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Section Four: How Can We Protect Biodiversity? Lesson PlanSection Four: How Can We Protect Biodiversity? Lesson Plan
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Illinois Department of Natural Resources
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Section Four: How Can We Protect Biodiversity?

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Look into the future with a lesson plan on biodiversity and natural habitats. Learners read articles about different perspectives when it comes to planning future development, and decide which angle is the highest priority in a group discussion. Additionally, they learn about careers related to biodiversity.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

biodiversity, pollution, habitats, reading comprehension, informational texts, group discussions, future planning

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Form a debate between kids who believe that different aspects of the environments should be prioritized over others
  • Prompt your class to write about their priorities for the future with a persuasive essay
  • Try to find guest speakers to represent some of the careers featured in the lesson
  • Have kids create job brochures based on the research they conduct about each career in biodiversity

Classroom Considerations

  • The lesson is based on the habitats in Illinois, but could be applicable to your class in another state

Pros

  • Comes with all necessary worksheets and reading material
  • Extends thinking past the problem and into potential solutions

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.3.1 RI.3.4 RI.3.5 RI.4.1 RI.4.4 RI.4.5 RI.5.1 RI.5.4 RI.5.5

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