Ecology Issues - Project!
STEP 1
Choose a Topic!
Choose a Topic!
- Endangered Species
- Saving the Rainforests (or Great Barrier Reef, etc.)
- Wildlife Conservation (National Parks, Hunting, Reservations)
- Pollution (Air, Water)
- Global Climate Change
- Energy Conservation (alternate fuels, electric vehicles, self-driving vehicles, the "green" movement)
- Human Overpopulation (food and water shortages, habitat destruction)
- Genetically Modified Crops and Animals
STEP 2
Use the Internet, Biology Textbook, or more to find information about your topic. Answer the following questions:
Use this graphic organizer to help you keep all the information in one place.
Use the Internet, Biology Textbook, or more to find information about your topic. Answer the following questions:
- What is the problem? How do we know there is a problem (what evidence is there)?
- What causes the problem?
- What are the possible future effects of the problem? How will it affect the world?
- What is being done to solve the problem? (for ex: In Japan, it is now illegal to kill whales for "scientific purposes")
- What can an individual do to help?
Use this graphic organizer to help you keep all the information in one place.
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Here is the Graphic Organizer in Google Docs Form
https://docs.google.com/a/petk12.org/document/d/1Cz3pZkUa9INzRDWfcR9tFHJSGhIABbP7BYzM_HHU41Y/edit
https://docs.google.com/a/petk12.org/document/d/1Cz3pZkUa9INzRDWfcR9tFHJSGhIABbP7BYzM_HHU41Y/edit
Some Quick Resource Starters:
http://www.earthtimes.org
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/environmental_issues/
http://www.earthtimes.org
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/environmental_issues/
STEP 3
- Take your answers from Step 2 and put into a Google Slides Presentation/Powerpoint Presentation. Click HERE ONLY IF you need a guide for how to design your presentation.
- Take your answers from Step 2 and put onto Posterboard w/illustrations
- Take your answers from Step 2 and Create a Website using Weebly. (See Mr.K for directions on this one!)
STEP 4
Present your Ecological Issue to the class!
Grading Rubric:
Present your Ecological Issue to the class!
Grading Rubric:
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Ecological Issues Project Directions Hand-out (All of the above in a handy word doc.)
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