Human Impact on Ecosystems

Everglades, United States

March 1973 June 2002

Human Impacts

Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources (NCSR)

Chemeketa Community CollegeSalem, Oregon

DUE# 0435576

What is balance in an Ecosystem?

What is balance in an Ecosystem?

CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES IN Life ScienceAnnotated Teachers EditionRevised Third AdditionGlobe FearonCopyright 1998Page 74

They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot

With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot

Don't it always seem to goThat you don't know what you

got till it's gone They took all the trees, and put

em in a tree museumThey paved paradise and

put up a parkin' lot

And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them They paved paradise and

put up a parkin' lot

Don't it always seem to goThat you don't know what you

got till it's gone Hey farmer, farmer, put

away your DDT

I don't care about spots on my apples,

LEAVE me the birds and the bees PLEASE

Don't it always seem to goThat you don't know what you

got till it's gone They paved paradise and

put up a parkin' lot They paved paradise and

put up a parkin' lot

Big Yellow Taxi

Written by: Joni Mitchell1970

Performed by: Counting Crows & Vanessa Carlson 2002

Conversation StemsAt your table discuss the song.

Use the following conversation stems:

– I think the artist is trying to convey…

– It is important to notice…– This makes me realize...– This is interesting because...

They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot

With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot

Don't it always seem to goThat you don't know what you

got till it's gone They took all the trees, and put

em in a tree museumThey paved paradise and

put up a parkin' lot

And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them They paved paradise and

put up a parkin' lot

Don't it always seem to goThat you don't know what you

got till it's gone Hey farmer, farmer, put

away your DDT

I don't care about spots on my apples,

LEAVE me the birds and the bees PLEASE

Don't it always seem to goThat you don't know what you

got till it's gone They paved paradise and

put up a parkin' lot They paved paradise and

put up a parkin' lot

Conversation StemsAt your table discuss the song.

Use the following conversation stems:

– I think the artist is trying to convey…

– It is important to notice…– This makes me realize...– This is interesting because...

SILENT SPRING

SILENT SPRING

The CLASSIC that LAUNCHED the ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT

By: Rachel CarsonCopyright 1962Pages 1-3

Compare & ContrastAt your table have a discussion

comparing and contrasting the the song Big Yellow Taxi and the text Silent Spring (be specific – site your evidence)

Consider the similarities and differences of the message being conveyed the purpose of the artist/author

The End of Australia

The End of Australia

By: Jeff GoodellRolling Stones MagazineIssue 1141 - October 13, 2011

Pages 54-61 & 74-75

Can’t Close Our Eyes

Conservation International2008

Narrated by: Harrison Ford

Quick WriteSummarize the central

ideas of the text set and write a concluding statement.

Grade 6 - Unit 2: Ecosystems

Content Statement – L.EC.M.4 Environmental Impact of Organisms –

All organisms (including humans) cause change in the environment where they live. Some of the changes are harmful to the organism or other organisms, whereas others are helpful.

Content Expectation• L.EC.06.41 Describe how human beings are part

of the ecosystem of the Earth and that human activity can purposefully, or accidentally, alter the balance in ecosystems.

Source: Grade 6 GLCE Companion Document

Biology - Unit 8: Population Ecology &

Human Impacts on Ecosystems

Content Expectation B3.4C Examine the negative

impact of human activities.

Source: High School Biology Priority Expectations Document

Text Set DebriefWith your mascot partner discuss the

following:

As a learner: What did you like about the text set,

worked for you? What did not?

As a teacher: What is your thinking regarding

text sets in your classroom?

Considerations of a Text SetThe Common Core State Standards emphasize

students' abilities to not only restate the information a text teaches but to analyze authors claims…

To do that kind of high-level, critical, analytical work, students need to read more than one text on a subject.

In effect, they must become expert at gathering information and at analyzing how that information is conveyed, so that they can, indeed, evaluate texts rather than simply summarize them. 

Human Impacts

Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources (NCSR)

Chemeketa Community CollegeSalem, Oregon

DUE# 0435576

Reading Strategy:Think Pair Share

What is balance in an Ecosystem?

CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES IN Life ScienceAnnotated Teachers EditionRevised Third AdditionGlobe FearonCopyright 1998Page 74

Reading Strategy:Two Column Notes/

Main Idea

Big Yellow Taxi

Written by: Joni Mitchell1970

Performed by: Counting Crows & Vanessa Carlson 2002

Reading Strategy:Conversation Stems

SILENT SPRING

The CLASSIC that LAUNCHED the ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT

By: Rachel CarsonCopyright 1962Pages 1-3

Reading Strategy:Think Aloud

The End of Australia

By: Jeff GoodellRolling Stones MagazineIssue 1141 - October 13, 2011

Pages 54-61 & 74-75

Reading Strategy:Guided Highlighted

Reading

Can’t Close Our Eyes

Conservation International2008

Narrated by: Harrison Ford

Reading Strategy:Synthesis/

Thinking – New Thinking

Example Assessment Item

SMARTER Balanced Consortium Appendix F: Annotated Examples to Illustrate Assessment Types (http://www.k12.wa.us/SMARTER/Resources.aspx )

Example Assessment Item

SMARTER Balanced Consortium Appendix F: Annotated Examples to Illustrate Assessment Types (http://www.k12.wa.us/SMARTER/Resources.aspx )

Example Assessment Item

SMARTER Balanced Consortium Appendix F: Annotated Examples to Illustrate Assessment Types (http://www.k12.wa.us/SMARTER/Resources.aspx )