How have the natural
environment and the way people live affected each other in NH?
In addition to the above,
4-6 students should be able to:
pose research questions,
create hypotheses by identifying- possible cause-effect relationships,
and summarize research results.
1. research and identify
New Hampshire plants and animals that are important to human quality of'
life. Using, specific examples such as the beaver or sugar maple,
hypothesize and then research how human activities have affected plants
and animals in New Hampshire.
2. research and identify
extinct or endangered plants and animals in New Hampshire. Hypothesize
what effects the loss of these species have had/will have on human activities.
Compare student hypotheses with what scientists have found. Research
what people are doing to affect the endangered species now.
3. make a timeline showing
events important in the history of conservation of New Hampshire resources
and explain links between events.
4. Research and illustrate
the New Hampshire state bird, animal. tree, flower, insect. and amphibian.
Why were they chosen? Where do they live?
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