Lesson 5: Hydropoly: A Decision-Making Game

Assessment

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Learning Objective	Student Performance	Recmnd # Points
Discuss land-use practices that affect Great Lakes wetlands	List: Various land-uses which occur at or near wetlands that reduces their health or existence	1 each
	List: Various land-uses which occur at a distance to the wetlands that reduces their health or existence	1 each
	Explain: How each of the above directly or indirectly affects wetlands	2 each
Make decisions and recognize personal priorities with regard to wetlands	Argue or defend: A personal position given a controversy over a wetland (can use news articles or create a story)	5-10 (depending on essay requirements and length, as well as grade level)
Describe some of the economic factors that often drive land use	List: Some ways that natural areas are altered by humans	1 each
	Explain: Each of the above in terms of the reasons people give for doing so	2 each