You are about to go on a quest through the internet to consolidate your learning about Biodiversity. You will be given six tasks to complete, which will take you through different websites about Biodiversity. Each task has a specific "theme" and has an assignment to be completed to showcase your knowledge about Biodiversity.
You will need to create a "Biodiversity Journal" to put all of your completed assignments in, this can be a scrapbook or just a simple duotang, remember creativity gives you extra credit! You may use Tools2Go to create documents and store your work until you are ready to put your Journal together. You will be given some time at school to do this but also you will have to do some work at home. Please try to keep up as best as you can.
This Webquest is to be completed and handed in by December 19, 2011.
Here we go...
You will need to create a "Biodiversity Journal" to put all of your completed assignments in, this can be a scrapbook or just a simple duotang, remember creativity gives you extra credit! You may use Tools2Go to create documents and store your work until you are ready to put your Journal together. You will be given some time at school to do this but also you will have to do some work at home. Please try to keep up as best as you can.
This Webquest is to be completed and handed in by December 19, 2011.
Here we go...
Task 1
To start go to http://www.amnh.org/ology/index.php?channel=biodiversity# and click the "about Biodiversity" button and read through the information. Create a document and answer the following questions:
1. What are the 3 kinds of Biodiversity? Give an example of each.
2. We get a lot of help from species and ecosystems. Provide 3 examples from this section that you read.
3. What is extinction? In what ways have humans contributed to the extinction of some species? (Take a look at "Going, Going, Gone" to find more answers.)
3. What is extinction? In what ways have humans contributed to the extinction of some species? (Take a look at "Going, Going, Gone" to find more answers.)
Task 2
An Invasive Species is something that is not native and has negative effects on an ecosystem. It is usually an organism that has been brought to one area from somewhere else. To learn more about this topic go to: http://www.iiseagrant.org/NabInvader/Lakes/suspects/suspects.html
What you see on this website are Invasive Species that invade the waters around us, especially the Great Lakes. Choose 2 of these species, read the information provided and then in your Journal summarize what you have read explaining how this species has reduced biodiversity in these areas. Include a few pictures of your species in your Journal from google images.
What you see on this website are Invasive Species that invade the waters around us, especially the Great Lakes. Choose 2 of these species, read the information provided and then in your Journal summarize what you have read explaining how this species has reduced biodiversity in these areas. Include a few pictures of your species in your Journal from google images.
Task 3
Using this link Rainforest Animals scroll down to find the examples of animals in this ecosystem. Choose 15-20 different animals and classify them into a graphic organizer. Your classification system should be at least 3 different groups and should be something other than fish, mammals, reptiles, etc. Use pictures as well as words to make your work more appealing.
Task 4
Task 4
Click on the link How Can You Help Biodivesity? Read about the many ways that you can help to protect biodiversity. Which of these suggestions have you already done? Create a poster highlighting a specific issue concerning biodiversity that interests you (stopping wildlife trade, or a local issue) and include it in your Journal.
Task 5
You have learned many things about Biodiversity this term. Using Bitstrips create a 6 panel comic focused on any topic you have learned about in this unit. Have fun and be creative, but also showcase your learning! When completed make sure you send to me using the "Share with Class" option.
Task 6
Task 6
You are now Biodiversity experts! Leave a comment on the blog about what you found to be the most interesting task or something new that you have learned about Biodiversity. Maybe you want to share a website that you found in your quest or a video on youtube that is relevant to our topic.
To leave a post, click on the line below that says _ Comments.
To leave a post, click on the line below that says _ Comments.
Hi this is Adam.Biodiversity has been really fun because you got to learn about anamals that dont belong they are called invasive species.You also got to learn about how you could stop global warming. you can stop global warming by riding a bike.The most fun task was task 5 because I got to work on bitstripes because I engoy making comics and I think that making a biodiversity conic would be very fun.biodiversity is the best science unit.
