Making a Difference: A manned spacecraft

Making A Difference
Statement of Inquiry: 

Revolutionary changes in technology can lead to positive and negative impacts on a global and sustainable society.  
Key Concept: Change
Related Concept: Innovation & Revolution
Global Context: Globalization & Sustainability 
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Making A Difference
Statement of Inquiry: 

Revolutionary changes in technology can lead to positive and negative impacts on a global and sustainable society.  
Key Concept: Change
Related Concept: Innovation & Revolution
Global Context: Globalization & Sustainability 

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Making A Difference
Today's goals: 

- You understand why life is possible on earth and what the threats are. 

- You understand how earth's landscape can be damaged. 


Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Slide 3 - Video

Based on the video, explain in about 50 words why David Attenborough, at 93 years old, find his life extraordinary.

Slide 4 - Open vraag

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Read p. 120 from the GeoCoursebook: Life on Earth. 

Answer the questions on the following slides.

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Write down a definition of the following key-words:
1) atmosphere
2) carbon dioxide
3) photosynthesis
4) aquifer
5) natural resource

Slide 6 - Open vraag

In about 20 - 30 words, write down the five factors that make life on Earth possible.

Slide 7 - Open vraag

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Read p. 121 from the GeoCoursebook: A sustainable Earth?

Answer the questions on the following slides.

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Read p. 121

In about 20 - 30 words, describe in your own words what a sustainable Earth means.

Slide 9 - Open vraag

All human activities on Earth need space.

Give at least three examples of human activites that take a lot of space.

Slide 10 - Open vraag

Take a look at Figure 3.
1) At what year did the global ecological footprint became larger than 1? (limit for a sustainable earth)
2) Which factor that contributes to the global ecological footprint has grown the most?

Slide 11 - Open vraag

Take a look at Figure 4.
1) How much of the global population is above the limit for a sustainable earth? Where do these people live?
2) Which regions of the world have a ecological footprint that is below the limit for a sustanable earth. How mich of the global population live here?

Slide 12 - Open vraag

Take a look at Figure 5.

In one sentence, describe the relationship between the ecological footprint and the economic wealth of a country.

Slide 13 - Open vraag

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Go to Google Classroom and open the GeoGuide page: damage to the landscape, numbers 113 - 117. 

Read the text and take a close look at the pictures on p. 78 - 79 

Answer the question on the following slide.

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

G113
G114
G115
G116
G117
Desertification
Avalanches
Soil Erosion
Deforestation
Landslides & Mudflows
Snow falls a slope
overgrazing causes desert expansion
Tree logging causes soil erosion by rain
dry areas are vulnerable to soil erosion
Heavy rain causes land on hills to collapse

Slide 15 - Sleepvraag

Go to the following website: https://voetafdruktest.wwf.nl/

Calculate your ecological footprint. Write down your score. Is it below or above average? What do you need to do to improve your footprint?

Slide 16 - Open vraag