Introduction
The Everglades is a unique ecosystem in Florida with many plants and animals. It is important to protect it because it is affected by pollution and human activity.
Guiding Questions:
- What is the Everglades?
- Why is it important?
- How do humans impact it?
Learning Objective (Florida Standard):
SC.912.L.17.8 – Students will understand human impact on ecosystems.
Bloom’s Levels:
- Understand: Describe the Everglades
- Analyze: Identify problems
- Create: Suggest solutions
Task
Work in a group to create a short PowerPoint presentation (5 slides) about the Everglades.
Include:
- What it is
- Plants and animals
- One environmental problem
- One solution
Process
- Form a group of 3 students
- Assign roles:
- Researcher → finds information
- Writer → creates slides
- Presenter → presents
- Use these websites:
- https://www.nps.gov/ever/index.htm
- https://kids.nationalgeographic.com
- https://www.worldwildlife.org
- Create slides:
- Slide 1: Title
- Slide 2: Description
- Slide 3: Plants/Animals
- Slide 4: Problem
- Slide 5: Solution
- Present to the class
Evaluation
| Criteria | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| ------------ | ------------ | -------------- | ------------ | ------------- |
| Content | All correct | Mostly correct | Some errors | Many errors |
| Slides | Clear & neat | Mostly clear | Some issues | Messy |
| Teamwork | All helped | Most helped | Some helped | Little effort |
| Presentation | Clear voice | Mostly clear | Hard to hear | Not clear |
Conclusion
You learned why the Everglades is important and how people affect it.
Enrichment Activity:
Learn about another ecosystem:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment