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Reducing Human Impact
CONCEPTUALCommunicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and other living things in the local environment
Mastery Evidence
- Identify at least three ways humans negatively impact the local environment (litter, pollution, habitat destruction)
- Propose at least three solutions to reduce human impact (recycling, reducing waste, conserving water, planting trees)
- Explain how each solution helps protect land, water, air, or living things
Assessment Prompt
“Can [child] suggest ways people can help the environment — like recycling, not littering, saving water, or planting trees?”
Curriculum Standards1 alignment
K-ESS3-3Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) K-5codes onlyStandard code — full text not included in this dataset.
Prerequisites1
- Plants and animals in their habitatssoftAges 5—6
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- Plants and animals in their habitats soft
Understanding organism-habitat relationships supports understanding human impact on environments
- What Living Things Need hard
Must understand organism needs before modelling needs-habitat relationships
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
Unlocks1
- Communities Protecting ResourceshardAges 10—11