The choices we make impact ecosystems. Development is an obvious example of an impact. But there are many others. Here are a few examples of how people impact wetlands: Runoff of lawn fertilizers & pesticides, winter salting of roads, sidewalks & parking lots, automatic dishwasher detergent, clothes washing detergent, grey water systems, discarded cigarette butts, medications in the potable water supply , soil erosion, mine drainage, careless dumping, weed and insect control programs, dioxins, waterway dredging, mercury toxins, flood control measures, glycol runoff, lead shot for hunting and lead sinkers for fishing, oil & chemical spills, West Nile Virus control programs, feeding wild animals - A Vicious Cycle, releasing alien species into the wild, and dams in waterways. General Ecology website Select one of these actions. (If there is another one that is of particular local interest, you may investigate it)
Extend your efforts - Make a VE video about the issue.
Extend your thinking: Competition Conundrums - Two wetland birds are presenting challenges.
Wetlands: Habitat / Mammals / Birds / Aquatic insects / Plants & trees / Amphibians Just Ducky - crossword puzzle about ducks / Name that Duck practice / Wetland Vocabulary Exercise / Wetland food web Eagles Status Evaluation / Competition Conundrum / Lentic ecosystem or Lotic ecosystem? Wetland or frog song activity / Wetland Poem Project / Water & Watershed Studies / Water Wars Map PA Waters / Make a schematic representation Bats are our Buddies / Bats at the Beach Activity / Firefly Watch - fun project / Monitor Wetland Map Wetlands in your Community / Environmental Careers / Pennsylvania HS Envirothon West Eugene Wetlands Case Web Site investigate a conflict about a wetlands / School Habitat Garden Project
Posted 9/2008 by Cynthia J. O'Hora Updated 3/2009 Save a tree - use a digital answer format - Highlight the text. Copy it. Paste it in a word processing document. Save the document in your folder. Answer on the word processing document in an easily read, contrasting color or font. (No yellow, avoid fancy fonts like: Symbols, , ). Save frequently as you work. Enter your name and the date in a document header. Submit the assignment via a class dropbox or an email attachment. Bad things happen. Save a copy of your document in your computer. Proof your responses. It is funny how speling errors and typeos sneak in to the bets work. Make your own printer paper answer sheet
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