6th - 8th Grade Module 8 Concept PT
Cycle 1
Students identify biodiverse areas of land, then identify ecosystem services using nature photos.
Students use photos of Forest Park to discuss how resource managers changed biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Riparian landscape.
Students identify an area to estimate biodiversity, then use a biodiversity index to record data.
Students engage in a webquest to research plants native to Missouri and how to create a restored prairie or pond environment.
Students create a paper model of a proposed restored area and write out the script for their Pecha-Kucha commercial.
Students create a paper model of a proposed restored area and write out the script for their Pecha-Kucha commercial.
Students film their Pecha-Kucha commercial to persuade citizens or community establishments to care about habitat restoration and increasing ecosystem services.
Students share their Pecha-Kucha commercial with an audience and implement their habitat rehabilitation proposal.
Humans change ecosystems for their use, but these changes may not be what is best for the ecosystem.
Resource managers can assess the biodiversity and ecosystem services of an area and decide how to best maintain or improve the diversity and services. Improving biodiversity can improve ecosystem services in an area.
Humans can benefit from improving biodiversity and ecosystem services in an area.