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"Management of Commercial Fisheries, Part 2" Lesson Plan

Keywords: fishery, habitat, biota, sustainability, values
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, economics, and biology
Topics: economics of fisheries, past vs. present success in fisheries

Goals for the Lesson

  • Students will learn differences in past vs. present fishing success
  • Students will reflect upon past and present uses of fisheries and consider the concept of fisheries sustainability.
  • Students will develop a sensitivity to the environment and think critically in order to protect it.

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

References

AFSIT Class, Dr. Paola Ferreri

 


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