Time
Required: Three 45-minute sessions
Objectives
Students will
- distinguish
native species from non-native species
- research
non-native species that have caused problems in water and land habitats
of the Chesapeake Bay, and classify them by habitat and by Kingdom
- create “Most
Wanted” posters describing invasive, non-native Bay species
and the “crimes” for which they are “wanted”
- evaluate
the role played by humans in the introduction of non-native species,
and the subsequent attempts to control or eliminate them
- predict
the percent of non-native plants in the schoolyard, identify plants,
and classify them as native or non-native
- determine
the effects of non-native species on biodiversity in the schoolyard
habitat, the wildlife in our area, our water resources, and the Chesapeake
Bay.
Related
Standards of Learning
| Science |
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3.1.a;
3.1.b; 3.1.g; 3.1.j; 3.6.a; 3.6.b; 3.6.c; 3.10.b; 3.10.d;
4.1.a;
4.1.b; 4.5.b; 4.5.d; 4.5.f; 4.8.b;
5.1.e; 5.1.f; 5.5.b
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| |
| Mathematics |
| |
3.10;
4.4; 4.9 |
| |
| English |
| |
3.1;
3.2; 3.3; 3.4; 3.6.a; 3.6.b; 3.6.c; 3.6.d; 3.6.e; 3.6.f; 3.7; 3.9;
3.10; 3.11;
4.1; 4.2; 4.3; 4.5; 4.6; 4.7; 4.8;
5.1; 5.4; 5.6; 5.7.a;
5.8; 5.9;
6.3; 6.5; 6.6; 6.7 |
| History
and Social Science |
| |
3.10;
VS.1.b; VS.1.d; VS.1.h;
USI.1.e;
USII.2.b; USII.8.b |
Materials
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