Unit 1 – Human Population Impacts

SEV4. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to analyze human impact on natural resources.

a. Construct and revise a claim based on evidence on the effects of human activities on natural resources. (Reasoning)

Learning Targets

I can identify natural resources used by humans. (Knowledge)

I can describe ways humans use Earth’s natural resources. (Knowledge)

I can explain how human activities impact Earth’s natural resources. (Knowledge)

I can develop a claim supported by evidence to explain the effect of human activities on Earth’s natural resources. (Reasoning)

I can use feedback to revise a claim supported by evidence to explain the effect of human activities on Earth’s natural resources.

(Reasoning)

SEV5. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the effects of human population growth on global ecosystems.

a. Construct explanations about the relationship between the quality of life and human impact on the environment in terms of population growth, education, and gross national product. 

Learning Targets

I can describe human impact on the environment in terms of population growth, education, and gross national product.

(Knowledge)

I can identify ways human quality of life is measured nationally. (Knowledge)

I can describe the national human quality of life. (Knowledge)

I can use data models to identify patterns in the national human quality of life over time. (Knowledge)

I can use data models to determine factors that affect the national human quality of life over time. (Reasoning)

I can describe the relationship between national human quality of life and human impact on the environment. (Reasoning)

I can construct an explanation of how national human quality of life is related to human impact on the environment in terms of population growth, education, and gross national product. (Reasoning)

b. Analyze and interpret data on global patterns of population growth (fertility and mortality rates) and demographic transitions in developing and developed countries. (Reasoning)

Learning Targets

I can identify data models that represent global population growth (fertility and mortality rates). (Knowledge)

I can identify data models that represent demographic information in developing and developed countries. (Knowledge)

I can use data models to identify patterns in population growth (fertility and mortality rates). (Knowledge)

I can use data models to identify patterns in demographic transitions in developing and developed countries. (Knowledge)

I can analyze and interpret data models to makes predictions about global population growth (fertility and mortality rates) and

demographic transitions in developing and developed countries based on trends and patterns. (Reasoning)

c. Construct an argument from evidence regarding the ecological effects of human innovations (Agricultural, Industrial, Medical, and Technological Revolutions) on global ecosystems.

Learning Targets

I can describe global ecosystems. (Knowledge)

I can describe human innovations including the agricultural, industrial, medical, and technological revolutions. (Knowledge)

I can gather evidence to demonstrate the effects of human innovations on global ecosystems. (Reasoning)

I can use evidence to develop a claim about the effects of human innovation on global ecosystems. (Reasoning)

I can construct an argument regarding the ecological effects of human innovations on global ecosystems. (Product)

d. Design and defend a sustainability plan to reduce your individual contribution to environmental impacts, taking into account how market forces and societal demands (including political, legal, social, and economic) influence personal choices. (Product)

Learning Targets

I can identify my individual contribution to environmental impacts. (Knowledge)

I can identify market forces and societal demands that influence my personal choices. (Knowledge)

I can explain how market forces influence my personal choices. (Reasoning)

I can determine how my personal choices, influenced by market forces, impact the environment. (Reasoning)

I can determine ways to reduce my individual contribution to environmental impacts by examining my personal choices that are influenced by market forces. (Reasoning)

I can design and defend a sustainability plan to reduce your individual contribution to environmental impacts, taking into account how market forces and societal demands (including political, legal, social, and economic) influence personal choices. (Product)