Earth and Environmental Science · Week 21 · Land, Food, and Natural Resources
Resource Costs and Benefits
Evaluating the costs and benefits of mining and energy strategies and making decisions with both head and heart.
- Students will
- Students evaluate costs and benefits of a resource strategy using criteria, then weigh trade offs to make a recommendation.
- SEL skill
- Balance reasoning and feelings when making a recommendation
- What it looks like
- Students use both reasoning and feelings to make a responsible decision.
- Content focus
- Resource Costs and Benefits
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Responsible decision-making
Responsible decision-making is making thoughtful, caring choices after considering ethics, safety, and the consequences for others. More responsible decision-making activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-ESS3-2: High School Earth and Space Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP7 Engaging in argument from evidence
- Crosscutting concept: CCC3 Scale, proportion, and quantity
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle V: Decisions affecting resources and natural systems are complex and involve many factors
- Literacy in science: WHST.11-12.1 Write arguments focused on discipline specific content.
- Traditional course: Earth and Environmental Science
Fits these textbook chapters
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More responsible decision-making activities for Earth and Environmental Science
- Cycling Matter Through Earth Responsible decision-makingModeling the carbon cycle across all of Earth's spheres and deciding which personal actions most affect it.
- Dust and Breath Responsible decision-makingAnalyzing air quality data near the exposed lakebed and evaluating fair solutions for communities with high asthma rates.
- Who Gets the Water Responsible decision-makingArguing about water allocation among farms, cities, tribes, and the Salton Sea while managing strong feelings in debate.
- Climate Models Responsible decision-makingComparing climate model projections and weighing uncertainty without sliding into denial or despair.
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