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Lesson Plan - Habitat Fragmentation And Species Survival, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan - Habitat Fragmentation And Species Survival, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 02: Land Use
Students will then consider a case study of a city that is planning for decreasing density. The ecological services model will be used to better understand the city’s approach to land use policies. Students will explore habitat fragmentation in order to explore different factors that influence species survival.
Student Pages - The Incredible Shrinking City, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - The Incredible Shrinking City, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 02: Land Use
No abstract provided.
Lesson Plan - Planning For Positive Land Use, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan - Planning For Positive Land Use, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 02: Land Use
In this lesson, students will use their knowledge about urban land use that they have learned throughout the module to contribute to the action plan for their field site that focuses on urban land use. Students will also explore the importance of presenting information to diverse audiences. After contributing to their action plans, students will present the changes and updates they made to their plan to the class and the class will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the different plans.
Assessment Questions And Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience
Assessment Questions And Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
No abstract provided.
Lesson Plan - Garbage And The Impact Of Scale, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan - Garbage And The Impact Of Scale, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
The main purpose of this lesson is to introduce garbage by way of exploring the concept of scale. The lesson begins by having students define garbage. Students will then think about their own garbage production. Their individual production will then be used to estimate garbage production at different spatial scales. In an optional activity, students can also explore how garbage and its management have changed over time.
Student Pages - Action In Urban Ecology, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Action In Urban Ecology, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 02: Land Use
No abstract provided.
Powerpoint - Garbage And Scale, Center For Urban Resilience
Powerpoint - Garbage And Scale, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
No abstract provided.
Student Pages - Garbage And Scale, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Garbage And Scale, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
No abstract provided.
Student Pages - Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Answer Key, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
No abstract provided.
Lesson Plan - Where Does Our Garbage Go?, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan - Where Does Our Garbage Go?, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
In this lesson, students will explore what happens to garbage after it is thrown away. The first activity looks at the garbage itself. Garbage will be classified as either biodegradable or not, and connected to the principle of the conservation of matter. The second activity concerns garbage disposal methods. Students will participate in a jigsaw activity where they learn about one garbage disposal system, and then will teach their peers about the different systems. The focus will be on the advantages and disadvantages of each method. The third activity is a debate which shows that garbage disposal issues can disproportionately …
Powerpoint - Where Does Garbage Go In Massachusetts?, Center For Urban Resilience
Powerpoint - Where Does Garbage Go In Massachusetts?, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
No abstract provided.
Municipal Garbage Handout, Center For Urban Resilience
Municipal Garbage Handout, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
No abstract provided.
Student Debate - Not In My Back Yard (Nimby), Center For Urban Resilience
Student Debate - Not In My Back Yard (Nimby), Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
No abstract provided.
Student Pages - Where Does Garbage Go?, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Where Does Garbage Go?, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
No abstract provided.
Lesson Plan - Ecological Impacts Of Hazardous Wastes, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan - Ecological Impacts Of Hazardous Wastes, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
The main purpose of this lesson is to demonstrate the idea that the things we throw away may harm other organisms. This lesson uses a brainstorming activity, and a lab experiment testing the effect of toxins on brine shrimp. This lesson also introduces the major pathways through which hazardous waste enter aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and provides an overview of the impacts of wastes such as heavy metal ions, strong acids or bases, and persistent organic compounds on plants and animals.
Student Pages - Brine Shrimp Toxicity Experiment, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Brine Shrimp Toxicity Experiment, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
No abstract provided.
Student Pages - Answer Key - Brine Shrimp Toxicity Experiment, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Answer Key - Brine Shrimp Toxicity Experiment, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
No abstract provided.
Lesson Plan - Not All Waste Is Created Equal, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan - Not All Waste Is Created Equal, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
In this lesson, students will learn about the distinction between hazardous waste and other forms of waste as well as discuss the current challenges we face in finding ways to safely dispose of this waste. First, students will discuss their own conceptions of hazardous waste. Then, they will view a teacher-directed PowerPoint which provides additional information about hazardous waste. The lesson then concludes with the viewing of videos that relate to e-waste management issues.
Powerpoint - What Are Hazardous Wastes?, Center For Urban Resilience
Powerpoint - What Are Hazardous Wastes?, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
No abstract provided.
Student Pages - Lethal Dose Table, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Lethal Dose Table, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
No abstract provided.
Student Pages - Answer Key - Lethal Dose Table, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Answer Key - Lethal Dose Table, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
No abstract provided.
Lesson Plan - Mystery Of The Dancing Cat, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan - Mystery Of The Dancing Cat, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
This lesson continues on the topic of ecological impacts of hazardous waste and focuses specifically on the process of biomagnification. Students will read a case study about mercury poisoning in Minimata, Japan. Students will construct a food web diagram of a Minimata Bay ecosystem and then they will create a graph of mercury concentrations versus food chain position. This lesson also incorporates the idea of environmental justice.
Overheads - Autopsy Report, Center For Urban Resilience
Overheads - Autopsy Report, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
No abstract provided.
Food Web Cards - Mystery Of The Dancing Cat, Center For Urban Resilience
Food Web Cards - Mystery Of The Dancing Cat, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
No abstract provided.
Student Pages - Mercury Case Study: Mystery Of The Dancing Cat, Center For Urban Resilience
Student Pages - Mercury Case Study: Mystery Of The Dancing Cat, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 04: Hazardous Waste
No abstract provided.
Lesson Plan - Cities As Systems, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan - Cities As Systems, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 01: Introduction to Urban Ecology
This lesson is designed to elicit student preconceptions about cities, introduce the idea of cities as systems, and introduce the driving question for the entire year. The lesson begins with a brainstorm where the teacher leads a “word splash” about the word city. Then in order to encourage students to start thinking of cities as systems, student groups draw up plans (or construct models) of city neighborhoods and work to fit these neighborhoods into a city. To understand the time aspect of systems (and cities), these student groups are provided with imaginary (but possible) events that happen to their constructed …
Contingency Cards, Center For Urban Resilience
Contingency Cards, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 01: Introduction to Urban Ecology
No abstract provided.
Field Studies Safety Contract, Center For Urban Resilience
Field Studies Safety Contract, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 01: Introduction to Urban Ecology
No abstract provided.
Lesson Plan - Ecosystem Structure, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan - Ecosystem Structure, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 01: Introduction to Urban Ecology
This lesson was designed to complement instruction about the different categories of elements that make up an ecosystem: biotic, abiotic and man-made. Students will first categorize the things they pass on their way to and from school. Next, students will visit the field study site for the first time to familiarize themselves with the site, to understand that “nature” exists everywhere, and to experience the idea that humans—and their activities—are embedded in the environment and ecosystems.
Lesson Plan - Ecosystems And Change, Center For Urban Resilience
Lesson Plan - Ecosystems And Change, Center For Urban Resilience
Module 01: Introduction to Urban Ecology
Students gain a deeper understanding of the process of change for an urban ecosystem in this lesson, including the aspect of time, what processes drive this change, and the ways in which scientists study change over time. The idea of sustainability is introduced in this lesson, and students are given the opportunity to learn about the sustainable practices of their own city, and to compare the sustainability of their field study site to the sustainability of their city as a whole.