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Create a one page fact sheet to distribute at your GIN workshop. Your goal is to get people’s attention, make them care about, and make them understand your issue with just one page. It must be clearly written, interesting, and factual, with all sources cited on the back.

 

Fact Sheet Checklist - remove this from your final version

 

Done

 

Criteria - All of these criteria must be satisfactory in order for the project to be accepted

 

Content: Text is brief, but clear and understandable

 

Content: the issue (including your research question)

 

Content: the most important causes of the issue

 

Content: the connection to human population

 

Content: at least one realistic solution to the problem

 

Content: at least one visual is a representation of data

 

Content: Identify at least one misconception and critique the reasoning (if you need more space for this it can go on the back)

 

Format: Balance of text and visuals

 

Format: text size and font are easy to read

 

Format: Arrangement of text and visuals is easy to read and understand and is enjoyable to view

 

Citations: All facts and images are cited with footnotes. Citations are on the back of the factsheet.

In this project you address 5 related to the environment. Choose which issue you will work to solve with the project. Write a guiding question.

Student Work: Global Issue

Student Work: Essential Question

Student Work: Misconception and Counterclaim

Self-Assessment: Asking Questions

Level

Rationale - Write a short paragraph justifying the numerical level score you chose using key terms from the rubric and examples from your work.

Checkpoint Directions

Choose a global issue to research for this project:

Check for Resources and Activities under this checkpoint that will help you complete this checkpoint.

Go to the GIN 20 Global Issues page and choose one of the issues from the first column, “Sharing our planet: Issues involving the global commons”.  There are six to choose from. You can click on the issues to read more about them.

Describe the issue you chose (your own words in complete sentences) in the box above, Student Work: Global Issue.

In your description connect your issue to human population growth.

Write an essential question. Use the rubric as a guide. Write your question in the box above, Student Work: Essential Question. Your question should be related to a solution for your issue.

Identify a misconception about your issue and critique it.        

Use the attached Resource: Common Environmental Misconceptions if you need help identifying a misconception.

Research the science concepts related to the misconception.

Write your critique. Part of your critique must address science concepts and/or data. Check with your teacher if you think yours is an exception.

Your critique should conclude with an explanation for why it is a misconception and what the correct concept it.

Checkpoint Checklist

Done

These things must be done or included for this CP to be completed.

Use the rubric for additional guidance.

Issue from GIN Global Issues: Sharing our planet: Issues involving the global commons chosen and described.

Essential question written to guide your research. The question should focus on a solution.

One misconception identified and a critique is written about it.

The critique of the misconception leads to an explanation of the correct concept based on science facts and/or data.

In this checkpoint, use human population data and other evidence to make a connection between human population and the issue you have

Global Issues Network

CP2: Human Population Growth

[Student Name]    [Class Block/Period]

Student Work: Making Connections

Student Work: Interpreting Population Pyramids

Self-Assessment: Making Connections and Inferences

Level

Rationale - Write a short paragraph justifying the numerical level score you chose using key terms from the rubric and examples from your work.

Self-Assessment: Interpreting Data/Info to Make Valid Claims

Level

Rationale - Write a short paragraph justifying the numerical level score you chose using key terms from the rubric and examples from your work.

Checkpoint Directions

Check for Resources and Activities under this checkpoint that will help you complete this checkpoint.

Write a connection between human population growth for each of the 5 environmental issues identified by GIN.  There should be a clear cause and effect relationship identified for each.

Complete the activity in class, Power of Populations.

Choose a selection of population pyramids, global population graphs, and/or the demographic transition graph.  Analyze each and then explain the connections between them.

Checkpoint Checklist

Done

These things must be done or included for this CP to be completed.

Use the rubric for additional guidance.

There is a clear and detailed cause and effect connection made between human population growth and each of the 5 GIN environmental issues.  The explanations are clearly written in complete sentences.

Images of the data being analyzed are included and readable.

Each representation of data is analyzed.

Connections between the data are clearly explained.

Background: One of your final products will be participation in a Socratic seminar, a type of discussion that is common in college courses. In these types of discussions, you and your peers will use knowledge and skills to tackle a complex, open ended topic. In your discussion, the topic will be sustainability.  

How should we work towards environmental sustainability while meeting the needs of a growing human population?

Environmental science takes place in a social and cultural context. Understanding and solving environmental science problems requires knowing both the scientific background and how the solution would impact those involved. In addition, scientific solutions are described precisely and grounded in scientific evidence. Preparing notes, questions, and ideas will help you make strong contributions to this discussion!

Instructions: As you explore the Focus Areas, case studies, and topics related to this project, organize your notes, ideas, and questions below. You will be able to draw on these notes during your Socratic discussion.

After Completing This Checkpoint

Contributing to Evidence-based Discussions

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Rationale:

Selection of Evidence

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