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Digital Preservation of Natural and Cultural Preservation (HS)

The lesson will allow students to analyze their community and see how natural features have changed
overtime and how cultures try and preserve them.

objectives

• Use digital tools to analyze present and past landscapes
• Analyze how the environment can affect natural and cultural resources
• Understand how digital tools can help preserve natural and cultural landscapes

Topic(s)

Technology

type

High school lesson

7-12

Grade(s): 

time needed

Two to three 50-minute class periods

author

Stephanie Day, Jessi Kjemhus

national next gen standards

• HS-LS2-7 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics: Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for
reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.*
• HS-ESS2-2 Earth's Systems: Analyze geoscience data to make the claim that one change to Earth's
surface can create feedbacks that cause changes to other Earth systems.
• HS-ESS2-7 Earth's Systems: Construct an argument based on evidence about the simultaneous
coevolution of Earth’s systems and life on Earth.
• HS-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the
availability of natu

north dakota standards

• HS-LS2-7 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics: Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for
reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.*
• HS-ESS2-2 Earth's Systems: Analyze geoscience data to make the claim that one change to Earth's
surface can create feedbacks that cause changes to other Earth systems.
• HS-ESS2-7 Earth's Systems: Construct an argument based on evidence about the simultaneous
coevolution of Earth’s systems and life on Earth.
• HS-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the
availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced
human activity.

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