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Objective: For students to explore the current environmental issues in Ontario, Canada and around the world.
Materials Needed:
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Student activity sheets (provided below)
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Computers, phones, tablets, etc.
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Teacher resource (provided)
Time Needed:
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Approximately 1 class period
Prep:
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Complete one of the following lessons:
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Geography: A. Physical Patterns in a Changing World
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Geography: B. Natural Resources around the World: Use and Sustainability
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Science: A. Understanding Structures and Mechanisms
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Science: B. Understanding Matter and Energy
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Book computer lab, computer carts, etc.
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Print off student activity sheets (1 per person)
Guiding Questions:
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Why do different people have different responses to the environment and the opportunities and challenges it presents?
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Why do we need to consider various perspectives when determining the impact of human activities?
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Why would people continue to use methods that contribute to destroying our environment when there are more environmentally safer ways?
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Why is it important for companies to find out what consumers want now and what they might want and/or need in the future?
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What would be the impact on depleted fisheries in a developing nation versus Canada?
Execution:
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Organize students into groups of 3 to 4
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Hand out student activity sheets
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Have students use the provided websites to access the information
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Once students are complete the activity sheet, discuss as a class, or have them hand in (answers are provided for you in the teacher resource, please note, students do not have to answer word for word, as long as they have a general idea)
Integrated Expectations across subject matters:
Language: Reading
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Read and demonstrate an understanding of informational texts using a range of strategies to construct meaning.
Language: Media Literacy
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Use overt and implied messages to draw inferences and construct meaning in media texts;
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Identify whose point of view is presented or reflected in a media text, citing supporting evidence from the text, and suggest how the text might change if a different point of view were used.
Science
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Analyze the effects of human activities on habitats and communities
Resources used:
Videos
Newspaper/ Articles
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The Dust Bowl. (n.d.). Retrieved November 25, 2020, from https://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP13CH1PA2LE.html
Journals
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Fisichelli, N., Schuurman, G., Symstad, A., Ray, A., Miller, B., Cross, M., & Rowland, E. (2016). Resource Management and Operations in Southwest South Dakota: Climate Change Scenario Planning Workshop Summary. Retrieved November 25, 2020, from https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Conceptual-model-of-grassland-ecosystems-in-southwest-South-Dakota-showing-the_fig5_307853146.
Government Sources
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Government of Ontario. (2018). Social Studies. Retrieved November 25, 2020, from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/sshg.html
Worksheets
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