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Fly Fishing
Provided by: PBS Wisconsin Education |Published on: June 16, 2023
Articles/Websites Grades 9-12
Synopsis
- This article explains how climate change will affect fly fishing in southwest Wisconsin, while the video explores the intricacies of fly fishing and the current difficulties that are impacting trout fishing within the region.
- Students will learn that warmer temperatures cause stress on certain species of trout and that increased flooding in southwest Wisconsin has made it harder for anglers to fish effectively.
Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: PBS Wisconsin Education
Region: North America, USA - Midwest, United States, Wisconsin, WI - Driftless (CESA 3, 4)
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The video shares the perspective of a Wisconsin fly fishing guide who is knowledgeable and sincere.
- The article cites research that is specific and from a credible source.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students need to understand the importance of biodiversity and maintaining the health of ecosystems.
- Students need to understand how climate change leads to an increase of severe precipitation events.
Differentiation
- This resource could support a lesson on how climate change alters ecosystems around the world.
- After watching the video and reading the article, the teacher could lead a classroom discussion on how Wisconsinites may react as climate change continues, trout populations die off, and flooding increases.
- This resource could enhance a classroom discussion on why certain states take conservation more seriously than others.
- This resource could supplement a lesson on the fragility of ecosystems and why sudden changes to an ecosystem are harmful to plants and animals.
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