I think education at all levels is critical to conserving biodiversity. I have prepared multiple resources to help teachers effectively communicate important topics described below. The presentations are targeted to middle and high school students, but could be adjusted for any age group. These presentations are saved as two separate PDF documents (a slide show and notes for each slide), make sure you download them both. Feel free to e-mail me if you would prefer to have the powerpoint version with embedded notes.
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Understanding Biodiversity: Hawai'i
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A 45 minute lesson that touches on species concepts, measuring diversity, and the Hawaiian Islands as a diversity hot spot with examples of Hawaiian birds, insects and plants.
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Coral Reefs
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A 30-40 minute lesson that teaches coral biology, reef ecology and how climate change (ocean warming and acidification) will impact coral reefs in the future.
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Understanding Climate Change
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A 30-40 minute lesson that teaches the basics of the climate change (especially ocean impacts including warming and acidification) and how this will change coral reefs in the future.
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Marine Diversity
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A 45 minute lesson that discusses patterns of marine diversity and examples of most of the major phyla found on coral reefs.
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Medicines from the Sea
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A 45 minute lesson that explores natural product chemistry, the process of clinical trials, examples of medicines made from a variety of creatures.
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