Grade: 8 - Earth and Space Science 3

8.ESS.3
Research how human consumption of finite natural resources (i.e. coal, oil, natural gas, and clean water) and human activities have had an impact on the environment (i.e. causes of air, water, soil, light, and noise pollution).

I Can Statements	Academic Vocabulary
I can identify renewable and nonrenewable resources. I can explain that coal, oil, natural gas, and clean water are natural resources that are finite. I can identify human causes of air, water, soil, light, and noise pollution.	Natural resource Renewable resource Nonrenewable resource Sustainability Conservation Recycle Urban sprawl Suburbanization Land degradation Desertification Deforestation Native species Invasive species Air pollution Water pollution Eutrophication Acid rain Biosphere Hydrosphere Geosphere Atmosphere

I Can Statements

Academic Vocabulary

I can identify renewable and nonrenewable resources.

I can explain that coal, oil, natural gas, and clean water are natural resources that are finite.

I can identify human causes of air, water, soil, light, and noise pollution.

Natural resource
Renewable resource Nonrenewable resource
Sustainability
Conservation
Recycle
Urban sprawl
Suburbanization
Land degradation
Desertification
Deforestation
Native species
Invasive species
Air pollution
Water pollution
Eutrophication
Acid rain
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Geosphere
Atmosphere

Cross Cutting Concepts
Patterns Can be used to identify cause and effect relationships. Graphs, charts, and images can be used to identify patterns in data. Cause and Effect Cause and effect relationships may be used to predict phenomena in natural or designed systems. Systems and System Models Models are limited in that they only represent certain aspects of the system under study. Models can be used to represent systems and their interactions -- such as inputs, processes, and outputs -- and energy, matter, and information flows within systems. Stability and Change Small changes in one part of a system might cause large changes in another part. *Systems in dynamic equilibrium are stable due to a balance of feedback mechanisms.

Cross Cutting Concepts

Patterns
*Can be used to identify cause and effect relationships.

*Graphs, charts, and images can be used to identify patterns in data.

Cause and Effect
*Cause and effect relationships may be used to predict phenomena in natural or designed systems.

Systems and System Models
*Models are limited in that they only represent certain aspects of the system under study.

*Models can be used to represent systems and their interactions -- such as inputs, processes, and outputs -- and energy, matter, and information flows within systems.

Stability and Change
*Small changes in one part of a system might cause large changes in another part.

*Systems in dynamic equilibrium are stable due to a balance of feedback mechanisms.

Science and Engineering Process Standards
SEPS 1: Asking Questions and Defining Problems SEPS 6: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

Science and Engineering Process Standards

SEPS 1: Asking Questions and Defining Problems

SEPS 6: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

Looking Back	Looking Ahead
Describe the positive and negative environmental impacts of obtaining and utilizing various renewable and nonrenewable energy resources in Indiana. Determine which energy resources are the most beneficial and efficient. (7.ESS.7) Develop solutions that could be implemented to reduce the impact of humans on the natural environment and the natural environment on humans. (4.ESS.4) Research invasive species and discuss their impact on ecosystems. (6.LS.5)	Create flowcharts that show the exchange of carbon and oxygen between the lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere, including carbon dioxide and methane. Explain how human activities such as farming and industry, temperature change in oceans, and natural processes such as volcanic eruptions can speed or slow the cycling from reservoirs within the solid earth and oceans into the atmosphere. (ES.3.1) Diagram the cycling of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and water and describe the human impacts on each.(Env.1.4) Identify tools and technologies used to adapt and alter environments and natural resources in order to meet human physical and cultural needs. (Env.1.7) Analyze and explain how events on one side of the world can alter temperature and precipitation around the globe. Analyze and explain the possible effects of natural and human-driven processes on our atmosphere and climate. (ES.3.3) Evaluate the use of sustainable versus nonrenewable resources. Explain the consequences of overuse and continued increased consumption of limited resources. Analyze and evaluate the benefits of researching, designing, and developing sustainable resources for private use and industry. (ES.3.4) Design, evaluate, and refine a model which shows how human activities and natural phenomena can change the flow of matter and energy in an ecosystem and how those changes impact the environment and biodiversity of populations in ecosystems of different scales, as well as, how these human impacts can be reduced. (B.3.2) Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, and identify the impact of changing conditions or introducing non-native species into that ecosystem. (B.3.3)

Looking Back

Looking Ahead

Describe the positive and negative environmental impacts of obtaining and utilizing various renewable and nonrenewable energy resources in Indiana. Determine which energy resources are the most beneficial and efficient. (7.ESS.7)

Develop solutions that could be implemented to reduce the impact of humans on the natural environment and the natural environment on humans. (4.ESS.4)

Research invasive species and discuss their impact on ecosystems. (6.LS.5)

Create flowcharts that show the exchange of carbon and oxygen between the lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere, including carbon dioxide and methane. Explain how human activities such as farming and industry, temperature change in oceans, and natural processes such as volcanic eruptions can speed or slow the cycling from reservoirs within the solid earth and oceans into the atmosphere. (ES.3.1)

Diagram the cycling of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and water and describe the human impacts on each.(Env.1.4)

Identify tools and technologies used to adapt and alter environments and natural resources in order to meet human physical and cultural needs. (Env.1.7)

Analyze and explain how events on one side of the world can alter temperature and precipitation around the globe. Analyze and explain the possible effects of natural and human-driven processes on our atmosphere and climate. (ES.3.3)

Evaluate the use of sustainable versus nonrenewable resources. Explain the consequences of overuse and continued increased consumption of limited resources. Analyze and evaluate the benefits of researching, designing, and developing sustainable resources for private use and industry. (ES.3.4)

Design, evaluate, and refine a model which shows how human activities and natural phenomena can change the flow of matter and energy in an ecosystem and how those changes impact the environment and biodiversity of populations in ecosystems of different scales, as well as, how these human impacts can be reduced. (B.3.2)

Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, and identify the impact of changing conditions or introducing non-native species into that ecosystem. (B.3.3)

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Grade: 8 - Earth and Space Science 3

8.ESS.3 Research how human consumption of finite natural resources (i.e. coal, oil, natural gas, and clean water) and human activities have had an impact on the environment (i.e. causes of air, water, soil, light, and noise pollution).

8.ESS.3
Research how human consumption of finite natural resources (i.e. coal, oil, natural gas, and clean water) and human activities have had an impact on the environment (i.e. causes of air, water, soil, light, and noise pollution).