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"Management of Commercial Fisheries, Part 1" Lesson Plan

Keywords: fishery, habitat, biota
Prepared by: Eric Broughton, Liberty Junior Senior High School
Lesson Plan Grade Level: tenth through twelfth grade, ecology/natural resource management class
Total Time Required for Lesson: 70-minute block (can be modified to fit different times)
Setting: classroom with a whiteboard/chalkboard and/or an overhead projector
Subjects Covered: ecology and biology
Topics: fisheries, fish as a natural resource (renewable/nonrenewable), fisheries history

Goals for the Lesson

  • Students will learn what a fishery is.
  • Students will learn the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources.
  • Students will learn about past fisheries history.
  • Students will start to explore the complexity of a fishery and its management

Materials Needed

State Standards Addressed: E & E Standards: Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources (4.2); Ecosystems and Their Interactions (4.6); Humans and the Environment (4.8)

Teaching Model: Lecture Incorporating Class Discussion and Questions

Methods

  • Lecture material while having students participate by answering and asking questions and allowing them to discuss what is being learned.

Evaluation

worksheet

References

AFSIT Class, Dr. Paola Ferreri

 


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