Alarming frogs: The life and work of emerging explorer Tyrone Hayes
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In this Xpeditions lesson, students explore the work of Tyrone Hayes, a scientist whose research focuses on biology and herpetology. Activities in this lesson engage students in development of reading comprehension and research skills, as well as participation in whole class discussion.
Students will:
- learn about the life and work of Tyrone Hayes;
- explain how Hayes’s cultural and life experiences influenced his career choice and locations of study; and
- explain how studying animals’ development may provide insight into environmental hazards for humans.
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North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 9–12 — AP Earth and Environmental Science
- Goal 1: The learner will develop abilities necessary to do and understand scientific inquiry.
- Objective 1.01: Identify questions and problems in the earth and environmental sciences that can be answered through scientific investigations.
- Goal 6: The learner will build an understanding of global changes and their consequences.
- Objective 6.03: Investigate effects and consequences on biota:
- Habitat fragmentation and destruction.
- Introduced species.
- Overharvesting.
- Objective 6.03: Investigate effects and consequences on biota:
- Goal 7: The learner will build an understanding of environmental decision making.
- Objective 7.02: Analyze cultural and ethical considerations regarding the environment.
- Environmental worldviews.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Sustainable development.
- Objective 7.03: Recognize significance of major environmental laws and regulations: regional, national and international.
- Clean Air Act.
- Clean Water Act.
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act.
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
- Endangered Species Act.
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Control Act.
- Kyoto Protocol.
- Lacey Act.
- Mining Act.
- Montreal Protocol.
- National Environmental Policy Act.
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
- Wilderness Act.
- Objective 7.04: Develop an awareness of environmental options.
- Conservation.
- Preservation.
- Restoration.
- Remediation.
- Mitigation.
- Objective 7.02: Analyze cultural and ethical considerations regarding the environment.
