DO NOW – THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 , 2013 What do you think the three biggest environmental concerns are for our planet moving into the future? Explain in 3 to 4 sentences. **See 9 th grade folders in red hanging folder if you don’t have one** NOTEBOOK EXTRA CREDIT!! Create a Haiku about early man! 5 syllables 7 syllables 5 syllables An old silent pond A frog jumps into the pond Splash! Silence again
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DO NOW – THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2013
What do you think the three biggest environmental concerns are for our planet moving into the future? Explain in 3 to 4
sentences.**See 9th grade folders in red hanging folder if you
don’t have one**
NOTEBOOK EXTRA CREDIT!!
Create a Haiku about early man!
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables
An old silent pondA frog jumps into the pondSplash! Silence again
INSPIRATIONAL HISTORY
August 29, 1958 – Michael Jackson is born
WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE PICTURE BELOW?
TRUE SIZE OF AFRICA http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/th
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS- DESERTIFICATION Formation of degraded soil, turning semiarid
lands into nonproductive deserts Overgrazing, poor farming practices and
destruction of vegetation
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS – DESERTIFICATION
Think-Pair-Share(1) What problems would confront people living in an area that was
undergoing desertification?
(2) How do you think desertification connect to cultural
diversity in Africa?
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS- DESERTIFICATION Limits resources Push people off the land and into smaller
areas Limited shelter
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS- TSETSE FLY Carries a deadly disease – sleeping sickness Prevents raising of livestock in certain areas Some had to abandon their villages
What are the conservation and/or environmental issues facing our society today?
Create a list and be prepared to put them on the board!
STUDENT NEWS!
SWBAT create a news report on the environmental issues facing Africa
Each newscast must have the following:Science correspondent dealing with the
human factors contributing to desertification
Community correspondent dealing with the human cost of desertification and water scarcity
Political correspondent dealing with the political tensions of the area
Expert panel that ends the broadcast and provide possible solutions to the problem
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TODAY
Read the material you were just provided on the three major environmental issues facing Africa today: scarcity of water, the search for oil and deforestation
After reading the article, in your notebooks identify the (1) individual (2) social and (3) environmental factors surrounding the conservation of these resources
Then, identify what the (A) short-term and (B) long-term consequences for non-conservancy of these resources