Invasive Species Defined Stem Day 2 and 3

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5 questions

Review Product(s):
Read through the description of each product that is assigned

Sales Pitch
You will be doing a 2-3 minute presentation for pet store owners. Your sales pitch should highlight the products you can create to be shared with people visiting pet stores. Your audience is concerned with the increase of pet store pets being purchased and then released into the wild. Human activity can have an adverse impact on biodiversity through habitat destruction, pollution, and the introduction of invasive species.
Your sales pitch must convince the owners of your knowledge of this concept and how through the development of creative products you can educate their customers in a fun and engaging way.

Brochure
This brochure should be designed to be included in store bags and given to customers purchasing pets. The brochure should use images to explain how invasive species impact an ecosystem. Share examples of invasive species that people may not know were once invasive. Include a few facts about each species and the impact it had on the original ecosystem. How is the new ecosystem different than the original ecosystem?

Podcast
Create a one-minute public service announcement that can be played on the radio and/or may be placed on the Web page. This announcement should explain the ecological dangers of dumping aquarium fish into lakes, streams, and rivers.
This oral presentation will need to be creative and engage the listeners. Remember, people of all ages may be listening to the radio. Be sure to address all aspects of the aquatic ecosystem including food chains and carrying capacity. Humans can positively or negatively impact the environment. Your task is to help them make the right decision!

Magazine Article
Many pet stores distribute pet-related magazines. You have been asked to write a magazine article related to invasive species associated with pets (examples: fish, snakes, rabbits, etc.). For this article, you will want to select one pet that has been released into an ecosystem. Explain how this pet impacted such factors as the availability of living and nonliving resources for other species in the ecosystem. Also, discuss any impact it had on predation, competition, and disease.
Your article should help customers of all ages understand this idea and why it is very important that they do not release their pets into the wild. Evaluate, refine, or possibly design a solution to help pets be released that reduces the impact human activity has on the environment. Your article may include pictures and diagrams to help support the main points of your article.

Webpage
Create a webpage that could be linked from pet store websites. The site should use visuals and multimedia to help people understand ecological concepts to so that they can appreciate how pets can become invasive species in an ecosystem.
Human activity can have an adverse impact on biodiversity through habitat destruction, pollution, and the introduction of invasive species. Thus sustaining biodiversity so that ecosystem functioning and productivity are maintained is essential to supporting and enhancing life on Earth. This webpage needs to make this point in a way that engages and maintains the interest of your audience.

Which product did you decide to do for this project?

Independently brainstorm a list of questions to look for answers for while researching. Record you questions below.

In your Breakout Rooms share questions you created independently. Add questions from your group members in the space below.

In the space below, record the class list of questions that was discussed as a class.

In the space below, take notes from the research articles. Try to look for evidence and answers to the questions created in questoins 2-4. Also, take notes on any information you find important. This will be your notes area for your research.