Loss of Biodiversity

This unit will cover loss of biodiversity with readings and activities on the following:

1. Reading on Extinctions
2. Reading on Deforestation
3. Activity on Endangered Species using Camera Trapping Data
4. Activity on Species Restoration

 

 

Mountain Gorillas with David Attenborough

Human Population

In order to better understand the pressures on our natural resources, we have to understand how the human world population reached its current size and what implications that has for the earth.

World Pop Clock
7 Minute Video

Biome Week

We will spend the week completing biomes. 
1. Graphing Climatograms
2.  Completing the Biome Poster Project
3. Presenting your biome.

Tropical Rainforest - La Selva, Costa Rica Summer 2013