Human Impacts on Biodiversity
February 11, 2012
Presentations
From Lynne Trulio
From John Hendricks
Activities
Mass Extinctions
NY Times Lesson Plan: Mass Extinction: Will It Happen Again?
Modified version presented at workshop
with evidence table
Summaries about the "Big Five" mass extinctions - used in jigsaw
activity
From the BBC
From the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology
Interactive from the Discovery Channel
Nova Science Now: short video and interactive about the end Permian Mass Extinction
UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology interactive time line
BBC Big Five Extinction Events
Investigating Climate Hotspots with Google Earth
Teacher's Guide, Student Handout, and Student Investigation Sheet from Lehigh University
Google Earth file: Climate Hotspots.kmz
Biological Diversity: How It Stops Disease from Spreading (simulation with cards representing different species of trees in a a forest)
Other Resources
Ecological Footprint Calculator from Global Footprint Network
National Geographic Global Warming Effects Map
Recommended by workshop participants