8.4.2: Engage in argument supported by evidence about the effect of…

Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact Grades 5–8 · partly supports this outcome

Where the copper, cobalt, lithium, oil and sand in a phone come from and why, which energy sources refill and which do not, what real population and energy data say about people and resources, and how real towns cut their waste. Four no-materials lessons built on printed data cards, with a hopeful, evidence-first tone for Earth Day or any time.

• Do more people always use more resources? 50–60 min

  Teams multiply real 2024 population and energy-per-person figures for six countries and find that the country with the most people is not the one that uses the most energy. They build an argument from evidence about how population and use per person together affect Earth's systems.

Printable practice for 8.4.2

These pages practise a closely related idea; the match to 8.4.2 is partial.

• Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact workbook included with the unit

  1 word wall, 1 English-support page, 1 practice page, 1 reading, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.

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