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• This resource has six lessons. Included are a standards poster, photos and data charts/graphs for stimulating discussion, task cards to aid in student research, links to data, an informational article about deforestation, and a rubric for grading the student's claim. There are also short readings about solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, and biofuel energy sources. There are 4 essential vocabulary cards and more!

Lesson 1: Phenomenon - Easter Island

Lesson 2: A Growing Population

Lesson 3: Deforestation

Lesson 4: Impacts of Increased Human Population and Per Capita Consumption of

Natural Resources is Having on Earth’s Systems

Lesson 5: Renewable Energy (optional)

Lesson 6: Writing a Claim About How Increases in Human Population and Per Capita

Consumption of Natural Resources Impact Earth’s Systems

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