Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Analyzing Intertidal and Deep Sea Vent Communities

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students study how scientists measure diversity.  For this diversity lesson students look at marine communities and look at data to calculate diversity in 3 different ways.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Simpson's Reciprocal Index: Identify and Compare Habitat Biodiversity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this biology field lab, learners will collect insects from two different habitats and use them to quantify the biodiversity of each habitat.