Group Members: ____________________________________________________________ Date: _________ Hour: _______
Human Impact Project
(10 points summative)
Directions: Using the standards of excellence below and rubric on the back to guide you, create a poster that demonstrates
purposeful (something done on purpose) and accidental ways humans impact the environment in good and bad ways. This sheet
must be turned in with the project by the end of class on Friday, November 1, 2013.
Standards of Excellence
1) Describe and illustrate a purposeful good way humans impact ecosystems.
2) Describe and illustrate a purposeful bad way humans impact ecosystems.
3) Describe and illustrate an accidental good way humans impact ecosystems.
4) Describe and illustrate an accidental bad way humans impact ecosystems.
5) Illustrations are a realistic portrayal of items described. Computer photos are not permitted.
6) Writing is free of errors in punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and grammar.
Human Impact Project Rubric
Description of purposeful, beneficial way (1 point)
Illustration of purposeful, beneficial way (1 point)
Description of purposeful, harmful way (1 point)
Illustration of purposeful, harmful way (1 point)
Description of accidental, beneficial way (1 point)
Illustration of accidental, beneficial way (1 point)
Description of accidental, harmful way (1 point)
Illustration of accidental, harmful way (1 point)
Illustrations are realistic & no computer photos are used (1 point)
Writing is free of errors (1 point)
Total Score:
/1
/1
/1
/1
/1
/1
/1
/1
/1
/1
/10