Grade 6 Wetlands Conservation Poster OR Benefits of Biodiversity Poster

The town of Willowdale is considering building a shopping centre on top of the local wetland in Earl Bales Park. You are part of a conservation effort to stop the destruction of this wetland.

Your task is to create a small poster to educate the public about the importance of wetlands. Use the following link to Ducks Unlimited Canada to learn more about wetlands:

http://www.ducks.ca/learn-about-wetlands/what-wetland/

You may do more of your own research if you like.

You will be assessed on the following:

1. Knowledge of Wetlands: At least 5 important facts about wetlands are included on your poster

2. Effort: Evidence of a strong effort are visible; e.g., the poster is neat and well organized, care was taken to make straight lines with a ruler, etc.

3. Balance of Features:

• There are images as well as text
• colour is used effectively
• font sizes are varied; e.g., larger font for titles, smaller fonts for additional reading about wetlands on the poster

YOUR SECOND OPTION

You may choose to do option 2 which is a poster adverstising the benefits of biodiversity.

For this poster, you are to select an area in which people benefit from biodiversity; the five areas are:

Clothing
Medicine
Food
Recreation
Household

1. Do some research relating to products that people use in your chosen area. You can begin your research here:

http://www.biodiversity-products.com/

2. Select a product or a series of products and research how we can thank biodiversity for their existence.

3. Create a poster explain why it is important to maintain biodiveristy for the benefit of society.

You will be assessed on the following:

1. Knowledge of How Product is Related to Biodiversity: The poster clearly explains how the product relates to biodiversity and how society benefits from this product.

2. Effort: Evidence of a strong effort are visible; e.g., the poster is neat and well organized, care was taken to make straight lines with a ruler, etc.

3. Balance of Features:

• There are images as well as text
• colour is used effectively
• font sizes are varied; e.g., larger font for titles, smaller fonts for additional reading about wetlands on the poster