Human Impacts on Ecological Systems
Module Summary
Students participate in a variety of activities to understand the impacts we have as humans on the environment around us. In the first activities, students learn about how unsustainable practices can adversely affect wildlife populations. Students discover that even renewable resources like lobsters can become nonrenewable if we are not responsible.
Grade Levels
9-12
Module Materials (view or download)
Bioremediation with Oil
Oil Spill Clean-up
Bird Migration
Human Impacts – Down the River
Non-Renewable Resources
BINGO! Renewable Resources
Module Activity Overview | Estimated Class Time |
Bioremediation with Oil | 5 (15 min) classes |
Oil Spill Clean-up | 1 (90 min) class |
Bird Migration | 11 (45 min) class |
Human Impacts – Down the River | 1 (90 min) class |
Non-Renewable Resources | 1 (20 min) class |
BINGO! Renewable Resources | 1 (60 min) class |
Last updated: 3/9/2015