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Description
This resource engages students in an outdoor, citizen-science activity that promotes understanding of biodiversity and stewardship. Students work in groups to explore a designated natural area, observe and record local species using the Seek or iNaturalist, app, and later analyze their findings in class. The activity connects directly to the science curriculum on habitats and communities, helping students identify species relationships, human impacts, and local biodiversity threats. Through hands-on fieldwork, data collection, and discussion, learners develop observation, graphing, and critical-thinking skills.
Extension activities include mapping invasive species or creating native plant gardens to support pollinators and enhance habitat diversity, reinforcing the importance of protecting ecosystems and sustaining biodiversity in their communities.
General Assessment
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The activity directly supports the science curriculum on habitats and communities by helping students explore species relationships, human impacts, and local biodiversity threats. It promotes active, hands-on outdoor learning that combines the use of technology such as identification apps with field observation and real-world data collection. Through this experience, students gain a deeper understanding of biodiversity, recognizing the variety of species within an environment and how human actions influence ecosystems. They also build essential scientific skills in observation, classification, data analysis, and discussion. Overall, the program fosters environmental stewardship and sustainability by encouraging students to care for and protect the natural world for future generations.
Relevant Curriculum Units
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- Alberta
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- Grade 4
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- Information Technology
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- ICT Curriculum: Communication, Inquiring, Decision Making and Problem Solving
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- ICT Curriculum: Communication, Inquiring, Decision Making and Problem Solving
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- ICT Curriculum: Communication, Inquiring, Decision Making and Problem Solving
- Science
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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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- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland & Labrador
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- Nova Scotia
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- Information and Communication Technology 4: Productivity
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- Science 4: Habitats
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- Information and Communication Technology 5: Research, Problem Solving and Decision Making
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- Information Technology
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- Information and Communication Technology 6: Research, Problem Solving and Decision Making
- Science
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- Science 6: Diversity of Life
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- Ontario
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- Grade 4
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- Science & Technology
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- Life Systems: Habitats and Communities
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- Science & Technology
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- Life Systems: Biodiversity
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
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- Grade 4
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- Science & Technology
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- Living Things
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- Living Things
- Grade 6
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- Science & Technology
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- Living Things
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon Territory
Themes Addressed
Ecosystems (3)
- Appreciating the Natural World
- Biodiversity
- Invasive Species