In this worksheet, students look at the impact that humans have on the Earth’s surface through adding and taking away. Not only do they do some light comprehension, they are also asked to dig a little deeper, by researching a project or new technology that is mitigating our impact on surface change.
This worksheet was created as part of a larger Year 5 Earth and Space Sciences unit on Weathering and Erosion titled ‘Surface Change’.
Investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions
Describe how weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition cause slow or rapid change to Earth’s surface
Earth’s surface changes over time as a result of natural processes and human activity
Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions
Earth’s surface changes over time as a result of natural processes and human activity
Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people’s lives
Questions, plans and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations
Investigates regular changes caused by interactions between the Earth and the Sun, and changes to the Earth’s surface
Plans and conducts scientific investigations to answer testable questions, and collects and summarises data to communicate conclusions
Plans and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
Examines how the environment affects the growth, survival and adaptation of living things
Explains how food and fibre are produced sustainably in managed environments for health and nutrition