Human Impact on Ecosystems

Everglades, United States March 1973June 2002

Human Impacts Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources (NCSR) Chemeketa Community College Salem, Oregon DUE#

What is balance in an Ecosystem?

CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES IN Life Science Annotated Teachers Edition Revised Third Addition Globe Fearon Copyright 1998 Page 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 go That you don't know what you got till it's gone They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum They 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 go That 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 go That you don't know what you got till it's gone They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot

Big Yellow Taxi Written by: Joni Mitchell 1970 Performed by: Counting Crows & Vanessa Carlson 2002

Conversation Stems At 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 go That you don't know what you got till it's gone They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum They 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 go That 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 go That you don't know what you got till it's gone They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot

Conversation Stems At 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 Carson Copyright 1962 Pages 1-3

Compare & Contrast At 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

By: Jeff Goodell Rolling Stones Magazine Issue October 13, 2011 Pages & 74-75

Can’t Close Our Eyes Conservation International 2008 Narrated by: Harrison Ford

Quick Write Summarize 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 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 Debrief With 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 Set The 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 College Salem, Oregon DUE# Reading Strategy: Think Pair Share

What is balance in an Ecosystem? CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES IN Life Science Annotated Teachers Edition Revised Third Addition Globe Fearon Copyright 1998 Page 74 Reading Strategy: Two Column Notes/ Main Idea

Big Yellow Taxi Written by: Joni Mitchell 1970 Performed by: Counting Crows & Vanessa Carlson 2002 Reading Strategy: Conversation Stems

SILENT SPRING The CLASSIC that LAUNCHED the ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT By: Rachel Carson Copyright 1962 Pages 1-3 Reading Strategy: Think Aloud

The End of Australia By: Jeff Goodell Rolling Stones Magazine Issue October 13, 2011 Pages & Reading Strategy: Guided Highlighted Reading

Can’t Close Our Eyes Conservation International 2008 Narrated by: Harrison Ford Reading Strategy: Synthesis/ Thinking – New Thinking

Example Assessment Item SMARTER Balanced Consortium Appendix F: Annotated Examples to Illustrate Assessment Types ( )

Example Assessment Item SMARTER Balanced Consortium Appendix F: Annotated Examples to Illustrate Assessment Types ( )

Example Assessment Item SMARTER Balanced Consortium Appendix F: Annotated Examples to Illustrate Assessment Types ( )