Biodiversity
Our planet is home to an extraordinary variety of creatures who each play a role in maintaining the resilience of our world’s ecosystems. Explore biodiversity by identifying species on your campus, graphing biodiversity statistics, designing biomimicry solutions, or presenting a mock news report.
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💡 Warm up
Read the webpage about biodiversity aloud or watch the video clip from Our Planet and ask students to generate their own opinions about why biodiversity matters and what biodiversity they see in their own lives.
💻 Tech time
Video: What is biodiversity?
Show the biodiversity video to reinforce the value of biodiversity and explain why it is declining. Step outside and assess the biodiversity on your campus with the Seek app. Have them identify various species in their surroundings and see who can discover the most!
▶️ Activities
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Math
The Future of Species
Guide students through “The Future of Species” activity to strengthen their graphing and data interpretation abilities.
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STEM
Biomimicry Design Challenge
In the STEM activity, challenge students to design a solution to a modern problem inspired by biomimicry.
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Research/Journalism
This Just In News Report
Alternatively, lead students in planning and delivering a mock newscast using statistics on biodiversity decline.
