UnitThreeHumanInteractionsandtheEnvironment

E2.4Icandescribenaturalresources,bothrenewableandnonrenewable,andhowtheyare usedforhumanconsumption. E2.4Icangatherevidenceandexplainhowhumansactivitiesimpactallpartsoftheenvironment: oceans,air,soil,andlivingorganisms. Table1:______VocabularyCenter:onalinedsheetofpaperdefineeachUnit3vocabularywordANDeither useitinasentencewhichshowsyouunderstandthewordORdrawapictureoftheword.

Renewable resource, Non-Renewable resource, Pollution, Heat Island, Ozone, Global Warming, Ocean Acidification, Habitat, Ecosystem, Desertification

Table2:______Energycompletethelearnthenpracticeactivitiesthenturninyourwork Table3:______RenewableandNonrenewableResourcescompletethelearnandpracticeactivitiesandturn inyourwork Table4:______HumanImpactonEcosystemscompletethelearnthenpracticeactivitiesthenturninyour work Table5:______Pollutioncompletethelearnthenpracticeactivitiesthenturninyourwork Table6:______ArtChooseonevocabularywordandmakeaposteronwhitepaperusingatleast5images torepresentthatword. Notes: NaturalResources:

EnergySources:

FossilFuelsare:

RenewableResourcesare:

NonrenewableResourcesare:

ApplyChoices(onceeachstationiscompleted):ChooseONEtocomplete 1.Usingresearchfromanysourcesyouhave(books,magazines,onlinesources),writeathreeto fourparagraphreport,makeabrochure,makea710slidePowerpointPreziorPowToon,describinga particulartypeofpollutioninsomedetail.Youmaychoosefrompollutionaffectingair,water,orland. Besuretoincludethefollowinginformationaboutthetypeofpollutionyouchose: Howisthistypeofpollutionmeasured?(e.g.,gallons,ppm) Whattypesofthings(e.g.,cars,factories)addpollutiontoair,water,orland? Whatisthenatureofthepollution?(e.g.,acids,radioactivewaste) Whatmakesthistypeofpollutiondangerous?(e.g.,specificeffectsonhealthortheecologyofparticular environmentsorecosystems) 2.Usingresearchfromanysourcesyouhave(books,magazines,onlinesources),writeathreeto fourparagraphreport,makeabrochure,makea710slidePowerpointPreziorPowToon,ormakeaposter, describingaparticularenvironmentthathassufferedfromnegativehumanimpact,namelypollution.Some examplesareBPOilSpill,Chernobyl,LakeErie,andtheExxonValdezaccidentinAlaska. Besuretoincludethefollowinginformationinyourcasestudy: Whatcaused(orisstillcausing)thepollution? Whattypesofpollutionoccurred(orarestilloccurring)there? Whendidthispollutionhappen?Andisitstilloccurring? Whatwere(orare)someoftheeffectsfromthispollution? What(ifanything)hasbeendonetocleanupthepollutionorreducefurtherpollutioninthisarea?

3.Researchalternativeenergysourcessuchaswind,solar,hydroelectric,battery,etcandwritea34 paragraphessaydetailinghowthatenergycouldbeharnessed.ChooseONEtypeofenergyyouthinkwouldbe bestforMichiganandexplainwhy.YoucanalsodothisassessmentasaPowerpoint,Prezi,PowToon,or brochure.