Human Impact on Land

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Answer the following question below and show me before lunch! What is one effect (positive or negative) of human impact on our land?

Step 1: Warm up Watch this video!

Step 2: Ask a question - what do you think is happening here?

Sinkhole in Louisiana Swallows Trees - Caught on Tape 2013 | The New York Times

Step 3: Like a real scientist, do research! Read the article attached to learn about "how we treat our soil like dirt!" (take notes if you would like)

Do We Treat Our Soil like Dirt?

Step 5: Apple Demonstration - The Apple of Our Eye Use the pen tool and emojis out this pie chart as you follow along with the demonstration!

Source: https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/earth_the_apple_of_our_eye_elem.pdf 

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Step 5: Discuss Turn to your table group and discuss the following:

Why is it important to preserve agricultural land? What are some ways that we can protect current agricultural land?

Step 4: Review this important vocabulary from the article!

Uninhabitable land - land where humans can’t live (polar areas, deserts, swamps, rocky mountains) Habitable land - all of the other land that is not being used to feed us (forests, wild areas, developed cities and neighborhoods) Erosion - wind or water blows away the topsoil&nbsp; Deforestation - clearing out trees in forest lands to use for building Overgrazing - when livestock graze areas too much and too quickly and it damages the soil Soil - the ground needed for farming because of its rich nutrients

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