Interdependence & Environmental Changes Week 11 Directions 1.Prepare your desk for science. Put your signed summative assessment face down on your desk. 2.Use voice level 0 (no voice) to look at your notebook pg. 32 & 33 to see what human interactions can be helpful or harmful.

Targets & Warm Up Targets: Students will identify ways that human activity affects organisms. Warm Up: Return animal unit summative assessment

Homework SubjectHomeworkDue Date ScienceReturn signed testTuesday

Table of Contents DateTitlePage Humans and the Environment32, 33 Once you are finished with the Table of Contents, go to page 33 and add the title and date to the top of the page.

Harmful Human Actions

Helpful Human Actions

Land Reclamation

What is it? How does it happen? [Causes] How does it affect organisms? [Effects/Consequences] Mining companies replace rock and soil and replant crops, grasses, and trees once mining is finished Plants grow again Animals have habitats

National Parks

What is it? How does it happen? [Causes] How does it affect organisms? [Effects/Consequences] The U.S. has a system to preserve nature and the habitats of animals Habitats, plants, and animals are protected and cannot be disturbed

Plant Trees

What is it? How does it happen? [Causes] How does it affect organisms? [Effects/Consequences] People plant trees in areas where more are needed Animals have a habitat Trees help the soil and add helpful gasses to the air (oxygen)

Recycle

What is it? How does it happen? [Causes] How does it affect organisms? [Effects/Consequences] Paper and other items that are often thrown away can instead be used again (recycled) Fewer trees are cut down Less garbage goes into landfills, which saves animal habitats

Protect Wetlands

What is it? How does it happen? [Causes] How does it affect organisms? [Effects/Consequences] Wetlands (swamps and marshes) are protected instead of drained and built on Habitats for animals and plants are saved

Zoos

What is it? How does it happen? [Causes] How does it affect organisms? [Effects/Consequences] Zoos are places where animals are taken care of Animals are taken care of and studied Endangered animals are protected Animals can be put back into their habitats

Reflection Question Human activity affects organisms. What are some of the helpful ways humans interact with the environment? How does this affect organisms such as plants and animals?

Targets (Revisited) Targets: Students will identify ways that human activity affects organisms.