Too bright at night?
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A lesson plan for Grade 6 Science
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- Appropriate grades
- 6
- Subjects
- science (environmental science)
- Provider
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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In this Science Netlinks lesson, students consider and discuss some of the benefits and drawbacks of technology, as it relates to light pollution. Students will consider the negative consequences of nighttime lighting. They will discover that there are unintended consequences as well as benefits resulting from our ability to illuminate the night.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 6
- Goal 1: The learner will design and conduct investigations to demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry.
- Objective 1.08: Use oral and written language to:
- Communicate findings.
- Defend conclusions of scientific investigations.
- Objective 1.08: Use oral and written language to:
- Goal 2: The learner will demonstrate an understanding of technological design.
- Objective 2.02: Use information systems to:
- Identify scientific needs, human needs, or problems that are subject to technological solution.
- Locate resources to obtain and test ideas.
- Objective 2.02: Use information systems to:
- Goal 7: The learner will conduct investigations and use technologies and information systems to build an understanding of population dynamics.
- Objective 7.04: Evaluate data related to human population growth, along with problems and solutions:
- Waste disposal.
- Food supplies.
- Resource availability.
- Transportation.
- Socio-economic patterns.
- Objective 7.04: Evaluate data related to human population growth, along with problems and solutions:
