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Earth and Human Activity ESS3
ESS3-4 Reducing Human Impacts
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Phenomenon
Ocean Trash videos NOAA
What do you know before you see the source? How does it add to your knowledge?
What do you still need to know?
How to save a planet BBC and US and world rankings GoodCountry
ESS3-4
Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.
Clarification Statement: Examples of data on the impacts of human activities could include the quantities and types of pollutants released, changes to biomass and species diversity, or areal changes in land surface use (such as for urban development, agriculture and livestock, or surface mining). Examples for limiting future impacts could range from local efforts (such as reducing, reusing, and recycling resources) to large-scale geoengineering design solutions (such as altering global temperatures by making large changes to the atmosphere or ocean).
Assessment Boundary: none
Prior Knowledge/Preview
Fish and Wildlife Service activity
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Inquiry science
Printable activity
On-line activity--Evaluate the 5 strategies--Give score of 1 through 10 and justify your grade for each strategy BBC article
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LAB experiments
Lab #1 Human Impact Anthropocene HHMI
Lab #2 Debating a proposed tank farm EPA
Lab #3 UN Climate Debate What are the strong arguments form the UN? What are the weak ones? Is anything missing—list them? UN
Lab #4 Reducing human footprint National Geographic
Lab #5 Wildfire Response Scroll Down Lockheed Martin
Lab #6 Composting Science (Chem/Phys/Bio) Cornell
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Aerospace CONNECTIONS:
Applications and examples
Reducing combustion products on Earth NASA ISS Research Explorer
Reducing NO2 and ozone in Aviation p21 IPCC
Can you spot ocean plastics from Space? BBC
Defining the threat to the ozone layer with SST airplanes—supersonic aircraft- NOAA
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EXTENSION material for the curious
Marine Debris Reduction NOAA and the NOAA Toolkit
Firework pollution infographic
Dead zone: Gulf of Mexico Smithsonian and NOAA
Food and the Carbon Footprint NYT
Microplastics: activities VIMS Personal solutions Going Zero Waste In Our Waterways USGS
Build Your Own Particulate Matter Sensor EPA
Geo-ethics Forum--The Grey side of Green AND Hidden Cost of Metal Mining SERC Carleton
Climate Change and Human Impact on the Environment SI Learning lab and WIS SI Learning Lab and WIS
Design a way to reduce Ocean Plastics Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian learning Lab
Plastic pollution on coral reefs A Calamity of Global Proportions Smithsonian Learning Lab
Ocean life pollution effects Smithsonian Learning Lab
Watersheds, water clarity and human impact on Lake Tahoe SI Learning Lab
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