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Climate Change, Human Activities and Biodiversity

Elementary, Middle

Description

In this role-play activity students become part of a food web to learn that in ecosystems, living organisms interact and depend on each other others and are adaptable to specific climates and landscapes.  Students will also explore how human actions and climate change impact biodiversity and why this is important.

There are materials provided for six different ecosystems depending on the students' grade levels and prior knowledge. There is also an option for the activity to be completed online.

General Assessment

Recommendation of how and where to use it

This activity is geared toward the upper elementary and middle school Science classroom.  It is well suited to address the curriculum outcomes linked to biodiversity, habitats and communities. An option to use this activity is to have the students complete the online version of the food webs first.  Then complete the role-playing activity as a group in order to have a deeper understanding of the materials and allow the students to scaffold their knowledge.

Relevant Curriculum Units

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  • Alberta
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    • Grade 3
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      • Science
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        • Living Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened through investigating natural systems and their interactions
    • Grade 4
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      • Science
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        • Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened through investigating natural systems and their interactions.
        • Investigating change and the diversity of Earth’s systems helps us to develop understandings of the conditions necessary to sustain life.
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        • Living Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened through investigating natural systems and their interactions
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        • Interactions and Ecosystems
  • British Columbia
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        • Science 3: Living things are diverse, can be grouped, and interact in their ecosystems
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        • Science 4: All living things sense and respond to their environment
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        • Growth and Changes in Plants
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        • Habitat and Communities
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      • Science
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        • Diversity of Living Things
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        • Interactions Within Ecosystems
  • New Brunswick
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        • Our Local Environment : :Scientific Literacy
        • Our Local Environment : Learning and Living Sustainably
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        • Science 7 Earth Surface Processes: Learning and Living Sustainably
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        • Plant Growth & Changes
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        • Habitats
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        • Diversity of Life
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        • Interaction of Ecosystems
  • Northwest Territories
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        • Life Systems: Growth and Changes in Plants
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        • Life Systems: Habitats & Communities
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        • Life Systems: Diversity of Living Things
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        • Interactions and Ecosystems
  • Nova Scotia
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        • Science 3: Plants
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        • Science 6: Diversity of Life
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        • Science 7: Environmental Action
  • Nunavut
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        • Life Systems: Growth and Changes in Plants
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        • Life Systems: Habitats & Communities
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        • Life Systems: Diversity of Living Things
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        • Plant Growth & Changes
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        • Habitats
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        • Diversity of Life
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        • Interactions Within Ecosystems
  • Quebec
  • Saskatchewan
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        • Plant Growth and Changes
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        • Habitats and Communities
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        • Science 6: Life Science: Diversity of Living Things
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        • Science 7: Life Science: Interactions within Ecosystems
  • Yukon Territory
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        • Science 3: Living things are diverse, can be grouped, and interact in their ecosystems
    • Grade 4
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        • Science 4: All living things sense and respond to their environment

Themes Addressed

Air, Atmosphere & Climate (1)

  • Climate Change

Ecosystems (4)

  • Appreciating the Natural World
  • Biodiversity
  • Interdependence
  • Wildlife Protection

Land Use & Natural Resources (1)

  • Forests

Water (1)

  • Marine Environments

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