Biodiversity Lesson Bundle for Middle School Science for Grade 6 Ontario Students.

This unit includes a full lesson set for complete coverage of the Ontario B2 - Biodiversity Unit as well as THREE Culminating Projects. This bundle includes 7 lessons that connect biodiversity to climate change, indigenous agriculture, invasive species, species resilience, and how life is classified. Each lesson is from an Ontario perspective.

Specifically designed for Ontario grade 6 classrooms, my unit covers the B2 curriculum expectations

Lesson 1 - Biodiversity Exploration Lesson - Classification, Taxonomy, and Dichotomous Keys

B2.1 - describe the distinguishing characteristics of different groups of organisms, and use these characteristics to further classify these organisms using a classification system.

Lesson 2 - Biodiversity Understanding Middle School Lesson - Life's Variety

B2.2 - demonstrate an understanding of biodiversity as the diversity of life on Earth, including the diversity of organisms within species, among species in a community, and among communities and the habitats that support them.

Lesson 3 - Biodiversity and Species Resilience Lesson – Importance for Species and Ecosystems

B2.3 - describe ways in which biodiversity within species is essential for their survival.

B2.4 - describe ways in which biodiversity within and among communities is essential for maintaining the resilience of these communities.

Lesson 4 - Biodiversity and Interrelationships – Species Interactions and Relationships

B2.5 - describe interrelationships within species, between species, and between species and their natural environment, and explain how these interrelationships sustain biodiversity.

Lesson 5 - Biodiversity and Invasive Species Middle School Lesson - Reducing Biodiversity

B2.6 - explain how invasive species reduce biodiversity in local environments.

Lesson 6 - Biodiversity and Climate Change Middle School Lesson

B2.7 - explain how climate change contributes to a loss of biodiversity, and describe the impact of this loss.

Lesson 7 - Biodiversity and Indigenous Agriculture - Middle School Lesson

B2.8 - describe the importance of biodiversity in supporting agriculture, including Indigenous agriculture around the world.

B2 Culminating Projects - Biodiversity Culminating Project Bundle - 3 Projects - Middle School Science

This unit includes a full lesson set for complete coverage of Biodiversity including how it connected to climate change, indigenous agriculture, invasive species, species resilience, and how life is classified. It includes everything you will need to teach a unit on Biodiversity for a middle school science class.

For Each Lesson

The student version of the presentation contains multiple blanks that need to be filled in throughout the lesson. These blanks are conveniently underlined and bolded on the teacher copy. I have found this to be the most effective means of keeping my students engaged and active without having them write everything out. This also leaves more time for discussion and activities.

Culminating Projects

These projects allow you to differentiate your instruction and provide variety and choice to your students. They will challenge your students to explain content in an informative and visually appealing manner while also delving deeper into the content that you've covered in your Biodiversity Unit.

These resources are in .zip format. All that means is you download the lesson package as one file (.zip) and then double-click it to extract it. No additional software is needed, your PC or Mac will do all the work. If you are not 100% happy with what you purchase, I will refund your entire purchase price. To access the video(s), begin the slideshow and click the image of the video player. A new window will open up taking you directly to the video.

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