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Ecosystems, Human Impact and Sustainability

Matthew DeFazio Group ADK Fall 2010 EDIM 502. Ecosystems, Human Impact and Sustainability. BEGIN HERE!. Topics What is an Ecosystem? Human Impact Sustainability Final Assessment Credits Standards PDE Additional Resources. Table of Contents.

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Ecosystems, Human Impact and Sustainability

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  1. Matthew DeFazio Group ADK Fall 2010 EDIM 502 Ecosystems, Human Impact and Sustainability BEGIN HERE!

  2. Topics What is an Ecosystem? Human Impact Sustainability Final Assessment Credits Standards PDE Additional Resources Table of Contents

  3. Title Table of ContentsInvestigation CreditsStandards Investigations Impact Ecosystems Sustainability

  4. Title Table of ContentsInvestigationCreditsStandards What is an Ecosystem? • The plants and animals that are found in a particular location are • referred to as an ecosystem. • In a delicate balance, these life forms help to sustain one another • in regular patterns. • Disruptions to an ecosystem can be disastrous to all organisms • within the ecosystem. Click on the picture of this ecosystem to learn more! After reading about different ecosystems take the quiz. Take the Quiz

  5. Title Table of ContentsInvestigationCreditsStandards How Do We Impact Our Earth? • Human well-being is highly dependent on ecosystems and the benefits they • provide such as food and drinkable water. Over the past 50 years, however, • humans have had a tremendous impact on their environment. • Virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems have been significantly transformed • through human actions. Changes have been especially rapid in the last • 50 years and today the fastest changes are taking place in developing • countries. Ecosystems are particularly affected by large-scale fishing, • freshwater use, and agriculture. Click on the picture to view a video describing the impact we have on our environment. Minimize Power Point to view the video in a separate window. Take the Quiz

  6. Title Table of ContentsInvestigationCreditsStandards What is Sustainability? First, click on the picture to the left and learn about sustainability and how we can help the ecosystem we live in. Take the Quiz Next, click on the picture to the right and complete the journal activity described.

  7. Title Table of ContentsInvestigationCreditsStandards Journal Activity In your Science Journal, describe this picture in your own words. Be sure to include how you think this ecosystem would be impacted by what you see? How do you think this happened? Is there a way to fix what you see?

  8. Title Table of ContentsInvestigationCreditsStandards Final Assessment Directions: In your science journal answer the following questions: 1. What is an ecosystem? How do we impact our environment and the living organisms within it? What is sustainability and how can we help improve the impact we have on future generations?

  9. Title Table of ContentsInvestigationCreditsStandards Image, Text and Video Credits Images http://images.travelpod.com/users/psubrat93/7.1234132260.trash_on_beach.jpg http://www.andysalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ecosystem.jpg http://pages.uoregon.edu/uplan/photos/Sustainability/sustainability.jpg http://www.sustainabilityninja.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sustainability.jpg http://bcalliance-international.com/static/files/Sustainability_arrows_Globe.jpg http://vanishingearth.com/images/Our-Impact-Vanishing-Earth.jpg Text http://www.greenfacts.org/en/ecosystems/index.htm http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0164-ecosystems.php http://www.olliesworld.com/planet/usa/info/info/s_def03.htm Video http://www.vidoemo.com/yvideo.php?human-impact-on-the-environment=&i=MHpQY1I3cWuRpd2doMGM

  10. Title Table of ContentsInvestigationCreditsStandards PDE Standards Earth Science 3.5.4 Recognize earth resources and how they affect everyday life. 4.6.4C Ecosystems and their Interactions Identify how ecosystems change over time. Reading, Writing, and Listening 1.4 1.4.5 B Write multi-paragraph informational pieces (e.g., essays, descriptions, letters, reports, instructions). · Include cause and effect. · Develop a problem and solution when appropriate to the topic. · Use relevant graphics (e.g., maps, charts, graphs, tables, illustrations, photographs).

  11. Title Table of ContentsInvestigationCreditsStandards Quiz Time! When an ecosystem is disrupted it can be disastrous to ________ that live within the ecosystem. Plants Animals People All

  12. Title Table of ContentsInvestigationCreditsStandards Quiz Time! How have changes in the Earth’s ecosystem’s occurred over the past 50 years? Slowly Not At All Rapidly Steadily

  13. Title Table of ContentsInvestigationCreditsStandards Quiz Time! The Earth’s resources can survive into the future if we are all responsible and use them…. Until they disappear Only as much as is needed

  14. Title Table of ContentsInvestigationCreditsStandards Great Job You Are Correct!!!!!!

  15. Title Table of ContentsInvestigationCreditsStandards Good Try…..But Wrong Answer Click to Try Again

  16. Title Table of ContentsInvestigationCreditsStandards Great Job You Are Correct!!!!!!

  17. Title Table of ContentsInvestigationCreditsStandards Good Try…..But Wrong Answer Click to Try Again

  18. Title Table of ContentsInvestigationCreditsStandards Great Job You Are Correct!!!!!!

  19. Title Table of ContentsInvestigationCreditsStandards Good Try…..But Wrong Answer Click to Try Again

  20. Additional Resources Ecosystem http://forest.mtu.edu/kidscorner/ecosystems/definition.html http://www.neok12.com/Ecosystems.htm Impact http://geographyworldonline.com/ecosystems.html Sustainability http://tiki.oneworld.net/sustain/quizzes/sustainability_quiz.html http://www.epa.gov/kids/

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