Research and Conservation

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Grades9, 10, 11, 12, APBiology, English Language Arts

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This article highlights the conservation efforts of the Riveredge Nature Center, the research that accompanies these efforts, and the organizations that have collaborated with this environmental institution.
Students will learn about the reintroduction of fingerling sturgeon into the Milwaukee River, habitat restoration projects, and the Riveredge Nature Center's avian research that spans over 30 years.

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Positives

This article is concise and easy to understand.
This article has links to volunteer and internship opportunities with the Riveredge Nature Center.

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Students need to understand the importance of biodiversity and healthy ecosystems.

Differentiation

This article could support a classroom discussion about the negative and positive impacts that humans can have on the environment.
This article could enhance a lesson on the loss of natural habitats and global species extinctions, why biodiversity is important, and how humans could better protect natural ecosystems.
This article could supplement a lesson about the migration patterns of birds.
This article could augment a mini-lesson on what a keystone species is.

From the scientist review

This resource is an introduction to the research and conservation work at the Riveredge Nature Center in Saukville, Wisconsin. The resource begins with a quote from American conservationist Aldo Leopold and then introduces the research and conservation projects at Riveredge. These six projects are shown in a clear hexagonal graphic and then three success stories are described in more detail. Throughout, this resource features clear text, colorful images, and a strong call to get people involved in conservation. This resource is recommended for teaching.

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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12, AP
Subjects: Biology, English Language Arts
Language: English
Location: North America, North America > United States, North America > United States > Michigan, North America > United States > Wisconsin
Provider: Riveredge Nature Center
Authors: Riveredge Nature Center
Published: July 28, 2023
Last updated: July 16, 2026
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Standards alignment · D2.Civ.5.9-12 + 11 more

Core

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Standards

D2.Civ.5.9-12Evaluate citizens' and institutions' effectiveness in addressing social and political problems at the local, state, tribal, national, and/or international level.

Common Core English Language Arts Standards (CCSS.ELA)

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.5Analyze in detail how an author's ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.2Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; trace the text's explanation or depiction of a complex process, phenomenon, or concept; provide an accurate summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.2Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.2Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate terms.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.2Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.2Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

HS-LS2-7.Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.
HS-ESS3-4.Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.

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