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DeleteHi,this is Anthony.Biodiversity has been a really fun unit, we got to learn fun ways to help the earth and about how we as humans are destroying the earth and biodiversity and much more.The task I found was most interesting was task 5.Task 5 was a very fun task because we got to create a bitstrip about anything in biodiversity, and let us be creative.I have learned many things in bodiversity like:invasive species are a real threat to biodiversity, they compete with native species and even eat them, they threaten local fisheries as well.And how we are big pollouters and can lessen it by going green.I liked biodiversity bery much and was very fun.
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Hi, this is Abbey. I had a fun time learning about boidiversity. I think biodiversity is cool becaus we go to learn how to help protect biodiversity but we learned that we are also destroying biosiversity too.It was fun learnig about invasive species because we learned how the invasive species are clearing out our native species.I learned that we should take as much as we need because if we take more then we need we mite be destroying somethings habbitat,or people that are less fortunate then us that don't have anything.I would like to give you 2 videos on biodiversity that you mite be able to use in your next class you teach biodiversity to.The videos are, Biodiversity is life it has a picture of a rubiks cube.The next viedo is Biodiversity final viedo, and there is a picture of a heart earth.I enjoyed learning about biodiversity it was so much fun. This would be a subject i would want to take again.Thanks
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Hi, this is Josh. Learning about biodiversity was soo fun and exiting because you got to learn about animals atributes like were they live, what they eat, what they prey on and who preys on them. Another reason why I liked bio diversity is you got to lern about how poluting,litering etc harmed animals soo you can be very carefull not to do soo. I liked learning about invasive species because it is interesting to read about what and who they harm and how they got to the country. I also liked learning about how humans were killing the earth and the animals by driving cars and cutting down too mutch trees and by this we could be more carefull. My favorite task was task 5 because I think bitstrips was very fun, cool and interesting. This was such a fun subject I would like to do it again and learn more about it!! Josh Solly
ReplyDeleteHi this is jake learning about biodiversity was really fun something really interesting I learned but also bad at the same time is that there are more than 1.75 million species extinct I think that is crazy
ReplyDeleteHi this is Alana biodiversity is a great subject to learn about. My favorite task was task 5 because you got to make a comic about biodiversity, what you learned in class or while we were doing the biodiversity webquest. Something that I learned about biodiversity in class is invastive species and native species invastive species are bad species that affect the other species. Native species are good species that don't affect other animals. Some videos I found on youtube are biodiversity song, biodiversity video and biodiversity beings with a B. I hope you enjoy the videos .Biodiversity is a great subject I enjoyed learning about biodiversity.
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One thing I found really intresting in this biodiversity unit is that one invasive species
ReplyDelete(like the zebra mussel) can cause a horrendous amount of damage to the ecosystem or food chain in its area. I also learned that ecosystems provide us with oxygen food and medicine. Something I also learned is that there are many different animals from an extinsive amount of
biomes. Jack T
Hi this is Will and the biodiversity webquest was really fun some cool facts that I found out was that Panda bears eat about 45 pounds of bamboo a day . anthor fact I found out was that Panda bears are almost extinct.
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Hi, this is Carlos. I liked learning about biodiversity because I found the invasive species and how they affect biodiversity very interesting. My favourite task was Task 5 because you got to use Bitstrips {which is always fun} and create your own comic about how you see biodiversity. Another I liked abuot biodiversity was sorting the different types of living things into catagories like: Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians,Arachnids,Crusteceans,etc. In conclusion, I really enjoyed learning about biodiversity and how we can preserve it.{I personaly want to know more about invasive species} This has been {get ready} Carlos Esteban Alexander Chacon Brown.
ReplyDeleteI have learned alot about Bio Diversity and ther is so much more but for now Bio means life and Diversity means different and Mr.Hackett has taught me alot and hope teachs more!!! Lastly I learned that in this project the animals that I found, they were mostly carnivores and its very interesting to learn that stuff... for example, did you know that a Kangaroo Rat is not a carnivore and keeps food in his pouch instead of something else!!!
