🌿 Biodiversity and Disturbance Claims

Using species ID notes, invasive plant observations, and a short teacher-modeled CER routine, students write evidence-based claims about how honeysuckle, Chinese privet, canopy trees, and past land use affect habitat stability. They annotate a campus site photo with arrows and labels showing cause-and-effect relationships between human disturbance and current ecosystem conditions. This prepares teams to define problems grounded in science rather than preference.