My Changing World

Second Grade Earth Science

Environmental Change

By K. Israel

Performance Task – GRASPS

Goal- You will learn about the effects that humans have on the environment and ways that humans can change those effects.

Role – You will be a performer in a commercial about a proposed change in the environment in Doraville.

Audience – Your audience is the citizens of Doraville, GA.

Situation – The Doraville City Council is considering developing a vacant lot that is currently filled with illegally dumped garbage. The lot contains a creek and a wildlife area that have been affected by the garbage. The proposed plan is to build a large office building and parking deck that will eliminate the creek and wildlife area.

Product/Performance – You (as part of a group of four students) will create a performance that demonstrates the effects of human development on the environment, as well as the effects of human efforts to restore the original environment. Your presentation will be in the form of a commercial and will include at least two examples of how humans can cause environmental changes and how humans can revive the environment to its original state. All groups will perform for the second grade teachers and be videotaped. The winning group will be chosen to show their videotape as a commercial for the Doraville City Council.

Standard/Criteria for Success – see rubric

Human Environmental Impact Dramatization Rubric

Names of Group Members: _______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

Category	1 point	2 points	3 points	4 points
Dramatization has sufficient examples of human causes of environment change.	Students gave no example of human cause.	Students give one example of a human cause of environmental change.	Students give two examples of a human cause of environmental change.	Students give more than two examples of a human cause of environmental change.
Dramatization has sufficient examples of human effect of reviving the environment to its original state	Students gave no example of human effect.	Students gave one example of a human effect of reviving the environment.	Students gave two examples of a human effect of reviving the environment.	Students gave more than two examples of a human effect of reviving the environment to a more original state.
Information that students presented could be understood during the performance.	Student information could not be understood.	Some of the information students presented could be understood.	Most of the information students presented could be understood.	All of the information students presented was understood.
Students had clarity of voice and appropriate volume in dramatization.	Students could not be understood nor heard during the performance.	Students could be understood and heard during part of the performance.	Students could be understood and heard during most of the performance.	Students could be understood and heard during all of the performance.
Written Dramatization script displayed correct grammar.	Written script contained many grammar errors.	Written script contained some grammar errors.	Written script displayed almost perfect grammar.	Written script contained perfect grammar.
Each Student contributed knowledge and ideas to the dramatization.	One student contributed all of the knowledge and ideas to the dramatization.	Two students contributed all of the knowledge and ideas to the dramatization.	Three students contributed all of the knowledge and ideas to the dramatization.	All students contributed all of the knowledge and ideas to the dramatization.