CONTENT STATEMENT
- Evidence of positive and negative human modification of the environment can be observed in the local community.
CONTENT ELABORATION
As students go about daily activities in the community, they see numerous examples of human changes to the environment.
There are positive and negative consequences for those changes.
Examples include farmland used for a new subdivision or highway, buildings torn down to make room for parking garages or parks, dams constructed along rivers, and the use of fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides.
EXPECTATIONS FOR LEARNING
Identify and evaluate positive and negative examples of human modification to the environment in the local community.
POTENTIAL CAREERS
Searched: Modifying Environments
| 17-3025.00 | Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
| 19-2041.00 | Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health Bright Outlook |
| 17-2081.00 | Environmental Engineers |
| 19-3011.01 | Environmental Economists |
| 19-4042.00 | Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health |
| 19-2041.02 | Environmental Restoration Planners |
| 13-1041.01 | Environmental Compliance Inspectors |
| 19-5011.00 | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists |
| 19-5012.00 | Occupational Health and Safety Technicians |
| 25-1053.00 | Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary |
| 19-2041.03 | Industrial Ecologists |
| 19-1031.00 | Conservation Scientists |
| 19-2042.00 | Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers |
| 19-1032.00 | Foresters |
| 11-9199.10 | Wind Energy Development Managers |
| 27-1025.00 | Interior Designers |
| 19-1023.00 | Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists |
| 19-2041.01 | Climate Change Policy Analysts |
| 11-1011.03 | Chief Sustainability Officers |
| 11-9199.11 | Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers |