Biodiversity Basics: an Educator's Guide to Exploring Biodiversity

Contact Information

Reservations/Ordering Info: Order from Acorn Naturalists

Phone: 202-778-9669

Street Address: 1250 24th Street Northwest
Washington, District of Columbia 20037

Last Updated: 11-21-2004

Reviewer Comments

General Content
"Good information, high interest activities, and issues which students can understand and relate to."

"An excellent resource - I will be using it in my classroom."

Presentation
"The column on each unit [identifies] subject integration, skills, framework links, time, materials, and connections to other lessons."

"Great format."

Pedagogy
"Very dependent upon reading and is written at a high level."

"Wide variety of instructional strategies."

Teacher Usability
"Good, clear background information on the definition and function of biodiversity."

EE Program/Resource ss Details

Provided by: World Wildlife Fund

Description: Part of World Wildlife Fund's Windows on the Wild program, Biodiversity Basics, An Educator's Guide to Exploring the Web of Life is a middle school biodiversity program. Thirty activities explore the meaning, significance, and status of biodiversity, and offer opportunities for students to become engaged in community action projects. The Educator's Guide (1999, 470 p.) offers background information, lesson plans, assessment ideas, strategies to organize biodiversity lessons around specific themes, glossary, resources, biodiversity education framework, and planning charts. The Student Book (1999, 229 p.) contains all the student pages necessary to conduct the activities found in the Educator's Guide.

Acorn Naturalists (www.acornnaturalists.com) distributes these materials for WWF.

Web Address: http://worldwildlife.org/windows/education_guides.cfm

Program/Resource Type: Curriculum

Audience Served: 6, 7, 8

Cost: $39.95 for the kit

EE Focus: Biodiversity

Academic Focus: History/Social Sciences, Language Arts, Science

Counties Served: Statewide

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Report Card

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General Content
Presentation
Pedagogy
Teacher Usability
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Discipline Emphasis

Science
History/Social Science
Health
Mathematics
Visual/Performing Arts
Language Arts
Industrial/Vocational Ed.
Foreign Language