Services that Stick
Provided by: EPA|Published on: September 22, 2021
Grades: 6, 7, 8
Type: Lesson Plans
Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: EPA
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Synopsis
- In this activity, students will cut and paste ecosystem services descriptions into the correct blank spaces on an ecosystem template.
- The activity includes seven different ecosystem templates.
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This activity hands-on and engaging way of getting students to appreciate ecosystems and their services.
Prerequisites
- Students can work in groups or pairs.
- Each group will require printouts of the templates, crayons, scissors, and glue.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Teachers could make larger printouts of the finished work to display during an open day activity.
- Students could create presentations about the ecosystem they worked on.
- Other resources on this topic include this activity on assessing ecosystem services on school grounds and these games and activities that teach students about the environment.
The resource contains an activity for students to leverage, assess, outline, and connect observed ecosystem services with human interaction. This is recommended for teaching.
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