Special Places: Eco-lessons from the National Parks in Atlantic Canada

Grade 6

The News Knows!

Students will combine science learning outcomes with media literacy by researching and writing a newspaper article on a particular resource management issue in one of three national parks in Atlantic Canada.

Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:

• explain why national parks in Atlantic Canada have individual resource management issues;
• develop research skills for scientific inquiry;
• develop communication skills for presenting their results and ideas;
• apply their understandings about the issues and interpret them through writing.

Species at Risk – Recovery Teams to the Rescue!

Students will work together in conservation recovery teams to describe an endangered species and explain why it is endangered. They will explore efforts taken to ensure that species’ protection and status improvement within the national parks in Atlantic Canada.

Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:

• explain why certain species of animals and plants are endangered;
• describe efforts to study the population size of some of these species;
• explain what is being done to ensure the continued existence of these species within the national parks in Atlantic Canada.