Human Impacts on the Environment Complete Unit Bundle - Grade 8 MYP Science

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Grade Levels

7th - 9th, Homeschool

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Biology, Environment, International Baccalaureate

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Projects, Unit Plans, Activities

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NGSSMS-ESS3-2

NGSSMS-ESS3-1

NGSSMS-ESS3-5

NGSSMS-ESS3-4

NGSSMS-ESS3-3

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This collection of resources contains everything you need to teach a full unit on Human Impacts on the Environment, bundled at 20% off. This is a project-based learning unit recommended for grade 8 biology or environmental science students, designed to be taught over 4-6 weeks including lab activities and appropriate assessments. Each inquiry-based resource has been created to meet the needs of the MYP but is equally appropriate for any middle school, high school, international or homeschool STEM curriculum.

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Detailed unit plan outline aligned to MYP standards
Student handouts and task sheets, including answer keys where applicable
Printable resources and slides in a variety of formats
Daily activities for introducing or reviewing topics throughout the unit
Laboratory experiments to ensure skill development
Discussion activities that provide opportunities for collaboration, communication, and reflection.
Print and digital review games to engage your whole class
Summative project with differentiated rubrics for MYP Years 1-5 (grades 6-10)

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2 months

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NGSSMS-ESS3-2

Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects. Emphasis is on how some natural hazards, such as volcanic eruptions and severe weather, are preceded by phenomena that allow for reliable predictions, but others, such as earthquakes, occur suddenly and with no notice, and thus are not yet predictable. Examples of natural hazards can be taken from interior processes (such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions), surface processes (such as mass wasting and tsunamis), or severe weather events (such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods). Examples of data can include the locations, magnitudes, and frequencies of the natural hazards. Examples of technologies can be global (such as satellite systems to monitor hurricanes or forest fires) or local (such as building basements in tornado-prone regions or reservoirs to mitigate droughts).

NGSSMS-ESS3-1

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes. Emphasis is on how these resources are limited and typically non-renewable, and how their distributions are significantly changing as a result of removal by humans. Examples of uneven distributions of resources as a result of past processes include but are not limited to petroleum (locations of the burial of organic marine sediments and subsequent geologic traps), metal ores (locations of past volcanic and hydrothermal activity associated with subduction zones), and soil (locations of active weathering and/or deposition of rock).

NGSSMS-ESS3-5

Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century. Examples of factors include human activities (such as fossil fuel combustion, cement production, and agricultural activity) and natural processes (such as changes in incoming solar radiation or volcanic activity). Examples of evidence can include tables, graphs, and maps of global and regional temperatures, atmospheric levels of gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, and the rates of human activities. Emphasis is on the major role that human activities play in causing the rise in global temperatures.

NGSSMS-ESS3-4

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems. Examples of evidence include grade-appropriate databases on human populations and the rates of consumption of food and natural resources (such as freshwater, mineral, and energy). Examples of impacts can include changes to the appearance, composition, and structure of Earth’s systems as well as the rates at which they change. The consequences of increases in human populations and consumption of natural resources are described by science, but science does not make the decisions for the actions society takes.

NGSSMS-ESS3-3

Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment. Examples of the design process include examining human environmental impacts, assessing the kinds of solutions that are feasible, and designing and evaluating solutions that could reduce that impact. Examples of human impacts can include water usage (such as the withdrawal of water from streams and aquifers or the construction of dams and levees), land usage (such as urban development, agriculture, or the removal of wetlands), and pollution (such as of the air, water, or land).

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