History of Environmental Science Project
Student Name(s): ___________________________________________Period _______
Instructions:
1. Using the internet and books, you must research the provided Environmentalists and
Important Events.
2. Then you will present your research in a PowerPoint, report, a scrapbook, or a poster.
3. Your information must be presented in chronological order (past to present) and you
must provide the resources (citation) you used to find the information.
 For each Environmentalist or Pair of Environmentalists, you must provide: (1) what they
did to contribute to environmentalism (what books, inventions, laws, etc. did they
create?), (2) when they did their contribution and (3) a picture of that person or pair.
ENVIRONMENTALISTS (NOTE: THIS LIST IS NOT IN CHRONLOGICAL ORDER!)
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Rachel Carson
Paul & Ann Ehrlich
Lois Gibbs
George Perkins Marsh
John Muir
Eugene & Howard Odum
Theodore Roosevelt
James Lovelock
Edward O. Wilson
Your choice – find someone important to environmental science
 For each Important Event, you must provide (1) when it occurred and (2) why it was
important. Pictures for each event are optional.
IMPORTANT EVENTS: PICK ANY 6 OF THE FOLLOWING
(NOTE: THIS LIST IS NOT IN CHRONLOGICAL ORDER!)
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First Earth Day
Endangered Species Act
Montreal Protocol
Kyoto Protocol
Formation of CITES (Conventional on International Trade in Endangered Species)
Clean Water Act
Clean Air Act
Formation of the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and
Natural Resources)
Al Gore & IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change) Meeting/ Nobel Prize
BP Oil Spill
2011 Tsunami/ Earthquake & Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Disaster in Japan
Chernobyl Nuclear Melt Down
Your choice – find another event important in environmental history
DUE DATE: _____________________________________________________________
History of Environmental Science Project Rubric
Category
Attached Rubric
(2 points)
Title
(5 points)
Environmentalists
(50 points; 5 points each)
 Rachel Carson
 Paul & Ann Ehrlich
 Lois Gibbs
 George Perkins Marsh
 John Muir
 Eugene & Howard
Odum
 Theodore Roosevelt
 James Lovelock
 Edward O. Wilson
 Your choice – find
someone important to
environmental science
Important Events
(18 points; 3 points each)
 6 different important
events described
Chronological order
(Environmentalists & Events are
Presented Past to present) (4
points)
Resources/ Citations
(16 points; 1 per person
or event)
Exceptional
Rubric attached
Great
Okay
2
5 pt ea
Title given
4 pt ea
Each item
presented with
Correct date
and 2 complete
sentences
accurately
describing the
3 pt ea
event
ALL Items
presented in clear,
obvious
chronological
order
4
1-2 items are
missing and/or
sentences are
missing
Specific Resources
and/or Web
Addresses for
information found
on each person and
event researched
Resource and/or
Web Addresses
for information
found, but not
for each
individual
Comments:
Product is creative,
visually pleasing &
organized,
information is easy
to read. No typos
or spelling errors 5
Grade
0
Title
unattractive,
5
2-3
4 misspelled
Individuals or
Each individual or Each individual
or pair is
pairs are
pair is presented
presented with
presented with
with:
name, picture,
missing
Name
date, and 1
components
sentence
such as name
Picture
describing their
and/or date,
contribution, not and/or ≤1
Date of their
all individuals
sentence
contribution, and
are represented, describing their
contribution
2 or more complete and/or only 1
sentence has
sentences
been provided.
accurately
describing their
contribution
Clear, attractive,
neatly-written title
2-3 pt ea
3-5 items are
missing and/or
sentences are
missing
2 pt ea
Items presented
in chronological
order 1-3 not
chronological.
16
Appearance, Creativity,
Presentation (5 points)
Poor
No rubric
No title
0
Individuals
or pairs are
missing
and/or
components
such as name
and/or date,
and/or ≤1
sentence
describing
their
contribution
are lacking
1 pt ea
Events are
missing
1 pt ea
0 pt ea
Most items not Not in
in
chronological
chronological
order
order, or order
4 is incorrect 2-3
0
Few resources
cited or all
citations are
google.com or
Wikipedia.com
Product is
messy &/or
difficult to read
4
0
5
10
Product is
organized,
information is
readable. Few
typos
No resources
cited
2-3
Product is
messy,
difficult to
read, and
incomplete
1
Total: ____________________/ 100