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OTHER LESSONS IN THIS UNIT
- Introductory Lesson
- Module I, Lesson 1- Connectivity: Tracing Mannahatta
- Module I, Lesson 2- Connectivity: Weaving a Mannahatta Muir Web
- Module I, Lesson 3- Connectivity: The Changing Life of a Water Droplet
- Module I, Lesson 4- Connectivity: Uncovering Streams in Central Park
- Module II, Lesson 5- Landscape: Island of Many Hills
- Module II, Lesson 7- Landscape: The Search for Lenape Campsites
- Module II, Lesson 8- Landscape: Exploring Inwood Hill Park
- Module III, Lesson 9- Localism: Migration, Immigration, and the Importance of Diversity
- Module III, Lesson 10- Localism: The Eco-History of Our Block
- Module III, Lesson 11- Localism: Designing the City of the Future
- Module III, Lesson 12- Localism and Stuyvesant Town: Building a City on the Island
- Mapping the Ecological Communities of Lower Mannahatta (Field Trip for High School Students)
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NY State Standards
MST1, MST4, MST6
NY State Standards
MST1, MST4, MST6
Module II, Lesson 6- Landscape: The Mighty Beaver
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Subjects Science, Environmental Education
Grade 4th Grade
Author Amanda Huron/Wildlife Conservation Society
In this lesson, students act out the roles of the different species that can live along and in streams and wetlands of Mannahatta. They learn how beavers alter the landscape and, in so doing, create new habitats for new species.