Human Impacts Lesson

In this lesson students will learn about human impacts on Tucson's environment by learning about Tucson's population growth and analyzing the impact of this growth. They will also watch videos about human impacts and explore Tucson's initiatives to manage this impact. Students create conservation plans in class. 

• Objectives
  • Students will analyze data to determine how Tucson’s population has changed since 1910.
  • Students will evaluate textual evidence to describe the chain of reasoning that includes ideas such as the impact of human population growth on natural resources and possible mitigation strategies.
• Grades: 6 to 8
• Time: 5 days
• Author: C Shepard

Arizona Standards Engaged

6.L2U3.14: Develop and use models to demonstrate how living systems operate and interact.