LLD Science - Freehold Regional High School District

Freehold Regional High School DistrictLLD ScienceUnit #7 Environmental StudiesEnduring Understanding: Human activities impact the cycling of matter and the flow of energy through ecosystems.Essential Questions: How would you describe the climate in which you live?How is our climate changing?What does the ozone layer do for us?How is the ozone changing?What is erosion and deposition?What are some naturally occurring examples and some mane made example of erosion?Can you name some endangered species?How is human activity affecting the climate positively and negatively?How is human activity affecting the ozone positively and negatively?How is human activity affecting erosion positively and negatively?How is human activity affecting endangered species positively and negatively?Unit Goal: The students will demonstrate knowledge of the human effect on the environment and will discover ways in which they may contribute positively toenvironmental concerns.Duration of Unit: 5 weeksNJCCCS: 5.10A1, 5.10B1Guiding / Topical QuestionsHow do humans effect the environmenttoday? Positively? Negatively?What might “the balance of nature”mean?Content, Themes, Concepts, and SkillsDiscriminate between climate and weather.Identify climates as hot or cold, rainy or dry,seasonal.Define the purpose of the ozone layer.Define erosion.Define endangered species.Define balance, nature, naturally occurring,man-made, climate, ozone, erosion, deposition,endangered, species, environment andpollution.InstructionalResources andMaterialsPictures of variousclimates, e.g., desertarctic, rain forest etc.Internet resourcesCurrent textbook andworksheetsInternet resourcesTeaching StrategiesStudents describe pictures of climates.Chose a climate to illustrate.Shoe illustrations of ozone layer, erodedbeaches and endangered speciesFrayer models of naturally occurring,man-made, climate, ozone, erosion,deposition, endangered, species,pollution and environment.AssessmentStrategiesIllustrationPicture identificationPicture identificationParticipationDistinguish naturally occurring process fromthose positively or negatively affected by humanactivity regarding climate change, ozoneproduction, erosion and deposition andthreatened and endangered species.Balance scaleVideo clips/picturesRole-playUse balance scale to illustrate how theaddition of pollutants may shift thebalance of nature.Discussion22