Resources and the Environment

8^th Grade Science

 

Objective:

Increase your awareness and knowledge about conserving Earth’s nonrenewable resources.

 

Assessment:

The formal assessment for this unit is creating a Picture Dictionary to show what you have learned about Resources and the Environment (Chapter 19 pages 542-564).

 

Template:

The Picture Dictionary Template can be found in the

Groups>Middle School>Brogie Science>Templates>Natural Resources folder.

 

Picture Dictionary:

·    Content Accuracy -- 10 points

·    Graphics/Pictures -- 10 points

·    Text -- 10 points

·    Layout -- 10 points

·    Interest -- 10 points

·    Section Assessment -- 25 points

·    Letter to the Reader -- 25 points

 

The Picture Dictionary will contain the following terms:

§   Acid Rain

§   Endangered Species

§   Erosion

§   Extinction

§   Fossil Fuels

§   Geothermal Energy

§   Global Warming

§   Greenhouse Effect

§   Groundwater

§   Hazardous Waste

§   Hydroelectric Power

§   Natural Resource

§   Nonrenewable Resource

§   Nuclear Energy

§   Ozone Depletion

§   Photovoltaic (PC) Cell

§   Pollutant

§   Recycling

§   Renewable Resources

§   Smog

§   Soil Depletion

§   Soil Management