Biology+2+(Kathi,+Ray,+Heather,+Debra)

**Human Impact on the Environment**

**topic ideas** -oil spills- -gulf oil spill 1 year later -Exxon Valdez spill wildlife coast ocean ozone depletion radiation- nuclear power plant pesticides deforestation acid rain carbon emissions agricultural practices (overfishing, irrigation, genetically modified food) plastics <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;">pollution

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">link to human impact <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|powerpoint]__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">link to <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|energy powerpoint]__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Alternative resources <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|Bio Moodle]__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Objective: In small cooperative groups of 2 or 3 students will be able to use various forms of technology (save power point) in order to identify and define 1 aspect of human impact on the environment and to construct a presentation to depict the impact as well as the effect it has on the environment. Students will deliver the presentation, including 1 solution for improving the environment, to an approved audience (policy maker, industry leader, peers).

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Student will be able to: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Know / identify and define one aspect of negative human impact on the environment <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Analyze the political implications of the identified environmental issue <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;">-Pose 3 potential solutions addressing the negative human impact on the environment

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;">-Use technology to construct a persuasive presentation to depict the effect it has on the environment, the political implications related to the effect, and one solution to address the effect.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__Pedagogy:__ Pre-lesson activity: using survey monkey or other online survey tool, students will be surveyed to gather information and level of understanding and knowledge regarding environmental issues.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Teacher will facilitate a lesson to evaluate credible resources to use for the research/presentation. Students will use guidelines from <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[]__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Using available, credible resources, students will research one way humans are negatively impacting the environment and the related political implications.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. In cooperative groups students will brainstorm to pose 3 original, authentic solutions that address the negative impact, also addressing opposing or otherwise significant political views/issues relating to the environmental issue.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Using Prezi (or other <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**teacher approved** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">multimedia method) students will collaborate to present their findings and focus solution to an appropriate audience (public policy maker, industry leaders, other students).

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. At the end of the presentations, using a premade survey, their classmates and audience members will evaluate the content of each presentation.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Technology: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|Voicethread]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|Prezi]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__wiki__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|wiki2]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|Glogster]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|web page]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|concept map]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|animoto]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|exploratree]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">,

**__ Next Steps __** What next steps will you take to implement this lesson?

sign out laptops / assign to small groups prepare small groups of 2-3 define / re-model digital citizenship

Timeline: When are you planning to implement the lesson?

Because of time constraints, we feel as a group that this lesson would best be implemented next spring.

Follow Ups: Any other questions or concerns?

Because this will be implemented in approximately 11 months, we would be interested in new and emerging technologies to use at that time.