Program Description: |
Students will go to our different forests (natural mixed forest vs pine plantation) and or water systems at Silver Lake looking at what makes up a healthy ecosystem. They will consider succession, tree id, undergrowth, and animal life. Looking at the food web, and what is needed to sustain life, students will understand the importance of biodiversity. |
Curriculum Links: |
Grade 6 Curriculum Links
3.1 identify and describe the distinguishing characteristics of different groups of plants and animals, and use these characteristics to further classify various kinds of plants and animals
3.2 demonstrate an understanding of biodiversity as the variety of life on earth, including variety within each species of plant and animal, among species of plants and animals in communities, and among communities and the physical landscapes that support them
3.3 describe ways in which biodiversity within species is important for maintaining the resilience of those species
3.4 describe ways in which biodiversity within and among communities is important for maintaining the resilience of these communities
3.5 describe interrelationships within species, between species, and between species and their environment and explain how these interrelationships sustain biodiversity
3.6 identify everyday products that come from a diversity of organisms
3.7 explain how invasive species (e.g., zebra mussel, Asian longhorned beetle, purple loosestrife) reduce biodiversity in local environments
Physical Fitness
-improve their personal fitness levels by participating in sustained moderate to vigorous physical activity
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