Managing the Everglades ecosystem
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A lesson plan for Grades 9–12 Earth/Environmental Science and Biology
About this resource
- Appropriate grades
- 9–12
- Subjects
- science (biology and life science, environmental science)
- Provider
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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This lesson uses the Internet to explore the Everglades ecosystem using the resources on the Everglades National Park website. It uses the Internet to provide students with experiences that they may not be able to acquire firsthand. The activities are based on the website of the Everglades National Park.
The purposes of this lesson are:
- to explore the Everglades ecosystem using the Internet;
- to develop an understanding about conservation of resources in the context of the Everglades;
- to explore relationships between species and habitats; and
- to develop an understanding how human beings have altered the equilibrium in the Everglades.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grades 9–12 — Biology
- Goal 5: The learner will develop an understanding of the ecological relationships among organisms.
- Objective 5.03: Assess human population and its impact on local ecosystems and global environments:
- Historic and potential changes in population.
- Factors associated with those changes.
- Climate change.
- Resource use.
- Sustainable practices/stewardship.
- Objective 5.03: Assess human population and its impact on local ecosystems and global environments:
Grades 9–12 — Earth/Environmental Science
- Goal 1: The learner will develop abilities necessary to do and understand scientific inquiry in the earth and environmental sciences.
- Objective 1.06: Identify and evaluate a range of possible solutions to earth and environmental issues at the local, national, and global level including considerations of:
- Interdependent human and natural systems.
- Diverse perspectives.
- Short and long range impacts.
- Economic development, environmental quality and sustainability.
- Opportunities for and consequences of personal decisions.
- Risks and benefits of technological advances.
- Objective 1.06: Identify and evaluate a range of possible solutions to earth and environmental issues at the local, national, and global level including considerations of:
- Goal 4: The learner will build an understanding of the hydrosphere and its interactions and influences on the lithosphere, the atmosphere, and environmental quality.
- Objective 4.04: Evaluate water resources:
- Storage and movement of groundwater.
- Ecological services provided by the ocean
- Environmental impacts of a growing human population.
- Causes of natural and manmade contamination.
- Objective 4.04: Evaluate water resources:
