Appendix II: Related Lessons from Ponderosa to Prickly Pear

APENDIX II: Supplemental Lessons from the “From Ponderosa to Prickly Pear” New Mexico Native Plant Curriculum

Each Unit in this curriculum can be supplemented with additional lessons from the “From Ponderosa to Prickly Pear:Exploring the Native Plants of New Mexico”. These lessons can be used as a reference for teachers, or as supplementary lessons for the Units in the Blue Hole Cienega Curriculum.

Unit 1 Just Add Water: The Wonderful World of Wetlands

• The Place I Call Home (page 80) • Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Can’t Live Without ‘Em (page 230)

Unit 2: A Sinking Feeling: Karst Geology and the Formation of Blue Hole

• No applicable lessons.

Unit 3: Plants in their Places: Plant Adaptations in Deserts and Wetlands

• Plant Adaptations:Create-A-Plant (page 60) • Plant Wars: A Tale of Offense and Defense (page 118) • What’s Going Down Underground? (page 102)

Unit 4: The Rare Ones: Conservation of Biodiversity

• Saving Botanical Treasures (page 237)

Unit 5: Data Talks: Measuring Plant Populations

• Ecosystem Comparisons (page 87) • Phenology: Tracking the Seasons in Your World (page 211) • Measuring and Monitoring Plant Populations (page 173)

Unit 6: Let’s Restore! Ecological Restoration- Planning and Planting

• Nurture a Native Garden (page 142) • Designing a Habitat Restoration Plan (page 257)

Unit 7: Saving Beauty or the Bottom Line? Finding Common Ground for Plants and People

• Nobody Right, Nobody Wrong (page 245)