How Many Students Know, How Many Species are on Earth?

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This article describes an exercise performed at the beginning of an introductory level ecology course. It involves students estimating the number of species of plants and animals on earth and a lecture about this topic. A few activities to follow this exercise are recommended.

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Primary or BEN resource type	Assignment/activity (non-laboratory)
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Format	pdf
Ecological Core Concept	Communities -- Species composition, abundance, and diversity Communities
Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection	Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection	Off
Big Data Collection	Off
Editor's Choice	No
Audience	Undergraduate upper division 15-16 Undergraduate lower division 13-14
Pedagogical Use Description	This should be used as an activity for an introductory level ecology course.
Keywords	species diversity; biodiversity, ecology 101
Life science discipline (subject)	Ecology
Primary Author Controlled Name	Wendy Roberts
Primary Author Affiliation	University of California, Berkeley
Primary Author email	n/a
Rights	Author retains copyright
Resource Editor	Unknown
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Date Of Record Submission	1994-12-01

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