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Conservation Lesson Plans
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Students conduct research on the flora and fauna that is found around their school. In this biodiversity project lesson students will identify plants and create a poster to present their projects.
Students analyze marine sites to include in a biodiversity protection reserve and choose sites that provide the most efficient reserve system. In this protecting marine areas lesson plan, students study the species richness and diversity index of species in 8 different sites and determine which combination of sites are the most efficient to make a successful biodiversity protection reserve.
In this lesson students match certain animals with a possible fate that could happen to them from a provided list in order to discover the threats to biodiversity and the role humans play. They also discover the importance of biodiversity and what we should do to protect it.
Students explore the interdependency of tropical forests. They explore the importance of conserving biodiversity and tropical food chains. Students create a tropical forest food chain and identify species that live in the Caribbean National Forest.
Learners role play a meeting between conservation biologists and local representatives who want to advance the livelihood of local population. In this history lesson, learners research the necessities and conservation issues of given regions. They deliver a persuasive speech about balancing environmental conservation with human needs.
In this lesson students explore the biodiversity of two National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration national marine sanctuaries. They take a virtual trip to Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary as well as other marine sites. In this lesson students consider the relationship between the location of each sanctuary and the long-term outlook for its health.
In this lesson learners examine conservation and research a type of fish that is under environmental stress. In this conservation lesson learners create a pamphlet about the conservation of a marine organism.
Students discuss the importance of maintaining ecosystems and explore the various arguments that people make in favor of preserving the Earth's biodiversity. They view photos of endangered species on the Internet and write persuasive essays.
Students explore issues related to biodiversity and biodiversity conservation. One person (or object) stands at one end of a trail and another at the other end, both within sight. One person/object represents "truth" the other "falsehood". To begin, the participants stand in the middle with the leader. The leader reads out a statement and participants run to the side that represents what they think the answer is.
Students explain the meaning of biodiversity. They discuss the characteristics marine reserves need to be able to protect biodiversity in a given area. They compare and contrast clustered and scattered sites.
