Exploring Tennessee’s Biodiversity

Tennessee is home to amazing biodiversity! This is especially true in our freshwater ecosystems.  Streams and rivers in Tennessee are like “underwater rainforests” and are home to countless species. In this lesson students will be introduced to Tennessee biodiversity and will investigate a species of their choosing. Students will produce a research report that explores the species’ adaptations to their environment and how current ecosystem changes may threaten the species. 

Interdisciplinary with English Language Arts.

Go back to all lesson plans. 

When you click “Go to Lesson Plan” you will be asked to register with the Cumberland River Compact. Your registration helps us understand who is using our lessons and so we can let you know about updates. You will register for each lesson you would like to access and will only be added to our email list once.