What is Biodiversity?
Biodiversity is the variety of animals and plants and habitats found on this planet. It is important everywhere, from your backyard to a National Park, biodiversity plays an important role in maintaining healthy ecosystems.

Why do we care about Biodiversity?
Biodiversity is extremely important to people and the health of ecosystems. A few of the reasons are: It provides us with an array of food, medicine, as well as oxygen (from plants) and clean water (from wetlands)!

This Biodiversity activity guide helps elementary and middle schoolers understand biodiversity and offers a citizen science activity in nearby greenspace.

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