Climate Change & Man’s Impact Poster

Front of Poster This side should focus on climate change The following must be included in order to receive full credit Definition of Climate Change Causes (at least 3) Effects (at least 5) Greenhouse effect (a diagram that shows the greenhouse with descriptions) Pictures Color Overall Poster Requirement: Size- 8.5” x 11” Can be hand-drawn or computer generated Must be brought to class in hard copy form (if you cannot print from home, ask a friend to print, go to media center, or complete by hand)

Back of Poster This side should focus less on climate change, but rather more on man’s impact. The following must be included in order to receive full credit: Results with graphics from the ecological quiz (http://www.earthday.org/footprint-calculator)  Students will include the # of earths they take up and the other data they obtain from the website. (This link will not work on phones; use chromebooks or complete at home.) Pictures of things that can help preserve/protect Earth (4-5 pictures) Can be hand-drawn or printed from internet 3 additional ways (do not include anything related to climate change here) humans negatively impact Earth Explanation of how it impacts Earth and the effects Pictures Color

Rubric 0 points 3 points 5 points Definition of Climate Change   0 points 3 points 5 points Definition of Climate Change No definition present Definition present but not completely accurate Definition present and accurate Picture of Greenhouse Effect No picture present Picture (not copied and pasted from internet) present but little to no detail is included Picture is original (not copied and pasted from internet) with much detail included 3 causes of Climate Change No causes present 1-2 causes present 3 causes present 3 effects of Climate Change No effects present 3-4 effects present 5 effects present Pictures on Front of poster No pictures present Pictures of causes or effects Pictures of both causes and effects Footprint results No results present Results present but with little detail Results present with much detail Pictures of protection of Earth 2-3 pictures present 4-5 pictures present 3 human impacts No impacts present 1-2 impacts present 3 impacts present Explanation of impact No explanations present 1-2 explanations present 3 explanations present Pictures of man’s impact on back of poster 1-2 pictures present 3+ pictures present Color/creativity No color/creativity present Some color/ little creativity Color/ much creativity present Rubric