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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students identify the basic components necessary for biodiversity, the critical and countless benefits of habitats, as well as the serious present and future threats to their ongoing existence. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students examine the economic and ecological benefits of forest canopies. They read and discuss an article, answer questions, conduct research, draw field sketches of a canopy ecosystem, conduct a feasibility study, or prepare tourist information. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students investigate the diversity of temperate forests and tropical rainforests. They catch and observe local insects, sort leaves and insects on a chart, listen to the book "A Walk in the Rainforest," and create a class bar graph that illustrates the diversity of trees and insects between their local forest and a tropical rainforest. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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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. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - Higher Ed
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Students recognize the complexity that arises when attempting to develop workable strategies for managing forest resources. They identify different perspectives associated with current issues in forest management. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students are introduced to the life around them. As a class, they discuss their prior knowledge about the habitats in their local area. Using the internet, they identify the basic components needed for biodiversity and the major threats to the habitats. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 10th
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Students discuss biodiversity and the organisms living in a forest ecosystem. They complete a biodiversity IQ activity and sort different types of organisms into categories. Students use Powerpoint to demonstrate their investigations of organisms. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine several maps of California exhibiting features such as precipitation, topography, and vegetation. They look for patterns that might be the source of or influence biodiversity in different regions. They pay particular attention to the endemic species of California. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 12th
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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. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students comprehend that a variety pf plants can be found in each habitat. They explore that biodiversity is an important characteristic of a habitat. Students investigate that a plant biodiversity study can be conducted in familiar areas by using a line transcent or a plot study. Full Review »
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