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Biodiversity: The Variety of Living Things

  • Grade 3
  • Science
  • 1 min 4 s
  • British Columbia
  • BC3-SC-01

A park fills up one place at a time: a tree, grass and a flower, then a bird in the tree, a bee and a butterfly on the flower, an ant and a snail on the ground, and an earthworm in the soil. Each kind goes into a card that counts nine kinds and names this variety biodiversity ("bio" means life, "diversity" means variety), ending on the recap that biodiversity is the variety of living things in a place.

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The question this lesson answers

How many kinds of living things live near you?

Let's explore a park and find out.

Transcript

What the lesson says

How many kinds of living things live near you?

Let's explore a park and find out.

First, we find plants: a tree, grass and a flower.

In the tree, we find a bird.

On the flower, we find a bee and a butterfly.

On the ground, we find an ant and a snail.

In the soil, we find an earthworm.

We found nine different kinds of living things.

This variety of living things is called biodiversity.

Bio means life, and diversity means variety.

A place with more kinds of living things has more biodiversity.

Look for biodiversity near your home and school.

Biodiversity is the variety of living things in a place.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 3

Science, Biology: biodiversity in the local environmentBC3-SC-01

Next: Plants, Animals and Fungi: How Living Things Get Food

The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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