Content Objective
Students will demonstrate knowledge of how humans have impacted the environment by doing research.
E.ES.07.41 Explain how human activities (surface mining, deforestation, overpopulation, construction and urban development, farming, dams, landfills, and restoring natural areas) change the surface of the Earth and affect the survival of organisms.
E.ES.07.42 Describe the origins of pollution in the atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere, (car exhaust, industrial emissions, acid rain, and natural sources), and how pollution impacts habitats, climatic change, threatens or endangers species.
Language Objective
Students will read and write (type) to complete a Google Docs. assignment while researching on the internet.
HOMEWORK – If your group agrees that you need to spend some time at home on the project and the work is divided evenly.