Name: __________________________________________________ Per: ______ Date: _________
Learning Targets:
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Explain the importance of biological diversity
Distinguish environmental changes that may
result in the loss of species
Relate various threats to the loss of biodiversity
Date
2/2
2/4
2/8
2/10
2/12 TT
2/17- Early
Dismissal
2/19
2/23
2/25-TT
2/29
3/2
3/4 TT
3/8
3/10- Assembly
3/14
3/16- Early
Dismissal
3/18
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Describe the work of and strategies used by
conservation biologists
Relate success in protecting an endangered
species to the methods used to protect it
Activities
 Video: The 11th Hour (with notes)
 Lecture: Biodiversity
 Lab: Measuring Species Diversity at Wilson
 Worksheet: Biodiversity
 Video: Wings of Life (with notes)
 Research Project- biodiversity in the Pacific NW
 Research Project- biodiversity in the PNW
 Share Research Project
 Worksheet: Organisms of the PNW
 Lecture: Loss of biodiversity
 Worksheet: Problem Solving Lab 5-1
 Worksheet: Review- biodiversity, organisms of the PNW and loss of biodiversity
 Video: Arctic Tale (with notes)
 Quiz: biodiversity, organisms of the PNW and loss of biodiversity
 Lecture: Threats to Biodiversity/ Environmental Issues
 Round Robin: Threats to Biodiversity
 Worksheet: Threats
 Video: An Inconvenient Truth
 Research: Global Environmental Issue Project
 Research: Global Environmental Issue Project
 Presentations: Teams will present their PPT projects
 Worksheet: Presentation notes
 Reading Questions: 1-5 (page 124)
 Video: Chasing Ice
 Finish: Chasing Ice
 Worksheet: Review Threats to biodiversity and environmental issues
 Quiz: Threats to biodiversity and environmental issues
 Lecture: Conservation Biology
 Lab: Conservation of Soil
 Worksheet: Problem Solving Lab 5-2 (The Case of the Gray Wolf)
 Reading Questions 1-5 (page 129)
 Chapter Review
20 Questions
 TEST
Vocabulary
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Biodiversity
Extinction
Threatened species
Endangered species
Habitat fragmentation
Edge effect
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Habitat degradation
Acid precipitation
Ozone layer
Global climate change
Exotic/invasive species
Conservation biology
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Sustainability
Habitat corridors
Reintroduction programs
Captivity
5.1 Vanishing Species
What is biodiversity?
Where is biodiversity found?
Importance of biodiversity-
Importance to nature-
Importance to people-
Loss of biodiversity
Extinction-
Threatened species-
Endangered species-
Threats to biodiversityHabitat loss-
Habitat fragmentation-
Biotic Issues
Habitat degradation-
Acid Rain-
Ozone depletion-
Water pollution-
Land pollution-
Invasive/Exotic species-
Abiotic Issues
5.2: Conservation of Biodiversity
Conservation biology:
Legal protections of species:
Preserving habitats:
Sustainable use:
Habitat corridors:
Reintroduction programs:
Captivity: