Back to search results New Search

Beaver, Moose, and Freshwater Turtle: The Dependence of Canada's Iconic Species on Freshwater Habitats

Elementary, Middle

Description

  • The 18-page resource is intended to help students learn about three iconic species and their habitats while discovering that life is interconnected and delicate and that human activity impacts other species.
  • The resource consists of four lessons, curriculum connections for provinces and territories, suggestions for assessment, a list of prior knowledge and skills required for success, a materials list, lesson descriptions with detailed procedure, strategies for inclusion, an extension idea and action tips, appendixes (student fact sheets, etc.) and a reference list with extensive suggested resources.
  • Lesson One: Freshwater Species and Their Habitats - 100 minutes. Students research habitats in a jigsaw activity

  • Lesson Two: Influences of Freshwater Habitats – 40 minutes. Students learn how to complete a cause and effect organizer and then complete one on the animal they researched in lesson one. Presentations of their results to the class would follow.
  • Lesson Three: Food Chains and Food Webs - 60 minutes. Students create a food chain and then mutually create a food web.
  • Lesson Four: Creating an Information Brochure (Performance Assessment Task) – 100 minutes. After examining samples together and creating criteria for the brochure, students complete their task.

 

More

General Assessment

Themes Addressed

Relevant Curriculum Units