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Learners investigate the relationship between the number of species and the total number of individuals by applying a defined calculation, then estimate diversity for a simulated “species” set using phone book surnames. The activity includes group roles, hypothesis setting, note taking, relative species contribution, and discussion questions that extend from model areas to real geographic habitats and environmental risk.","Calculating a BiodiversityIndex  \nYou and your team will investigate how scientists use the physical charac-teristics of living things to classify them.After you have completed theactivity,respond to these questions in your journal.  \n## ▶How do scientists calculate a biodiversity index?▶What is the value of a biodiversity index?\n\nGather with your team and choose a captain and a note taker for today.Before you begin your investigation,consider with your team what youalready know about biodiversity.Use the questions below to structure yourdiscussion and record your notes in your journal.  \n## ▶How are living and non-living things connected?\n\n▶What is biodiversity?Why is it important to life on Earth?  \nThe captain willappoint group members to collect the required materialswhile the rest of the group reviews today's procedure.Before beginning,the captain will make sure that the group has all required materials,andthat everyone knows the day's procedure.  \nThe note taker will take notes on the group's findings for your team.Remember to record your observations and explanations in your journalfor your own research notes.Include drawings to illustrate your findings.  \n行  \nCOPYRIGHTI2001AMERICAN MUSEUM造NATURALHIsTORY f  \n7  \n# ACTIVITY|Calculating a Biodiversity Index\n\nM ATE RIALS                         \n▶one page of the White Pages of an old phone book  \n▶ journals  \n▶activity sheets  \nNOTE:Don't forget to recycle the phone book when you're done!  \nP R0CFDUR F                           \n1.Scientists use a biodiversity index to calculate how biodiverse a particulararea is.The index lets them see biodiversity in terms of a measurable num-ber.The number of species in an area is determined by observation.Thisnumber,divided by the total number of all the individuals in that area,is thebiodiversity index.Use the pages of a phone book to see how this is done.  \n2.Imagine that each surname on the phone book page represents one species.Follow the directions on the activity sheet to calculate the biodiversity indexfor your area of the \"species\"found on one page of the White Pages.  \n# ACTIVITYCalculating a Biodiversity Index\n\nGROUP MEMBERS                                                          \nCAPTAIN  \n                        \nNOTE TAKER                      \n1.Before you begin,establish your hypothesis.Imagine that each surname on your page of the WhitePages represents a species of living thing,how biodiverse do you think your area will be? 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