Sustainability lesson 1: Biodiversity etc.

• Biologie
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Designing a sustainable school

Lesson	Planning
1	Biodiversity and conservation
2	Global food production
3	Sustainable development 1
4	Sustainable development 2
5 - 10	Working on your sustainable school design
11 - 13	Presenting your design

Learning goals

• Evaluate how humans can conserve ecological biodiversity 

What is biodiversity

Biodiversity is all the different kinds of life you’ll find in one area

Do you think it’s important to protect all species?

Yes

No

Should zoos exist to help protect endangered species, or is it better for animals to live only in the wild?

Zoo's should stay

No more zoo's

If you had to choose between building houses or protecting a forest where many animals live, what would you choose? Why?

Why is loss of biodiversity bad?

• Every species has a role. What would happen if all the bees died? Or all the frogs? Domino effect
• We need plants to provide us with oxygen and other resources
•  Fewer species allow for diseases to spread faster .and easier.

What causes loss of biodiversity?

Biodiversity should come second to making sure there is enough food on the planet

Agree

Disagree

What can we do?

Conservation

Conservation

• The protection of plants, animals and natural areas from the damaging effects of human activity
• Without it, species have the risk of becoming extinct.

Research

Find two organisms in the Netherlands for each of the following categories:

1. Extinct
2. Critically endangered
3. Endangered

Pick one organism from 2 or 3 and explain why it is in danger of becoming extinct.