Transcript Invitation to Everglades INTRO

swim in an ancient limestone pit
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Over the next 6
weeks, you will
read poems, nonfiction articles on
the Everglades,
and The Missing
‘Gator of Gumbo
Limbo: An Eco
Mystery.
The Everglades Stewardship Program
Everglades National Park
2009 Crocodile Row
Everglades, Florida 21709
In addition to reading non-fiction, you will be exploring poetry and
fiction about the Everglades. We want you to wonder, “How do we use
our senses to understand the world around us? How can poetry and
non-fiction help us make sense of the world?
You will be asked to think about the following
Essential Questions
• What’s so good about the wild?
• Why is human life dependent on
wildness?
• How do we balance human and nonhuman needs?
• Protagoras of Abdera (c. 480-410
B.C.) wrote that “Man is the
measure of all things.” Is this true?
• History of the Everglades – geological, early
inhabitants, Seminole Indians
• Everglades Ecosystem – Flora, Fauna, keystone
species
• Dangers to the Everglades: Pollution, Invasive Species*,
Habitat Destruction, Endangered Species
• Restoration of the Everglades-plans & progress
*Burmese Python, Nile monitor lizard
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090528/od_nm/us_everglades_pythons
• Everglades Eco-Travel Brochure in Powerpoint,
a Persuasive PSA, or an Everglades website
www.ning or wikispace on one of the
following:
– History of the Everglades – geological, early
inhabitants, Seminole Indians
– Everglades Ecosystem – Flora, Fauna, keystone
species
– Dangers to the Everglades: Pollution, Invasive
Species, Habitat Destruction, Endangered Species
– Restoration of the Everglades
• Plan and implement a videoconference with Cypress
Palm Middle School, Naples, Florida
Everglades Flora and Fauna
gallinule
sawgrass prairie
egret
Anhinga –
the snake bird
cypress
stand
Egret in Cypress
Swamp