Chapter 1 Questions
+ Voices from the Story and Referenced Resources
Think about it
- How does the article connect to larger themes, issues, or current events?
- What quotes stuck out to you? Why?
- What was the most interesting lesson you learned in this story?
- What does nature mean to you?
- Is there something in this story you'd like to research more about?
- Are there any conflicting viewpoints presented in this story?
- What's a biome?
- What eco-regions exist near where you live?
- Why does biodiversity matter?
- Explain how different ecosystems are interconnected?
- What's the most important lesson you learned in this story?
- How does this story connect to larger themes, issues, or current events?
- What is systems change?
- How are our natural and political systems similar?
- Why is important to understand how our democracy works, even as a scientist?
- What additional research or reading would you like to do based on this story?
Reflection Activity
- Option One: Write down three questions you have about this story and try to find the answers. Hint: the Curated Library might be a helpful tool for your research.
- Option Two: Deliver a one minute speech (to your class or in smaller groups) about why biodiversity matters to you.
- Option Three: Select a concept from the story you are not very familiar with, do some research (again: use the Curated Library) and then describe what you’ve learned in small groups.
Hot Takes
Define
- Ecosystem
- Biodiversity
- Watershed
- Natural System
- Species
- Habitat
- Ecosystem
- Biological Diversity
- Charismatic Megafauna
- Regulatory Process
- Sustainability
- Biodiversity
- Species
- Organism
- Biosphere
- Biotic
- Abiotic
- Eco-regions
- Natural System
- Political System
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Laura Kennedy
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Referenced Resources
- Grizzly Bears
- Donald Trump's inheritance
- Justin Trudeau’s childhood marked by privilege and upheaval
- Kaia Gerber Doesn’t Deny the “Privilege” of Nepotism
- Drake's childhood
- Where Exactly Was 'the Bottom' for Drake?
- Natal dispersal of grizzly bears
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Biodiversity - our strongest natural defense against climate change
- To feed 10 billion people, we must preserve biodiversity. Here's how
- Nature, Biodiversity and Health
- Biodiversity is key to ending extreme poverty
- Biodiversity for Poverty Alleviation and Development
- Biodiversity improves water quality through niche partitioning
- Half of global GDP relies on nature–but it’s being wiped out. Here’s the business case for investing in biodiversity
- Canada unveils new climate adaptation strategy with more than $1-billion commitment
- Humanity will find ways to adapt to climate change
- Biodiversity loss risks 'ecological meltdown' - scientists
- Stop biodiversity loss or we could face our own extinction, warns UN
- Biodiversity crisis is worse than climate change, experts say
- ‘Crossroads’ for Humanity: Earth’s Biodiversity Is Still Collapsing
- Ecological doom-loops: why ecosystem collapses may occur much sooner than expected – new research
- Global loss of wildlife is ‘significantly more alarming’ than previously thought, according to a new study
- Modern ‘Sixth Mass Extinction’ Event Will Be Worse Than First Predicted: Report
- Parts of the world are heading toward an insect apocalypse, study suggests
- The loss of insects is an apocalypse worth worrying about
- What is biodiversity and why does it matter?
- Here’s Why Climate Change Gets The Spotlight But Biodiversity Doesn’t
- As biodiversity declines, so does public attention
- Biodiversity loss is dire, don't get distracted
- Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
- Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’ Species Extinction Rates ‘Accelerating’
- Canada, host of the UN biodiversity summit, is struggling to meet its own targets
- Canadians' perspectives on how much space nature needs
- Canadians Really Want to Protect Nature, But Have Questions….
- Nature matters to Canadians, so conservation should be an election issue
- New report says half of Canada’s wildlife species are in decline: ‘We are going to lose ecosystems’
- 22 reasons why conservation in Canada matters to the planet
- Biodiversity, the Boreal, and a Big Opportunity: 5 Reasons COP15 Matters for Canada
- Canadian population of at-risk species declined over last 50 years: report
- Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan
- B.C. rainforest has botanical bounty of newly discovered species
- 86 Percent of Earth's Species Still Unknown?
- 'There’s so much we don’t know': How Canadian scientists will try to solve the secrets of the deep ocean
- Conservation Has a Big Problem With Charismatic Carnivores
- Conservation Imbalance: Charismatic Megafauna v/s The Rest
- Beyond Biodiversity: A New Way of Looking at How Species Interconnect
- These Canadian species are found nowhere else on Earth
- Everything is interconnected – many losses are irreversible
- oward a 2030 Biodiversity Strategy for Canada: Halting and reversing nature loss
- How to Mend the Conservation Divide
- It's not just taxes — here is what's really killing Canada's competitiveness
- Protect the future of hunting in B.C.
- First Law of Thermodynamics
- Biodiversity at risk, threatens human survival, UN forum hears
- How do we measure biodiversity?
- Simpson’s Diversity Index Calculator
- UN Biodiversity Lab
- Global biodiversity is in crisis, but how bad is it? It's complicated
- Old and new challenges in using species diversity for assessing biodiversity
- When biodiversity monitoring data is not good enough
- How does biodiversity change globally? Detecting accurate trends may be currently unfeasible
- UN Report: Nature's Dangerous Decline 'Unprecedented'
- Kim Campbell
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- The First Economic Valuation of Global Ecosystem Services
- Natural Capital - Convention on Biological Diversity
- From Scaling Impact to Impact at Scale
Biodiversity, Biomes & Ecosystems
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