Appalachian Headwaters

Lesson Plan: ROADKILL!



GOAL

To grow awareness of the impact of our roads on wildlife, and develop action plans to reduce roadkill.

Related WV Science CSOs

S.6.LS.2  Students will evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.

S.6.LS.7  Students will construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

S.7.ESS.7  Students will apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.

S.8.LS.2  Students will construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.