Making a Difference: A manned spacecraft

• Humanities
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

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 

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. 

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

Making A Difference

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

Answer the questions on the following slides.

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

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

Making A Difference

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

Answer the questions on the following slides.

Read p. 121

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

All human activities on Earth need space.

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

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?

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?

Take a look at Figure 5.

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

Making A Difference

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.

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

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?