1. Climate Change & Man’s Impact Poster

2. 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)

3. 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

4. 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