Human Impact Project

Research Topic

Choose one of the following and circle it

Deforestation
Desertification
Global Warming
Invasive species
Coral Bleaching
Be curious. What questions do you have about your topic?

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Research Notes
Use your questions to guide your research.

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Sum It Up

What are the most important pieces of information that

you found:
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What information did you find most

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What solutions did you find to your topic?

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Any interesting inventions that already exist to help

counter the damage that your topic is causing?

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Awareness Poster or Video or Presentation

Create an awareness campaign about the human impact on biodiversity

that you are now an expert in.

Make sure you include:

 What your human impact is?
What parts of the world is it occurring in?
Does it impact any particular ecosystems?
How does it affect the global community?
The biggest concern surrounding it.
Ways to prevent or reverse some of the damage. What can we do to
help?

Awareness Campaign Rubric

5 4 3 2 1

Information Informative Informative Interesting Campaign

campaign. campaign. All campaign. answered a
Each but one Most of the few of the
research research research research
questions is question are questions are questions.
effectively effectively addressed
 answered answered

Organization Student Student Student may Student may

used the usually used have not have not
graphic the graphic used the used the
organizers organizers to graphic graphic
to help help structure organizers. organizers.
structure their work. Campaign is Campaign
their Campaign is somewhat not effectively
campaign. generally organized organized.
Information organized.
is
presented
in an
organized
manner.

Creativity Information Information is Campaign Campaign

is presented in contains a lacks
presented a creative few creative creativity.
in a very way. elements.
creative
way.

Effort Student Student took Student put Project looks

took time time and care time into rushed and
and care in in creating creating their incomplete or
creating their campaign. the student
their campaign. They were was
campaign. They were occasionally consistently
They were usually on off task. off task.
consistently task.
on task.

Become an Innovator

Brainstorm ideas that could help in reducing human

impact. Create a mindmap below to help you generate
ideas.
Now is your chance to be creative. Design and create or draw a
prototype of your solution. Brilliant inventions take drafts and
time so sketch out a few models below.
Explain your invention.

I have invented The ______________________.

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