Add to ORKGThis lesson is designed to elicit student preconceptions about biodiversity and introduce the concept of biodiversity through discussions, reading, and comparing photographs. The first activity students come up with a definition for biodiversity. Then they will evaluate the biodiversity at three different locations along a transect. For the last activity in this lesson, students will read a narrative that explains the science of biodiversity, and clarifies terms and concepts used in the first part of this lesson
In this activity, students will return to the initial list of words they brainstormed about cities d...
Courses that focus on local flora and fauna are no longer included in biology curricula; therefore m...
Students will then consider a case study of a city that is planning for decreasing density. The ecol...
The purpose of this lesson is to connect the issues around biodiversity to the students’ field site....
The purpose of this lesson is to help students think about the factors that impact the biodiversity ...
The goal of this lesson is to introduce students to different methods of calculating biodiversity an...
This lesson is the culminating field site-based lesson in which students analyze the data they have ...
In this lesson, students go outside to collect data for the second time to answer their research que...
The last two lessons explored how specific events impact biodiversity. This lesson adds to the conce...
This is the last lesson where students go outside to collect bird biodiversity data for their field ...
The purpose of this lesson is for students to begin collecting observations in order to answer their...
Students will focus on the interactions among biophysical and social forces by completing a four cor...
The purpose of this lesson is to facilitate student acquisition of background knowledge on topics re...
As a teaching ecologist and doctoral candidate in Educational Sustainability, I work with science te...
[[abstract]]Abstract Since the Convention on Biological Diversity was signed in the Earth Summit of...
In this activity, students will return to the initial list of words they brainstormed about cities d...
Courses that focus on local flora and fauna are no longer included in biology curricula; therefore m...
Students will then consider a case study of a city that is planning for decreasing density. The ecol...
The purpose of this lesson is to connect the issues around biodiversity to the students’ field site....
The purpose of this lesson is to help students think about the factors that impact the biodiversity ...
The goal of this lesson is to introduce students to different methods of calculating biodiversity an...
This lesson is the culminating field site-based lesson in which students analyze the data they have ...
In this lesson, students go outside to collect data for the second time to answer their research que...
The last two lessons explored how specific events impact biodiversity. This lesson adds to the conce...
This is the last lesson where students go outside to collect bird biodiversity data for their field ...
The purpose of this lesson is for students to begin collecting observations in order to answer their...
Students will focus on the interactions among biophysical and social forces by completing a four cor...
The purpose of this lesson is to facilitate student acquisition of background knowledge on topics re...
As a teaching ecologist and doctoral candidate in Educational Sustainability, I work with science te...
[[abstract]]Abstract Since the Convention on Biological Diversity was signed in the Earth Summit of...
In this activity, students will return to the initial list of words they brainstormed about cities d...
Courses that focus on local flora and fauna are no longer included in biology curricula; therefore m...
Students will then consider a case study of a city that is planning for decreasing density. The ecol...