Unit Overview
Driving Question: How do consumer habits affect living beings and the environment locally and globally?
This unit teaches students about the connectedness between human activity, animals, and the environment. Students will explore how buying decisions can change environments that are shared amongst all living things by exploring the rainforest and the ocean. Throughout the unit, students will discover how small lifestyle changes can create a sustainable future. To assess student learning, the unit will conclude with a service project, in which students will educate others about the dangers of overconsumption and individual lifestyle changes to put into practice.
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