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)

Examples of what the front could include:

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 (  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

Examples of what the back could include: This is much more elaborate than what I would expect.

Rubric 0 points3 points5 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 present but little detail is included Picture present with much detail 3 causes of Climate Change No causes present1-2 causes present3 causes present 3 effects of Climate Change No effects present3-4 effects present5 effects present Pictures on Front of poster No pictures present Pictures of causes or effects Pictures of both causes and effects Footprint resultsNo results present Results present but with little detail Results present with much detail Pictures of protection of Earth No pictures present2-3 pictures present4-5 pictures present 3 human impactsNo impacts present1-2 impacts present3 impacts present Explanation of impactNo explanations present1-2 explanations present3 explanations present Pictures of man’s impact on back of poster No pictures present1-2 pictures present3+ pictures present Color/creativity No color/creativity present Some color/ little creativity Color/ much creativity present