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Hawaiian Fishponds: Sustainability Lesson

Created by Teacher(s): Clarissa Torres|Published on: July 19, 2023
Lesson Plan Grades 6-8 Created by SubjectToClimate teachers

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In this lesson, students learn the connection between sustainability and survival, and the importance of Native Hawaiian sustainability practices.

Step 1 - Inquire: Students play a collaborative fishing game to explore the connection between sustainability and survival.

Step 2 - Investigate: Students learn about the term sustainability and about Native Hawaiian sustainability practices for survival by learning about Native Hawaiian fishponds.

Step 3 - Inspire: Students develop a presentation on their solution for overfishing based on the information that they learned about Native Hawaiian sustainability practices.
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Subjects: Biology
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes
Region: North America, USA - West, United States, Hawai'i
Posted on Jul 19, 2023

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Clarissa Torres

8th Grade Science Teacher

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