Biodiversity at Risk:
Your Choices Matter

Biodiversity is the vast diversity of life on Earth. The activities encourage students to explore biodiversity, including what it is, how human activities are putting it at risk, and what we can do to protect it. Students discover the wide array of organisms that populate our planet, research one of the almost one million species currently at risk, explore the diversity of life in their own backyard, and learn what they can do to lessen human impact on biodiversity. The content is based on a report developed by an international panel of experts convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.