Essential Question: What difference, can one individual make on the environment?
Culminating Task: The E.P.A. wants you to create a brochure on measures you can take to improve the environment. Each student will choose one environmental problem from their research paper, create a brochure and share it in a small group discussion
Standards:
Owning the Questions through Science and Technology, Strand 4-Science Technology and Human Affairs,
Argue and defend the position that while technology can be used to solve societal problems, technology can also have a negative impact on people and the environment.
English Language Arts, Standard 19, Write compositions with a clear focus, using logically related ideas and adequate details to develop it. Standard 24. Use open-ended research questions, different sources of information, and appropriate research methods to gather information for your research project. Standard 3, oral presentation.
Performance Objectives: You will explain each of the 5 major environmental problems, their cause, and their environmental impact.
Given information on each environmental problem, you will explain how you can have a direct impact on each problem.
Your report should include the following:
1. A cover ( name of your report, your name and period , and a picture) worth 10 points
2. A picture , chart, or graph , for each problem (worth 5 points)
3. One page of typed information on each of the following topics (worth 16 points for each topic)
Acid rain - Rainforest depletion - Hazardous waste disposal
Global
warming - Ozone depletion
4. Your report should answer the following for each problem: (in this order)
| A. Describe the problem. | |
| B. What causes the problem? | |
| C. The environmental impact (the affect it has on the environment). | |
| D. What you as an individual can do to help reduce/solve the problem. |
5. Bibliography ( a list of the books, magazines, websites, etc. where you
got the information author,
book title, date published, publisher (worth 5 points)
6. You will be graded on neatness and spelling as well as the content of your report.
You may want to preview the following websites for information;
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Acid Rain
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Global Warming |
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Ozone Depletion |
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Rainforest Depletionhttp://www.ran.org/kids_action/index1.html http://www.rain-tree.com/schoolreports.htm
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Hazardous Wastehttp://www.epa.gov/seahome/hwaste.html |
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Graphic Organizer for Senior Report
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Open Ended Question: Discuss the effects of : Acid Rain, Ozone Depletion, Global Warming, Rainforest Depletion, and Hazardous Waste and include the following; explain the problem, what causes it, the environmental impact, and explain what you can do to help solve the problem.
Acid Rain |
Ozone Depletion |
Global Warming |
Rainforest Depletion |
Hazardous Waste |
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| 1. Describe Acid Rain | 1. Describe Ozone Depletion | 1. Describe Global Warming. | 1. Describe Rainforest Depletion. | 1. Give a description of Hazardous Waste. |
| 2. List the causes of acid rain. | 2. Explain the reason behind the thinning of the Ozone Layer. | 2. Explain what is causing the planet to warm up. | 2. Explain why the rainforest is being cut down. | 2. Explain why Hazardous waste is a problem. |
| 3. Describe the effects of Acid Rain on the environment. | 3. Explain the effect the thinning of the Ozone Layer will have on the Earth (people, plants, and animals ). | 3. Describe the effects of Global Warming on the Earth and the environment. | 3. Explain the effects the loss of the rainforest will have on the Earth. | 3. List 3 chemicals that cause environmental pollution and their effects. |
| 4. Explain what you as an individual can do to help reduce Acid Rain. | 4. Explain what you can do to help stop the Ozone Layer from getting thinner. | 4. Explain what you can do to help stop Global Warming. | 4. Explain how you can help save the Rainforest. | 4. Explain how you can reduce your use of Hazardous Waste and how you should dispose of it. |
