Thursday and Friday: Biodiversity and Crop Varieties

Seed Comparison (10 points)

Pick 3 different gardening magazines and choose 3 crops.  For each magazine, list all the varieties of that crop offered.


What commonalities do you notice?  What differences?  Why does this matter?  DOES it matter?  
Explain your rationale in a 2-3 paragraph summary.



Why do places like this exist? (20 points)


http://www.cipotato.org/

http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/lmd/campain/svalbard-global-seed-vault.html?id=462220

http://www.seedsavers.org/

http://albc-usa.org/

Draw a poster or create a digital poster that explains biodiversity and uses the mission of one of these organizations to publicize the value of biodiversity.


Garden Planning Biodiversity (20 points)

You have a 10 x 30 foot space (or larger, it is up to you).   Plan a garden that has at least 15 species of plants (list variety), and explain your choices.   Explain what type of soil, temperature, and water each species needs.

You may choose a square foot concept, or a traditional concept.

There are online gardening programs, or you may plan using graph paper.