Description
Students learn how invasive species are introduced into water systems and the potential impact invasive species have on aquatic habitat.
Ontario Curriculum Connections
Science and Technology
Understanding Life Systems, Grade 4 (Habitats and Communities)
- analyse the positive and negative impacts of human interactions with natural habitats and communities, taking different perspectives into account, and evaluate ways of minimizing the negative impacts
- identify reasons for the depletion or extinction of a plant or animal species (e.g. changes in or destruction of its habitat), evaluate the impacts on the rest of the natural community, and propose possible actions for preventing such depletions or extinctions from happening
- identify factors that affect the ability of plants and animals to survive in a specific habitat
- demonstrate an understanding of a community as a group of interacting species sharing a common habitat
- explain why changes in the environment have a greater impact on specialized species than on generalized species
Understanding Life Systems, Grade 6 (Biodiversity)
- demonstrate an understanding of biodiversity as the variety of life on earth, including variety within each species of plant and animal, among species of plants and animals in communities, and among communities and the physical landscapes that support them
- describe ways in which biodiversity within species is important for maintaining the resilience of those species
- describe ways in which biodiversity within and among communities is important for maintaining the resilience of these communities
- explain how invasive species (e.g., zebra mussel, Asian longhorned beetle, purple loosestrife) reduce biodiversity in local environments
Social Studies
People and Environments, Grade 4 (Political and Physical Regions of Canada)
- describe some key actions taken by both industries and citizens to address the need for more sustainable use of land and resources
Peoples and Environments, Grade 5 (The Role of Government and Responsible Citizenship)
- create a plan of action to address an environmental issue of local, provincial/ territorial, and/or national significance, specifying the actions to be taken by the appropriate level (or levels) of government as well as by citizens, including themselves
- describe key actions taken by different levels of government to solve some significant national, provincial/territorial, and/or local issues
