iPad Activity

For this activity, you will be using the Pages app on the iPad to create a flyer or a poster to
help your audience understand the importance of one ecosystem. You will choose one of
the ecosystems listed below. You will use images and descriptions to describe what your
ecosystem is, the importance of that ecosystem, the problems it faces, and why we need to
protect that ecosystem.

Follow the links provided to do research on your ecosystem, depending on which one you
have chosen. If you have decided to conduct research outside of these links, make sure to
include this in an additional references page and submit it to your teacher.

Your creation of this flyer or poster will be assessed based off of levels of higher thinking, so
make sure to follow the scoring guide to confirm that you have applied, analyzed, and
evaluated all material. This guide is what I will be using to grade your project.

Ecosystems to choose from:

Wetlands
1. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/what-is-a-wetland
2. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/coastal-wetlands-too-valuable-lose
3. http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/eef_wildlife_p9.pdf
Forest
1. https://wwf.panda.org/our_work/forests/importance_forests/
2. https://www.toppr.com/guides/evs/whose-forests/forest-conservation/
3. https://greentumble.com/15-strategies-to-reduce-deforestation/#meat
Polar Ecosystem
1. https://www.worldwildlife.org/habitats/polar-regions
2. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/polar-
ecosystem
3. https://wwf.panda.org/?199975/Saving-the-Arctic

Scoring Rubric:
Criteria Score (out
of 5)

Project contains 1 or more photos related to ecosystem to engage the

audience

Project contains information on what the ecosystem is

Project contains information on why the ecosystem is important

Project contains information on what issues that ecosystem faces

Project contains information on what we can do to protect that ecosystem

Project contains visuals or written explanations on how interdependence in

that ecosystem is present
Example flyer:
WETLANDS IN A
NUTSHELL
What are they?
- Ecosystem flooded by water,
either permanently or
seasonally.
- Could be inland like lakes,
aquifers, and marshes or coastal
like mangroves and estuaries.
- Transitional zones between
upland and aquatic ecosystems..
- Water can be fresh, salt, or
brackish.
Why do we care? What can we do?
- Provides us water for drinking. - In the last few hundred
years, more than half of
- Filters harmful waste from water.
wetlands in the US have
80% of wastewater is
vanished
discharged into the natural
environment, when plant life in - Use pesticides and
wetlands absorbs and purifies fertilizers sparingly.
water.
- Avoid non-native and
- Critical for biodiversity, housing invade species of plants.
more than 100,000 fresh water
- Avoid storm water runoff
species.
and don’t pollute.
- Essential for amphibians,
reptiles, and migratory birds.