ReplyDeleteI have learned alot about Bio Diversity and there is so much more to learn.Bio means Life and Diversity means different.Mr.Hackett teachs alot and I hope he teachs more!!!Lastly I learned that in this project,the animals that I found were mostly carnivores and its very interesting!!!Did you know that a kangaroo rat is a herbivore and keeps food instead of a baby like a normal kangaroo.I wish I learn alot more cool facts!! G.Calamita
ReplyDeleteThe starting of Biodiversity was amazing because I learned that there is 5 different types of kingdoms examples: Monera, Protist, Plants, Animals,Fungi and I thought there was only 2, they were Animal and Plants. In the middle of the unit I learn that all the Kingdoms were divided in groups examples: Kindom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species. Finally, I learned that everything in the world is divided into a hierarchical chart. P.Abboud
ReplyDeleteI have learned so much about Biodiversity. Some things I learned were that you classify things, and every living thing belongs in a group. The 7 groups are Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species. I also learned the 5 kingoms that are Monera, Protist, Plants, animals, and fungi. I learned alot about all the amazing facts about living things. S. Abbruzzese
ReplyDeleteI have learn SO MUCH in this biodiversity unit/webquest. I learned that you can divide animals by, their kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species. I also learned the three types of BioDiversity are "Varity of Genes, Varity amoug Species. and Varity of EcoSystems. I enjoyed doing this webquest, and hope to do more in the future.
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hey guys i learned so much from biodiversity, wow where do I start well i learned that biodiversity means all living things,and I learned all the kindgoms all the phylums like mammals, birds,reptiles,amphibians,fish and invertibrates
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I enjoyed learning about biodiversity it was fun and there are 5 kinds of biodiversity birds,fish,mammals,reptiles,and amphibans I also learned diversity means life
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Hi im sofia and task 5 was really fun because we had to make comics about what we learned.I also learned what classification a Peackok.I hope the class can do other things like this more often.
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I learned alot of interesting things about Biodiversity! 1 thing i learned is that you classify things into groups: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and sperices. Species is the group where things are really suspific. I learned alot of cool facts about Biodiversity. N.Warren
ReplyDeleteI have learned alot about biodiversity.I learned that a Dhloe is a wild dog. This very social dog makes a variety of nocies including whistles, clucks and high pitched scream. The dhloe is in extinction due to a rapid loss of habitat. I had lot's fun doing this webquest i hope we can learn more
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I learned that there are animals that eat most of the other animals where it lives like the goby it will eat aney fish in the water where it lives. I also learned that ecosystems provide us with oxygen food and medicine. Matthew Gagnon
ReplyDeleteThe biodiversity webquest was fun! I hope we will do it again! my favorite task was 5
ReplyDeletethe comic was fun I thought I lost all of my progress one point but I got it back
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I learend alot of neat things like new animals and different ecosytems and what lives in it and that if invasive spices get put in other habitats most creturs will die. My favorite task was task 2 because I thought it was really cool and fun to do.Andrew Mclauchlin.
ReplyDeleteDuring the Biodiverity webquest, my favourite Task was 5, I liked it because it was easy and fun. I learned alot of things, including about invasive speies and how they got here and how we COULD get rid of them. THATS WHAT I THOUGHT!
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biodiversity made me learn about about things in our communities and around the world
ReplyDeleteI liked the biodiversity webquest because i learned lots of different things.My favourite task 3 because I learned alot of suff about like what they eat.
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Hi, this is Gianluca. I enjoyed learning about biodiversity. It was very interesting to learn about the different classifactions of animals and invasive species. Each time we studied invasive species and native species I wished I could learn more! My faviourite tasks were task 4(creating a poster) and task 5(bitsrips). They were my favourite because I had so much fun doing them and I learned a lot from them. I also had fun going through all the interesting websites about biodiversity during my research.
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Gianluca
What I learned that intersests me is that i cant beleive how much invasive species there are like the sea lamprey and its cool to find out how they got here because some just stowed away on a boat like the rats there wernt any rats in north america untill a stow away rat came here and then they multiplyed like invasive speies!
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I liked this unit (Biodiversity) because it teaches you how to save the planet. I find it interesting and scary that we continue to pollute the world because it shows how little we care for our planet. Also, if we just did little things like ride our bikes or just stop idling our cars and turn them off we would make the world a better place. My favourite task was task 4 because it tells us how we can help the planet. We had to put it in a poster which was very fun. I love Biodiversity and I can't wait to learn more about it.
