1. The Question

Essential Question:

What are we doing to change our environment?

Unit Question: How can we keep the environment

healthy?

Content Questions: 1. What are the causes and effects of

acid precipitation? 2. What can we do to prevent acid

precipitation? 3. What is the greenhouse effect? 4. What is global warming?

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What is happening in our environment and how is it affecting us worldwide? Many people don’t give our environmental problems such as acid rain and global warming much thought. We all need to be educated on environmental issues.

INFORMATION SITES:

http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/education/site_students/whatcauses.html

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html

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• 1. Students will brainstorm environmental terms using Wordle.

• http://www.wordle.net/create

• 2. Students will research acids and bases and draw a diagram of the pH scale

• 3. Students will research and outline the causes and effects of acid precipitation and global warming. (Use Penzu)

• 4. Students will document how we can prevent acid rain and global warming.

• Environmental

Problems:

acid precipitation

global warming

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• Students will create a video about either acid precipitation or global warming using animoto.

• Students will write a 10 question quiz using the environmental terms that they generated using wordle. (Students may then exchange quizzes.)

5. Enrichment Activities

• Internet sites:• http://www.nationalgeogr

aphic.com/xpeditions/lessons/14/g68/SixDegrees.pdf

• http://www.homeworkspot.com/features/globalwarming.htm

• http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/global-warming/acid-rain-overview/

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6. Teacher Support Materials

• STUDENT LEARNING EXPECTATIONS

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• ESS 8.7.8 Identify the causes and effects of weather-related phenomena.

• ESS 8.7.13 Identify and explain the effects that human activities have on the weather and the atmosphere

• ESS 8.7.20 Research how human activities may contribute to global warming.