PAVESS10-1: Economic Growth or Sustaining the Environment?

Section 1—The Environment (10 marks)

Economic Growth or Sustaining the Environment?

Analyze what Syncrude’s actions favour the most—economic growth or sustaining the environment.

Keep in mind that sustaining the environment includes more than just keeping the land free from environmental pollution. Consider the impact that Syncrude’s actions may have on sustaining the resources, the ways of life, and the relationships to the land for the current and future generations of Alberta.

Use the interactive balance in the Multimedia activity that follows to adjust the scale. The scale that weighs the most reflects the value you concluded that Syncrude’s actions most favour. Click HERE to view the scale. Click on Module 5 Lesson 2 Scroll down until you see the interactive with the scales.
What evidence did you gather? Justify your analysis in the space provided below the scale. Print a copy of your work before you close this lesson.

Scoring Criteria: Economic Growth or Sustaining the Environment?

	Underdeveloped (1)	Competent (3)	Well-Developed (5)
Position	Scale does not align with the justification.	Scale aligns with the justification.	Scale aligns clearly with the justification and supports careful reflection on the choices.
	Underdeveloped (1)	Competent (3)	Well-Developed (5)
Justification	Justification supports limited understandings from researching the Syncrude website.	Justification supports general understandings from researching the Syncrude website.	Justification supports complex understandings from researching the Syncrude website.