swim in an ancient limestone pit

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Over the next 6 weeks, you will

read poems, non-fiction articles on the Everglades, and The Missing ‘Gator of Gumbo

Limbo: An Eco Mystery.

The Everglades Stewardship ProgramEverglades National Park2009 Crocodile RowEverglades, Florida 21709 

You will be asked to think about the following

Essential Questions• What’s so good about the wild?• Why is human life dependent on

wildness? • How do we balance human and non-

human needs?• Protagoras of Abdera (c. 480-410

B.C.) wrote that “Man is the measure of all things.” Is this true?

• History of the Everglades – geological, early inhabitants, Seminole Indians

• Everglades Ecosystem – Flora, Fauna, keystone species

• Dangers to the Everglades: Pollution, Invasive Species*, Habitat Destruction, Endangered Species

• Restoration of the Everglades-plans & progress*Burmese Python, Nile monitor lizard http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090528/od_nm/us_everglades_pythons

• Everglades Eco-Travel Brochure in Powerpoint, a Persuasive PSA, or an Everglades website www.ning or wikispace on one of the following:– History of the Everglades – geological, early

inhabitants, Seminole Indians– Everglades Ecosystem – Flora, Fauna, keystone

species– Dangers to the Everglades: Pollution, Invasive

Species, Habitat Destruction, Endangered Species– Restoration of the Everglades

• Plan and implement a videoconference with Cypress Palm Middle School, Naples, Florida

Anhinga – the snake bird

Everglades Flora and Fauna

sawgrass prairiegallinule

egret

cypress standEgret in Cypress Swamp