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=Stage 1 Identify Desired Results= D. The Physical Setting D2 Earth Grades 9-Diploma Students describe and analyze the biological, physical, energy, and human influences that shape and alter Earth Systems. d. Describe and analyze the effects of human influences on Earth Systems. ||
 * **Establish Goals:** **(G)** ||
 * Maine Learning Results: Science and Technology

//What understandings are desired?//
• the Earth is constantly changing because of the use of resources. • humans have an effect on Earth Systems. ||
 * //Students will understand that:// **(U)** ||
 * • the Earth is changing both physically and biologically.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
• Why is Climate Change happening? • How has the Earth changed? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * • How do humans affect the Earth?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
• Sequence and Timelines: Pangea, continental drift, ice ages, and climate change. • Key Factual Information: the importance of natural energy sources and renewable energy sources. || • d.describe the effects of human influences on Earth Systems. • design a model that shows either the biological or geophysical changes of the Earth. • compare how the Earth has changed from the origination of Earth until present. • assume the role of a person living 10,000 years ago and the habitat they had. • reflect on the changes the Earth has gone through as well as the affects humans have had on it. ||
 * //Students will know:// **(K)** || //Students will be able to:// **(S)** ||
 * • Vocabulary: atmosphere, solar radiation, ocean currents, natural resources, renewable resources, weather, Greenhouse Effect, ice ages, Pangea and the Ozone Layer.

//**2004 ASCD and** **Grant Wiggins and JayMcTighe**//