Creator: Andrew Petit de Mange & Kelly Kennedy | visit site
Grade Range: 6 - 11
Find a guide to understanding our planet through the ways human impact has changed ecological patterns and processes. Choose from the six biomes for a broad overview of information, then dig deeper by selecting one of the subtopics within a biome to view facts as related to climate, population, and land use.
In the Classroom
Include this site with your class resources when teaching about biomes and ecology. Have students create online posters individually or together as a class to display human impact on your local environment using a tool such as Adobe Spark for Education, <a href="/single.cfm?id=18378">reviewed here</a>, or PicLits, <a href="/single.cfm?id=9822">reviewed here</a>. Have cooperative learning groups create podcasts sharing ideas on how to reduce the impact of humans on our environment. Use a site such as Buzzsprout, <a href="/single.cfm?id=17015">reviewed here</a>.
At Home
Encourage your student to learn more about how humans impact our environment through exploration of this site. Discuss ways you can reduce your impact on the environment at home and create a home ecology plan together.
Tags
earth, environment, biomes, ecology,