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Coming from the Delaware/Maryland area, this article is something I can truly relate and make a connection to. Through teaching students that also reside in this area, they also can learn a ... See More

Coming from the Delaware/Maryland area, this article is something I can truly relate and make a connection to. Through teaching students that also reside in this area, they also can learn a lot about ecology and human impacts and how it has a direct relationship with an area they are familiar with. I like this resource because it explicitly highlights the species found in the area and the problems are they enduring because of the human impacts around them. Students are also able to identify the specific food web of this community and everything revolves around each other. The higher order thinking questions the lesson has students exploring is also very beneficial. It allows students to explore concepts on dead zones, European settler impacts, large-scale fishing, organism abundancy, nutrient levels, pollution, and more importantly, the cause and effect that all these concepts have on the Chesapeake Bay.

Human Impact on a Food Web

This six part activity that deals with a real world problem about the food web in the Chesapeake Bay and student’s choices for seafood. While reading through each part of this activity I fo... See More

This six part activity that deals with a real world problem about the food web in the Chesapeake Bay and student’s choices for seafood. While reading through each part of this activity I found the questions presented to students were of higher-order thinking skills. This activity is presented with all worksheets and information as well as suggested videos to watch. This appears to be a great activity for upper level middle school students that show a relationship to real-world problems as a result of human impact on the environment.