Here is my lecture on calculating the biodiversity index. Practice calculating biodiversity with the teacher. Your teacher will go over the presentation with you. Please take notes on this lecture and be ready for our quiz on Friday.
Write a summary as a pdf document or a powerpoint of all the birds which you observed on these sites:
1. school soccer field
2. school garden
3. front of school
Tally the birds, upload your photos and hypothesize as to why certain birds are observed
in each area.
key question, to be answered in paragraph form:
What abiotic factors and biotic factors are supporting the
bird species which you observe? Are you observing some of the same birds?
include any photos you took.
Calculate the Simpson's biodiversity Index for each site.
Show your work (the math).
Your document or powerpoint must include:
1. Title page: A picture of the site, along with your group members in the site. Also go to https://native-land.ca/ and write down the First Nations whose unceded territory is the place where we are learning on.
2. Site 1:
a. take pictures of all the plant species at the site: the grasses, clovers, mosses, bushes, trees, etc.
b. Take pictures of any animals you see on the site, including insects
c. count the birds and identify the species of bird if you can (sounds, sights) . If you cannot identify the bird, call it bird A, B, C and describe how big it is, draw a pic of it.
3. Site 2:
a. take pictures of all the plant species at the site: the grasses, clovers, mosses, bushes, trees, etc.
b. Take pictures of any animals you see on the site, including insects
c. count the birds and identify the species of bird if you can (sounds, sights) . If you cannot identify the bird, call it bird A, B, C and describe how big it is, draw a pic of it.
4. Site 3.
a. take pictures of all the plant species at the site: the grasses, clovers, mosses, bushes, trees, etc.
b. Take pictures of any animals you see on the site, including insects
c. count the birds and identify the species of bird if you can (sounds, sights) . If you cannot identify the bird, call it bird A, B, C and describe how big it is, draw a pic of it.
5. Calculate the biodiversity index for all the birds observed in this site for Site 1, showing all the math.
6. Calculate biodiversity index for site 2
7. Calculate the biodiversity index for site 3.
8. Write your hypothesis as to why there are more birds in one area compared to the other area.
9. What abiotic factors and biotic factors are supporting the
bird species which you observe?
10. Write a conclusion: This is a general paragraph describing what you learned.
11. You may work in a group no bigger than 3. If you work in a group, you must draw a pie graph stating how much each group member did and which page/question did the person work on. Your pie graph goes here.
Evaluation:
37-40. your project includes all the answers to the questions above and you used photos, typing it out on powerpoint or you sketched it out in INK and COLOUR on drawing paper. Your writing is clear and offers insight into the biodiversity of the area. You've done brilliant work
30-35 your project includes all the answers to the questions above and you used photos, typing it out on powerpoint or sketched it in INK on drawing paper. Your writing is clear and offers insight. You do a really good job of this.
25-30 your project is a really good start offering insight. it is in pencil or draft format and you've not yet answered all questions.
<20. you have a good start but you need to put more work into this to finish it.
