Biodiversity and Human Impact
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Provided by: LabXchange|Published on: February 9, 2026
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Synopsis
- In this interactive student-facing resource from LabXchange, students will learn about biodiversity, its importance, and human-caused threats to biodiversity.
- Students will define new vocabulary terms, answer reflection and quiz questions, and interpret graphs and charts to understand biodiversity and the threats it faces.
Subjects: Biology
Authors: LabXchange
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The reflection questions invite students to think about and interpret what they have learned.
- The resource includes images and visual aids to keep students engaged in the content.
Prerequisites
- This interactive will take students about half an hour or more to complete. Students need to read through and answer questions for one section before they are allowed to move on to the next, and students' progress will not be saved if they need to exit the program. Because of this, teachers will want to ensure students have ample time to complete the sections or advise them to note where they left off and record their answers to the questions.
Differentiation & Implementation
- To make connections to literature, teachers can find a literary example of the tree of life used symbolically in a story.
- As students go through the different sections of the resource, it may help them to take notes, especially to record definitions for unfamiliar terms.
- Teachers can have students record their responses to the reflection and multiple-choice questions throughout this resource to use as an assessment.
- This is a great resource to use for independent work while teachers are meeting individually with students, or as an easy sub plan.
- Teachers can use this resource to make connections to SDG 14, Life Below Water, and SDG 15, Life on Land.
This interactive resource provides a comprehensive look at the types of and major threats to biodiversity. Throughout, thoughtful questions are included both to test students’ knowledge and to foster discussion. Sources are cited when appropriate, including several peer-reviewed articles. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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About the Partner Provider
LabXchange
Harvard University’s LabXchange is a free online platform for science education, created with support from the Amgen Foundation. It makes learning science online flexible and fun, with interactives, lab simulations, and more.
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