Biodiversity: Potatoes
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CW: [1] Potato Video Notes p80 [2] Potato Biodiversity Calculations p80.
DN: What are three types of diversity?
Reminders: Presentations start this week.
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering the question.
5min> Video 1. Student write down facts from the video p80.
5min> Video 2. Student write down facts from the video p80.
5min> Video 3. [First 5min Only] Student write down facts from the video p80.
5min Biodiversity Example Drawings and Calculations. Students calculate the biodiversity for a desert area (p80).
5min Potato Biodiversity Drawings and Calculations for Europe vs S. America. Students calculate the biodiversity for a potato farm in Europe and S. America during the Potato Famine caused by blight (p80). Why did blight destroy most of the potatoes in Europe but not South America?
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.