Human Impact

PictureCoral Reef, The Guardian
Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life. Environments around the planet have a variety of biodiversity, often environments near the equator have more diversity than others.  The maintaining of biodiversity is essential to the survival of the ecosystem; a loss in a single species can have drastic effects on all organisms in the ecosystem.  Coral reefs are often one of the biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet.  However, they are and recently have been severely effected by human disturbances.  In this unit we will learn how to sample habitats in order to examine the effects of non-native invasive species in our local habitats.

Unit Question:

How can we stop Oregon’s alien species invasion?​

Unit Product

Design a native species habitat management plan for our school grounds to improve biodiversity of the ecosystem.

Unit Content:

  • I can create a planting plan that reduces the impact of human expansion by establishing native species, evaluate the plant, and refine the plan in order to improve the biodiversity of the ecosystem.

Unit Skills: