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Objective 1: Define community ecology and recognize species that affect community structure.
I’ve chosen the following resources to support this objective:
- Natural Resources Defense Council | Melissa Denchak | September 2019 | Keystone Species 101
- NPR | 1A | August 2019 | Snakes on a Plain: Invasive Species And How We Handle Them | 35 minutes
Objective 2: Describe possible relationships and interactions between species within a community.
I’ve chosen the following resources to support this objective:
- Jennifer Land and M. Eric Benbow | Nature Education Knowledge 4(4):8 | Species Interactions and Competition
- New York Times | Carl Zimmer | May 2014 | When Predators Vanish, so does the Ecosystem
- Teacher’s Pet | March 2015 | Species Interactions | 4:08 minutes
- California Academy of Sciences | July 2016 | Exploring Ecosystems: Coral Reed Symbiosis | 5:07 minutes
Objective 3: Conceptualize how energy and matter flow through, support, and are transferred within a community.
I’ve chosen the following resources to support this objective:
- Ted-Ed | Joshua M. Sneideman | June 2014 | A Guide to the Energy of the Earth | 4:43 minutes
- California Academy of Sciences | July 2016 | Exploring Ecosystems: Coastal Food Webs | 4:14 minutes
- Ted-Ed | John C. Moore | March 2014 | Dead Stuff: The Secret Ingredient in our Food Chain | 3:50 minutes
Objective 4: Identify defining characteristics of community structure and dynamics.
I’ve chosen the following resources to support this objective:
- USDA | National Agroforestry Center | Biodiversity Guidelines Section
- Directions: Review this section of the USDA Guide for more information on wildlife corridors, habitat, and biodiversity.
- Haddad et al. | March 2015 | Science Advances 1(2) | Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems
- Washington Post | Ben Guarino | September 2019 | Connecting fractured habitats has long-lasting ecological benefits, study finds
- Yale360 | Richard Conniff | January 2018 | Habitat on the Edges: Making Room for Wildlife in an Urbanized World
- NOVA | March 2014 | Life Returns to Mt. St. Helens | 6:43 minutes
- Ted-Ed | Jim Schulz | February 2016 | Why certain naturally occurring wildfires are necessary | 4:20 minutes
- Society of Ecological Restoration (SER)
- Directions: Explore the website of this global organization with goals of conservation, biodiversity, ecological restoration and sustainable development.