High School Science

Biodiversity and Conservation

Biology

Quarter 1

McGraw Hill Module 5

Focus Question: How can the decline of a single species affect an entire ecosystem? KWL

● Explore and Explains online or through the textbook accompanied by notes ● Chromebook for project

Explore & Expand

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150 min

Explore and Explain: Habitat Loss

Explore and Explain: Pollution

Start Biodiversity Project - Design a solution for a factor that affects biodiversity (pollution, climate change, invasive species, habitat loss, over hunting/fishing, etc.)

● Whiteboard

Elaborate

5 min

N/A

Revisit Focus Question: How can the decline of a single species affect an entire ecosystem?

● Virtual

Evaluate

Onlin e

45 min

Investigation: Assessing Water Quality Water Quality Worksheet

Virtual Investigation: Assessing Water Quality

● Assessing

● Whiteboard

Phenomena Check In Revisit: What happens to this ecosystem if the river is destroyed?

N/A

5 min

● Launch the Lesson:

Lesson 3: Conserving Biodiversity

Engage

Onlin e

20 min

Launch the Lesson: Conserving Biodiversity

Conserving Biodiversity Video (~4 min)

● KWL chart

Think about it: The Murray River is one example of the environmental impacts of

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