Senior Biology - Grade 11 (B.1- Diversity of Living Things)
ASSESSMENT CATEGORIES
FOR Learning: Classroom Discussion about the Climate Change misconceptions and in the media or culture
AS Learning: Evaluate another groups's Activity Chart (Peer Assessment Activity)
OF Learning: Write a Reflection Journal about what you might do or change about your life as a result of what you learned.
ASSIGNMENT: Create a Graphic Organization Chart that describes and connects: A) The Main Impacts and Affects of Humans on Global Climate, B) The stressors and Impacts of Climate and Land Use Changes to Ecosystems, and B) the Related impacts of Climate Change and Land Use to Human Safety and Food Supply
HUMAN ACTIVITIES THAT AFFECT CLIMATE
Carbon Emissions
Warming Temperature
Atmospheric Insulation (CO2)
Ice Melt - Sea Level Rise
Weather Pattern Disruption
Extreme Weather
Land Use Changes
Urbanization
Heat Island - Impervious Surfaces
Deforestation / Forest Loss
Agricultural Uses
Factory Farming (Water Use/Methane)
Monoculture & Pesticides
ECOSYSTEM STRESSORS
Deforestation = Habitat Loss & Species Exterpation
Disease and Invasive Species
Cultivation = monoculture/no diversity
Pesticides + Erosion & Run Off
Ocean Acidification
Changing Weather Patterns = Species cannot adapt quick enough
Extreme Weather Events = destruction of habitat
Climate Patterns Disrupt food chain and seasonal timing
HUMAN SAFETY AND FOOD SECURITY
Crop Loss
Flooding
Disease
Water Quantity and Quality
Extreme Weather Events
Subtopic
CONCEPTS
PRIMARY: Human Activities and Negatively Impacting Native Biodiversity
Assessment FOR Learning
Assessment AS Learning
Assessment OF Learning
SECONDARY: A Rapidly Changing Climate is Impacting Ecosystems
TERTIARY: Extreme Weather Events affect Human Safety and Food Supply