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Biology

LS4-6 Mitigating Human Effects on Biodiversity

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Watch the Human Impact video FuseSchool

Watch the video and list as many human impacts as you can.  Which are the two most destructive ones? Why do you consider them the worst two?

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HS-LS4-6

Create or revise a simulation to test a solution to mitigate adverse impacts of human activity on biodiversity.


Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on designing solutions for a proposed problem related to threatened or endangered species, or to genetic variation of organisms for multiple species.

Assessment Boundary: none

Prior Knowledge/Preview
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Inquiry science
       Printable activity
       On-line activity Climate change and Migration Smithsonian Learning Lab WIS
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LAB experiments
       Lab #1 Modeling Human Impacts on Biodiversity NHM UK
       Lab #2 Find another way to mitigate human impact on biodiversity One example from NIH
       Lab #3 Which of the 11 ways are feasible in your neighborhood? Unfolding Earth
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Aerospace CONNECTIONS:
Applications and examples
Conservation Success Stories: Smithsonian National Zoo activity
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EXTENSION material for the curious
Effect of Human Impact on Biodiversity Goshen
Human modified Ecosystems and effect on Evolution PNAS
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