Lesson Plan

Annual Wetland Plant Diversity Survey

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Students locate an area of marsh and, by measuring the total number of individual plants in a sample area, determine whether purple loosestrife population density is correlated to the total plant diversity of the community. They calculate the diversity index for the sample plot of marshland.

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Resource Details
Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning