Protecting Biodiversity
Aligned to HS-LS2-7 — Next Generation Science Standards.
What this lesson teaches
Human activities like habitat loss and pollution reduce biodiversity. Engineered solutions such as wildlife corridors, habitat restoration, and protected areas can lower these impacts and are refined by testing their results.
Worked example
Building a vegetated overpass across a highway lets migrating animals cross safely, reducing roadkill and reconnecting populations that the road had split apart.
Practice questions
- Identify one human activity that is reducing biodiversity in a named ecosystem.
- Propose a solution and list the criteria you would use to judge its success.
- Explain how you would test and refine your solution using data on species numbers.
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Every lesson comes with a video taught in English and Spanish — the same video the QR code in the printed workbook opens.
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Proteger la biodiversidad
Actividades humanas como la pérdida de hábitat y la contaminación reducen la biodiversidad. Soluciones de ingeniería como los corredores para fauna, la restauración de hábitats y las áreas protegidas pueden disminuir estos impactos y se perfeccionan al probar sus resultados.
Ejemplo: Construir un paso elevado con vegetación sobre una autopista permite que los animales migratorios crucen con seguridad, lo que reduce los atropellamientos y reconecta poblaciones que la carretera había separado.
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