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Description
Students assess the fitness of a habitat for a specific purpose. The lesson is designed to introduce students to concepts of ecology, habitat care, and species identification. Students will be able to:
- Locate habitat elements on a specific site
- Assess site’s potential as a suitable habitat for a specific species
- Identify an area of the site that would include the most habitat elements for a specific species
General Assessment
What skills does this resource explicitly teach?
Students learn those skills associated with observing, analyzing, and reporting on the elements of a habitat.
Strengths
Well constructed framework for gathering and analyzing data on habitats, what is there, what do different species require in a habitat and what one might do to make a given habitat more attractive for various species. Relatively easy in terms of tools and site requirements for students to carry out assigned tasks.
Recommendation of how and where to use it
The resource would serve as an introductory lesson for those units of study that examine ecosystems or the sustainability of ecosystems or natural diversity and habitat.
Relevant Curriculum Units
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- Alberta
- Step 2Select a grade level
- Grade 9
- Step 3Select a subject
- Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Biological Diversity
- Knowledge and Employability Science: Biological Diversity (Social and Environmental Contexts Emphasis)
- Grade 11
- Step 3Select a subject
- Biology
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Biology 20: Ecosystems and Population Change
- British Columbia
- Step 2Select a grade level
- Grade 11
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- Environmental Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Environmental Science 11: Complex roles and relationships contribute to diversity of ecosystems
- Environmental Science 11:Humans can play a role in stewardship and restoration of ecosystems
- Grade 12
- Step 3Select a subject
- Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Specialized Science 12: Biodiversity is dependent on the complex interactions and processes between biotic and abiotic factors
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
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- Grade 12
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- Environmental Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Introduction to Environmental Science 120: Sustainable Development
- Newfoundland & Labrador
- Step 2Select a grade level
- Grade 10
- Step 3Select a subject
- Science
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- Science 1206: Sustainability of Ecosystems
- Grade 11
- Step 3Select a subject
- Science
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- Science 2200: Ecosytems
- Grade 12
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- Environmental Science
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- Environmental Science 3205: Introduction to Environmental Science
- Geography
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- World Geography 3200/3202: Ecosystems
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Nunavut
- Ontario
- Step 2Select a grade level
- Grade 9
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- Science
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- :Biology: Sustainable Ecosystems
- Grade 11
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- Biology
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- Biology 11(Univer.Prep.) Diversity of Living Things
- Environmental Science
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- Environmental Science (Workplace Prep.) Human Impact on the Environment
- Geography
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- Regional Geography (Univ./College Prep.): Sustainability and Stewardship
- Grade 12
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- Geography
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- Living in a Sustainable World (Workplace Prep.): Species and Spaces
- The Environment & Resource Management (Univ/College Prep.) Community Action
- Prince Edward Island
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- Grade 10
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- Science
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- Science 431A: Life Science, Sustainability of Ecosystems
- Grade 12
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- Environmental Science
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- Environmental Science 621A: Ecological Principles
- Quebec
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- Grade 10
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- Science & Technology
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- Applied Science & Technology:The Living World
- Environmental Science & Technology: The Living World
- Science & Technology:The Living World
- Saskatchewan
- Step 2Select a grade level
- Grade 11
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- Environmental Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Environmental Science 20: Terrestrial Systems
- Yukon Territory
- Step 2Select a grade level
- Grade 11
- Step 3Select a subject
- Environmental Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Environmental Science 11: Complex roles and relationships contribute to diversity of ecosystems
- Environmental Science 11:Humans can play a role in stewardship and restoration of ecosystems
Themes Addressed
Ecosystems (3)
- Appreciating the Natural World
- Biodiversity
- Habitat Loss
