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Human Impact on the Sea Unit PlanHuman Impact on the Sea Unit Plan
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University of Southern California
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4th - 8th
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Science
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2014
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Human Impact on the Sea

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How far does the human hand reach?  Five interactive lessons lead classes through a unit exploring the human impact on ocean resources, pollution, and even extinction. Learners discover how their decisions affect the ocean environment and its living organisms.

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Concepts

environmental factors, human impact on the environment, oceans, non-renewable resources, renewable resources, ocean pollution, extinction, wastewater

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Assign essential vocabulary as homework prior to each lesson
  • Facilitate a think-pair-share activity to activate prior knowledge

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  • Activities require specific materials and time to set up prior to each lesson

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  • Includes assessment questions
  • Provides a detailed teacher guide with questioning strategies

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