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Environmental Systems
Course: Environmental System
Unit: Culminating End of Year Project and Case Studies
Guiding Question and
TEKS
Assessment
Specificity
Designated Grading Period: Sixth Grading Period
Days to teach: 14 Days
Vocabulary
Instructional
Resources/
Strategies
Weblinks
Unit to Teach: Culminating End of Year Project and Case Studies
TEKS
ALL TEKS ADDRESSED
What is the succession
process that occurs in a
forest after a disturbance
such as a forest fire?
Days to Teach : 14
Essays
Succession,
Project – Major Test
Grade
Tectonic movement,
hurricanes,
Additional TEK Resources
(8) Science concepts. The
student knows that
environments change
naturally. The student is
expected to:
(A) analyze and describe
the effects on areas
impacted by natural events
such as tectonic
movement, volcanic
events, fires, tornadoes,
hurricanes, flooding,
tsunamis, and population
growth;
8(B)
explain how regional
changes in the
environment may have a
global effect
What impact did Hurricane
Katrina, the flooding of the
Mississippi, or the
Japanese tsunami have on
the ecosystem and the
human population?
tsunami,
population
How does the population
growth in Japan and
Southern India differ?
How might the pollution
cause an even further
global impact?
Compare population
growth in different
countries and analyze the
impact of that growth on
each country’s resources
and environment.
World in the Balance:
The People Paradox
(Safari Montage)
How has the growth of
human population
impacted the availability
of resources and the
ecosystem?
What is the impact of
water pollution in Mexico
on the Ocean and
neighboring California?
Research specific natural
disasters and analyze the
impact they have on local
population and
ecosystems.
On the Gulf: Coastlines
in Danger (United
Streaming)
Explain the impact of
water pollution in Mexico?
What is the global impact
of water pollution in
California?
Globalism,
isolationism,
global effects,
local effects,
microeffects,
Preserving the Legacy:
Water (United Streaming)
Calculate your ecological
footprint and relate how
energy usage by
individuals may have a
global impact.
The Habitable Planet:
A Systems Approach to
Environmental Science:
http://www.learner.org/r
esources/series209.html
Google Drive –
Environmental Sci.
U.S. EPA
http://www.epa.gov/
http://safari.mansfieldisd.o
rg/SAFARI/montage/play.
php?keyindex=7010&locat
ion=local
Ecological Footprint Quiz
http://www.myfootprint.or
g/
http://www.epa.gov/myen
vironment/
Apps:Just science
Revised Spring 2016
Environmental Systems
Course: Environmental System
Unit: Culminating End of Year Project and Case Studies
Guiding Question and
TEKS
Assessment
Specificity
Designated Grading Period: Sixth Grading Period
Days to teach: 14 Days
Vocabulary
Instructional
Resources/
Strategies
Weblinks
Environmental impact
statement,
EPA,
ecological footprint,
per capita
land use,
net carbon fixation.
Planet in Peril – Watch a
portion and evaluate how
changes in one region of
the planet impact the
world as a whole.
Compare El Niño / La
Niña Data from the past 50
years and identify patterns.
El Niño
Case Study: El Niño
(Teacher Designed)
Describe how temperature
played a role in the trends
of El Niño and La Niña.
Oscillations
Write an essay based on
the arguments for and
against the existence of
global warming.
Global Warming
Why do developing
countries have radically
different ecological
footprints than highly
developed countries?
How might the use of
energy in a developed
country impact global
energy resources and
global warming?
TEKS
8(D) describe how
temperature inversions
impact weather conditions,
including El Niño and La
Niña oscillations; and
9 (H) analyze and
evaluate different views on
the existence of global
warming
Revised Spring 2016
What are the temperature
patterns associated with El
Niño and La Niña?
What are the strengths and
weaknesses of the major
arguments for and against
the existence of global
warming?
La Niña
NASA science
Arctic watch
NASA Viz
Case Study:
Global Warming and
Ozone
(Teacher Designed)
El Niño Webquest
El Nino
http://www.elnino.noaa.go
v/
El Nino
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov
/tao/elnino/ninohome.html
Temperature inversion,
Socratic seminar on
global warming