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Students determine a list of criteria to use when deciding the fate of endangered species,...
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Acting as store owners, students conduct a mini-census to identify their potential market and then...
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Students play a board game about the fate of a rainforest where they must strategically...
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In a role-playing simulation, students act as species in a habitat trying to survive by...
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Students use easy-to-find reference materials (print and online) such as almanacs, encyclopedias, atlases, and dictionaries...
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Students research events in U.S. environmental history to create a class timeline and then write...
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Students participate in a simulation as giant pandas living in the wild to illustrate how...
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Students read and discuss an article about the current mass extinction of species, then calculate...
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Students research an endangered species and then create an informational report and a poster to...
Reading:
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Food and Agriculture case study reading: How are pollinators critical to our food supply, and...
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Forests background reading: The world's forests are important ecosystems in regulating climate and nurturing wildlife....
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An elementary-level reading on the importance of protecting wildlife habitat and biodiversity.
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Biodiversity background reading: This overview explores why biodiversity is important and what trends are threatening...
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Oceans background reading: Take a closer look at the largest habitat on Earth and see...
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Forests case study reading: The increasing demand for palm oil is taking a toll on...
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Biodiversity case study reading: A profile of one of the world's most unusual and most...
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Oceans case study reading: Overfishing of tuna to satiate fish and sushi eaters worldwide has...
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Land use background reading: As population grows, we develop wild areas and arable land and...
Lesson Packet:
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Thematic unit for the high school classroom on biodiversity issues, endangered animals, and extinction rates....