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ReplyDeletei like biodiversity because it teaches you alot of neat things about the planet but i think the most interesting thing about biodiversity is about all the different types of animals and where they live all around the world
ReplyDeletebut the most important one is habitats many animals get killed because humans or other animals take away there homes and people need to stop doing that and help animals
S Clark
HI THIS IS LAUREN,IN BIODIVERSITY I LEARNED LOTS OF STUFF LIKE STUFF ABOUT INVASIVE SPECIES.BEFORE I NEVER NEW THAT THERE WAS SUCH THING AS INVASIVE SPECIES AND NOW I'M AN EXPERT ON IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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hi this is kaili, and in biodiversity i learned different things like different ways you can help biodiversity,different rainforest animals and invasive species.I also liked going to different websites and learning more about biodiversity.
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Hi this is Rachel and in biodiversity I learned about different species and invasive and native species.I thought it was really interesting!
ReplyDeletei really liked making my scrap book and makeing the poster there is so much about biodiversity that i never knew about
ReplyDeleteBiosiversity is my favrite subject i enjoyed learning about it. I look forward to learning about it again. I learned there are diffrent clasess like genes , family ect.
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Hey! Learning about Biodiversity changed me and how to stop pollution and, to save our environment! I really liked learning about Biodiversity, because it teaches you about animals and what they produce and provide for them and that's what makes it really cool and fun to learn about and how we can change the world
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I found task 4 most interesting because you get to create and decorate your own poster about what you found most interesting. I found pollution and it's effects on the environment very fascinating.
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I've learned alot about biodiversity and i cant wait to learn more. Whats really interesting about biodiversity is each animal is different in there own way. I liked unit 3 because i got to learn about each animal and how they live. I think this unit was really fun and i hope to do something like this again. - T Soucie
ReplyDeleteHi this is Gianni I learned alot about biodiversity. I learned that diversity means variety and bio means life. My favourite task was 3 because I got to discover new species.
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The Webquest was very fun. I learned alot about invasive species. My favorite task was task 5 because I got to use Bitstrips and it was very fun. I learned a lot more about Biodiversity and how it's so important to our planet and to our ecosystems. I also never knew what invasive species really were and how they were so bad for our environment. Sincerely Andrew. T
ReplyDeleteThis has been the best website that I have ever been on because it has so many awesome Tasks and so many fun facts to choose from. I have learned alot about Biodiversity and indangered species which was so cool! I hope to learn lots more on this subject :)
ReplyDeleteHi this is Dylan.In this unit, I learned a lot about biodiversity! I liked it because I learned it in a fun way, the computer. My favourite part was task 5 when you got to create a bitstrip character and make a commic. It was really fun. I also liked the part when you got to create your own poster. I hope you learned about biodiversity as much as I did!
ReplyDeleteI liked the Bitstripes the best out of all the activities, but I also enjoyed task number 2. I enjoyed leaning about things that I thought were inocent and just apart of the world. This was a great activitie to learn new things.
ReplyDeleteI had an amazing experience over the last month and a little bit learning about biodeversity!I learned aton of new thing including how to catagorize the living and non living things on earth. I learned what vertabrates and invertabrates are, and even taking it a step further catagorizing the thing on the chain below them. Another thing that I learned well going through this subject is most of all how I can help and do my part in making the earth a better place. Whether its helping do a community clean up or even just being smart about what you buy. My favourite task was deffinitly the Bitsrips one. It was so fun. Overall I had a blast doing this unit and I will always remember what I learned. Thanks for reading.
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ReplyDeleteHello this is Vanessa. One thing I thought was most interesting on the biodiversity webquest was sorting the rainforest animals because I never knew there was so many different animals that exsisted. I also really enjoyed going to the theatre to watch the movie Chimpanzee. I learned so many things from the movie like... knowing they really respect the leader in there group and baby chimpanzees are really close to their moms. So if they lose their mom I would feel really bad for the baby chimpanzee. Just like how Oscar lost his mom by an attack from a mean chimpanzee who was named Scarr. I really enjoyed learning about biodiversity but we can't learn it forever! :)
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