Topic: Land Use and Waste Management Driving Questions: How do the availability of resources, climate, and natural hazards impact land use? How has human development impacted land use and the Earth System? Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect, Systems and System Models Science and Engineering Practices: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions, Mathematical and Computational Thinking Iowa Core Science Standards: , Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Students will: Students will: inferences In addition Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of 1. Identify the driving forces that determine the skills natural resources have influenced where and how people live. () location of urban centers performance and 2. Describe how technology has changed human to and score activity pertaining to natural resources, natural Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of applications knowledge. hazards, and climate. natural hazards have influenced where and how people live. () 3.0 performance, reflects Construct an explanation based on evidence for how changes in climate Describe the effect of natural hazards, changes in have influenced where and how people live. () that climate, and the availability of natural resources on insufficient features of human societies, including population size go Evaluate various waste management techniques and their impact on the and migration patterns beyond environment. the 1. Describe the impacts of urbanization and student progress transportation on land use and air quality what 2.Identify methods to reduce waste and decrease our was impact on the land demonstrates towards 3. Compare and contrast waste management taught. techniques (landfills, dumps, incinerators, compost) Possible Extension: Evaluate/Create a solution to a land management/development issue foundational Recognize or recall specific vocabulary such as: that focuses at a local level. Take into account social, cultural, environmental, and in-depth Urban, rural, urban sprawl, urbanization, land economic impacts and evaluate using a range of pre-specified constraints. degradation, Landfill, incinerator, compost, recycle, heat island effect, deforestation, reclamation
Topic: Land Use and Waste Management Driving Questions: How do the availability of resources, climate, and natural hazards impact land use? How has human development impacted land use and the Earth System? Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect, Systems and System Models Science and Engineering Practices: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions, Mathematical and Computational Thinking Iowa Core Science Standards: , Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 In addition to score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught. Students will: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources have influenced where and how people live. () Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural hazards have influenced where and how people live. () Construct an explanation based on evidence for how changes in climate have influenced where and how people live. () Evaluate various waste management techniques and their impact on the environment. Possible Extension: Evaluate/Create a solution to a land management/development issue that focuses at a local level. Take into account social, cultural, environmental, and economic impacts and evaluate using a range of pre-specified constraints. Students will: 1. Identify the driving forces that determine the location of urban centers 2. Describe how technology has changed human activity pertaining to natural resources, natural hazards, and climate. Describe the effect of natural hazards, changes in climate, and the availability of natural resources on features of human societies, including population size and migration patterns 1. Describe the impacts of urbanization and transportation on land use and air quality 2.Identify methods to reduce waste and decrease our impact on the land 3. Compare and contrast waste management techniques (landfills, dumps, incinerators, compost) Recognize or recall specific vocabulary such as: Urban, rural, urban sprawl, urbanization, land degradation, Landfill, incinerator, compost, recycle, heat island effect, deforestation, reclamation performance reflects insufficient progress towards foundational skills and knowledge.
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