerpoint
students will be able demonstrate that and series of videos on the content where guided note taking strategies will be
to abstract important students understand demonstrated. At this point the teacher will initiate critical thinking by posing
information and take the presented content. various discussion questions and teacher will lead discussions while taking
notes on a particular Handouts and notes. Upon the conclusion of the lecture students will complete an assigned
lesson. worksheets based on worksheet(s) on the content in order to show that the students comprehend the
content will also show content being presented.
students can
determine the most
important content in
the lesson and
complete activiites.
Lesson 2 (Webercise/ iPad Lesson)
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:

Students will be able At this point progress Teacher will introduce the students to a variety of human activities and
to demonstrate how monitoring is vital. It processes that interact with Earth. At this point students will be shown how to
to use search internet is imperative that navigate the websites and find images and evidence to show a connection with
to explore a variety of students are able to human activity and Earth. For this activity, students will complete a worksheet.
human activities and navigate the website This activity is meant to spark curiosity on the content and initiate analysis of
how they affect Earth. and find images and evidence. Furthermore, they will take some type of stand as to why and how the
They will be able to evidence for their next areas change because of human activity. They will then be introduced to their
explain how the Earth assignment. A next assignment and create a graphic organizer organizing the new information.
and its landscape completed worksheet
transformed by will demonstrate that
analyzing and students can research
researching and analyze
information about the information on the
Earth. internet about how
and why human
activity affects Earth.

Lesson 3 (Graphic Organizer)


Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:

Students will now A completed student Following the webercise activity students are then asked to create a graphic
create a graphic generated graphic organizer that shows students can express the relationships between a variety
organizer showing organizer shows of human activities and how they affect Earth. Students can create a graphic
that they understand students can organize organizer through Powerpoint of Microsoft Word. They also will explain the
the new content and information into a relationships and how they interact with the Earth.
can organize the structure and show
information showing correlation and
relationships. relationships amongst
processes.
Unit Resources:
Crash Course:
https://youtu.be/5eTCZ9L834s

Bill Nye’s Climate Change 101:


https://youtu.be/EtW2rrLHs08

National Geographic:
https://youtu.be/G4H1N_yXBiA

https://interestingengineering.com/10-ways-humans-impact-the-environment

https://www.livescience.com/22728-pollution-facts.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/global-warming-overview/

http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/webfieldtrips/toxics/impacts_on_wildlife/

https://climatekids.nasa.gov/menu/big-questions/

https://scied.ucar.edu/students

Useful Websites:

Here are a couple of websites that will give you a quick basic analysis and understanding of climate change and how
human activities interact with Earth.

https://www.c2es.org/content/climate-basics-for-kids/

https://www.c2es.org/content/changes-in-climate/

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