Science 8: Human Impacts Local (Indigenous Knowledge Lesson Plan)

• Tracking Change in the Classroom: Local and Traditional Knowledge in Watershed Governance

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Karsgaard, Carrie; Mackay, Mackenzie; Catholique, Alexandria

• 71% of the world’s surface is covered in water, from salt water systems to freshwater systems. What happens when our actions as a society impact these vital ecosystems that are part of our daily lives for water, food, and fun? This lesson introduces students to researching and analyzing different human impacts on the environment, and invites students to make decisions that benefit local ecosystems. Students will learn how to analyze the different factors affecting marine and freshwater environments, the human impacts on the environment, and how to address these issues. This lesson shares some excerpts and quotes from the tracking change reports for the purpose of researching the different human impacts on the environment.

• Date created

  2020-06-01

• Subjects / Keywords

  • marine and freshwater environments, human impacts on the environment, informed decision-making, local traditional knowledge

• Type of Item

  Learning Object

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-ttsr-xd51

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International