Human Impacts Database

Positives

• This database would be extremely useful for students conducting research for a project or experiment. 
• This resource compiles and simplifies data in a relatively easy-to-understand format.
• The source and original data set are available for most values.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should have a strong understanding of the general impacts of climate change and how humans affect the environment.
• Students should always look carefully at the source of the data. Some sources may be less reliable than others or be more dated than others.
  

Differentiation

• Have math students use the graphs provided for a topic to make inferences about why the rate of change has increased, decreased, or stayed the same over time.
• Have students consider what feedback loops may result from some of the impacts listed and what that means for humans and the environment.
• The graphs are especially useful for students who may have difficulty interpreting the significance of an activity or change in value.