DUP screencast

In this section I will review how to navigate the Earth and Human Activity, lesson plans, and
assessments.
Lets begin with the Earth and Human Activity home page. Please locate the tool bar on top of the
page and either click or scroll over it to see the “Home Page”. Click the Home page. This should
lead you to the first page of this DUP. This page describes the unit summary, standards, big ideas
and questions, and student learning objectives.

The Unit Plan was designed to help students develop their knowledge of natural resources,
natural hazards, and natural disasters! In this Unit Plan we will delve into the various ways that
human impact the environment and understand the meaning of anthropogenic impacts. Students
will work individually and collaboratively to create their own ideas to address environmental
sustainability and how to reduce their carbon footprint and consumption of natural resources.

Next are the standards. In these lessons we will meet Discipline Standards: HS-ESS3-1, HS-
ESS3-2, and HS-ESS3-3. For the California Common Core State Standards, the standards meet
include: RST.11-12.1, RST.11-12-8, and WHST.9-12.2.a-e. Please read more or visit the
California State Standards link located on the Unit Resources page.

The big ideas and questions that student should remember and consider throughout the lesson
include
● What are natural resources?
● What are Ecological or Carbon Footprints?
● How have humans influenced or affected the abundance and diversity of Earth’s natural
resources?
● What resources do you use that come from the earth?
● How have you impacted the Earth?
● What does it mean to “reduce, reuse, recycle”?

Student learning objectives are to

● develop knowledge on natural resources and hazards

● read and research natural and anthropogenic impacts on the environment
● create questions and ideas to address environmental sustainability.
● write the ways in which they consume natural resources
● utilize digital quizzes to understand their carbon footprint.
● utilize simulations to understand the effects of natural disasters and the significance of
natural resources management.
Now let’s move on to lesson 1. Please locate the tool bar on top of the page and either click or
scroll over it to see the “Lesson 1 page”. Click Lesson 1: Teacher Lecture. This should lead you
to the third page of this DUP.
Under Lesson 1-Natural Resources and Hazards, you will see a prezi labeled lesson 1. In this
lesson I will be overviewing and discussing: natural resources, renewable and nonrenewable,
how humans use resources, and natural hazards and natural disasters.
When you click present the presentation will open. As you can see there are slides on the left
side that will help you navigate each page. There will be a video on each page on the right side
that will provide further instructions and lectures for the slides. Once you are done with each
slide you can either click the next bubble on the page, the right arrow on your keyboard, or the
slide underneath on the left side.
During this presentation students will be using the guided notes and assignments located
underneath the presentation. Students will download it and fill it out as the complete the
presentation.

Next locate the tool bar on top of the page and either click or scroll over it to see the “Lesson 2
page”. Click Lesson 2: webercuse/ipad lesson. This should lead you to the fourth page of this
DUP.
In this lesson students will download the Lesson 2 Webercise: Our carbon footprint and complete
the answers as they review each website.

Let’s begin lesson 3. Please locate the tool bar on top of the page and either click or scroll over it
to see the “Lesson 3 page”. Click Lesson 3: graphic organizer. This should lead you to the fifth
page of this DUP.
In this lesson students will download the Graphic Organizer, read the directions, read the
assignment from Newsela and complete this note-taking strategy. For further instructions please
read the assignment directions carefully, the sample notes, and the rubric.

Now that we have reviewed the lessons, let’s access the assessments. Please locate the tool bar
on top of the page and either click or scroll over it to see the “assessments page”. Click
assessments. This should lead you to the second page of this DUP.
There are three different types of assessments that students will be expected to complete
throughout these lesson: entry-level, formative assessment, and summative assessments. The first
section describes these assessments. Underneath, you can access or download the different types
of assessments. After reviewing that, there is a click here section where students can click and
view their formative assessment online quiz and summative assessment final paper rubric.
Underneath that is a section further describing and summarizing each lesson and the assessments
included.
For additional tools and to access resources that we will use throughout the unit, please locate the
tool bar on top of the page and either click or scroll over it to see the Unit resources. Click UNit
Resources. This should lead you to the sixth page of this DUP.
As you can see there are many sources that relay additional information on all the subjects we
covered. And at the bottom there are direct links to resources used for class activities and
homework assignments.

Thank you for watching my Digital unit plan screencast. For a transcript of this video please
click the link below the embedded video. Please let me know if you have any questions or need
further explanations on anything.