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Deforestation, Fragmentation, and the Edge Effect Lesson PlanDeforestation, Fragmentation, and the Edge Effect Lesson Plan
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Deforestation, Fragmentation, and the Edge Effect

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Students participate in an activity to demonstrate how deforestation, fragmentation, and habitat edges may affect native animal populations. Students accomplish this by playing a game from a provided worksheet and completing a graphing activity as a class.

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deforestation, costa rica

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costa rica, deforestation, diodiversity, edge effect, fragmentation, science
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Grade
4th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategy
Simulation

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