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Teacher Background Knowledge: Biodiversity, Center For Urban Resilience
Teacher Background Knowledge: Biodiversity, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Lesson Plan: Introducing Biodiversity, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan: Introducing Biodiversity, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
This 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.
Maps Of Site Locations, Center For Urban Resilience
Maps Of Site Locations, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Reading - The Science Of Biodiversity, Center For Urban Resilience
Reading - The Science Of Biodiversity, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Student Pages - Biodiversity In My Neighborhood, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Biodiversity In My Neighborhood, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Lesson Plan: Different Measures Of Biodiversity, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan: Different Measures Of Biodiversity, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
The goal of this lesson is to introduce students to different methods of calculating biodiversity and to consider how different biodiversity indices are sensitive to species richness and species evenness. This lesson builds off of the previous lesson where students brainstormed different ways of determining biodiversity. The first activity engages students in developing a way to evaluate which cell-phone plan is best. The goal of the first activity of this lesson is to help students to understand that there are multiple ways to measure something. The second activity introduces four measures of biodiversity (species richness, species evenness, Simpson’s Index and …
Powerpoint - Biodiversity Scenarios, Center For Urban Resilience
Powerpoint - Biodiversity Scenarios, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Biodiversity Measures Spreadsheet - Calculation Of Shannon-Wiener And Simpson's Index With Up To 10 Species, Center For Urban Resilience
Biodiversity Measures Spreadsheet - Calculation Of Shannon-Wiener And Simpson's Index With Up To 10 Species, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Reading - The Challenge Of Measuring Biodiversity, Center For Urban Resilience
Reading - The Challenge Of Measuring Biodiversity, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Student Pages - Different Measures For Different Needs, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Different Measures For Different Needs, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Game Spreadsheet, Center For Urban Resilience
Game Spreadsheet, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Student Pages - Answer Key - Different Measures For Different Needs, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Answer Key - Different Measures For Different Needs, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Lesson Plan: Setting Up The Biodiversity Investigation, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan: Setting Up The Biodiversity Investigation, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
The purpose of this lesson is to connect the issues around biodiversity to the students’ field site. The lesson starts with a class discussion where students talk about what they believe the bird biodiversity is at their field site, and whether or not they believe it is likely to be higher in some areas compared to others. Then in groups students develop the research question they will be investigating in this module as well as their predictions for that research question. Students will return to this investigation four times during the module to collect data and then to analyze the …
Powerpoint - Bird Biodiversity At Our Field Site, Center For Urban Resilience
Powerpoint - Bird Biodiversity At Our Field Site, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Student Pages - Setting Up The Bird Biodiversity Study, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Setting Up The Bird Biodiversity Study, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Student Pages - Answer Key - Setting Up The Bird Biodiversity Study, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Answer Key - Setting Up The Bird Biodiversity Study, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Lesson Plan: Identifying Birds, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan: Identifying Birds, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
The purpose of this lesson is to familiarize students with taxonomy and basic birding skills, including using binoculars, navigating field guides and identifying birds. The lesson begins with a discussion of taxonomy and the importance of naming or identifying birds. The students are introduced to both the binoculars and field guides before they go outside to conduct a bird binocular race. During the binocular race, students use binoculars and field guides to identify pictures of birds on laminated cards. If time permits, students can practice their skills on a bird walk around the schoolyard. They will use these birding skills …
Student Pages - How To Use Binoculars, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - How To Use Binoculars, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Lesson Plan: Bird Biodiversity Data Collection (Day 1), Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan: Bird Biodiversity Data Collection (Day 1), Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
The purpose of this lesson is for students to begin collecting observations in order to answer their research question as part of their field investigation and to inform their action plan. The lesson begins with a review of how to identify birds with the students identifying four birds shown in a PowerPoint. In their groups, students discuss their data collection protocol before they head outside. Students go outside to collect their first set of bird biodiversity data. The reflection question for today focuses on whether students need to revise or refine their methodologies in order to collect appropriate data for …
Bird Species Images, Center For Urban Resilience
Bird Species Images, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Student Pages - Bird Diversity Data Collection (Day 1), Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Bird Diversity Data Collection (Day 1), Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Lesson Plan: Biodiversity Game, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan: Biodiversity Game, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
The purpose of this lesson is to help students think about the factors that impact the biodiversity of an ecosystem as well as the characteristics of a community that allow it to be more sustainable. This lesson begins with a discussion on various factors that may impact the biodiversity of an area. Students then play a game to illustrate the idea that the more biodiverse a community, the more likely it is to survive various environmental impacts (it is more sustainable). Students will then read about and discuss factors that reduce biodiversity. When they play the game again, students will …
Biodiversity Game Circle, Center For Urban Resilience
Biodiversity Game Circle, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Rp Circle - Biodiversity Game, Center For Urban Resilience
Rp Circle - Biodiversity Game, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Biodiversity Game - Bird And Plant Card, Center For Urban Resilience
Biodiversity Game - Bird And Plant Card, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Biodiversity Game - Event Cards, Center For Urban Resilience
Biodiversity Game - Event Cards, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Biodiversity Game - Starting Populations, Center For Urban Resilience
Biodiversity Game - Starting Populations, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Student Pages - Biodiversity Game, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Biodiversity Game, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
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Lesson Plan: Bird Biodiversity Data Collection (Day 2), Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan: Bird Biodiversity Data Collection (Day 2), Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
In this lesson, students go outside to collect data for the second time to answer their research questions for their bird biodiversity study. In their field notes, students are asked to think about what factors might impact the bird biodiversity on their site in order to make connections to the event cards from the biodiversity game in Lesson 6.
Student Pages - Bird Biodiversity Data Collection (2), Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Bird Biodiversity Data Collection (2), Center For Urban Resilience
Module 06: Urban Biodiversity
No abstract provided.