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/Home/Professional Development/Teaching Resources/Collaborative Activities/Science, Life/Ecology Activities Two Invasive Non-Native Plants Photo-Murals Votes:0 Two Invasive Non-Native Plants Photo-Murals NEW! Two PHOTO-MURALS INVASIVE NON-NATIVE PLANTS A Collaborative Effort: Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, University of Florida Bureau of Invasive Plant Management, Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Cerexagri Classroom size, Free to Requesting Teachers (K-12) Send your non-virtual letter for immediate delivery. H ere are two large photo-murals of 75 invasive non-native plants in the U.S. Of the plants depicted, 100% are found in Florida, 50% are also found elsewhere in the Southeast U.S.; 50% are also found in Hawaii; 15% are also found in the West; 15% are also found in the East; and 17% are also found in most of the rest of the U.S. All plants are depicted in large, strikingly attractive color photographs. Here is the li Read More Go to Site A report on the Ecosystems Teaching Package Votes:0 (extract from...) A Report on the Ecosystems Teaching Package by P.S. Rose CONTENTS references Download the package & report (free) ABSTRACT An ecologically framed, Primary science teaching package was researched, developed and delivered to a group of seven-year olds at a Manchester Primary school. It centred around the interactions and interdependence between species within and beyond ecosystems. The final topic concerned human-induced changes to natural ecosystems and environments and ways to prevent them. A method for assessing the package?s effectiveness and the children?s impressions of it was implemented. 	Overall, the classes were very successful. Particular interest was taken by the children in how to be ecologically supportive, e.g. through recycling. They had considerable desi Read More Go to Site A World in Our Backyard and Documents Relating to Connecticut's Route 11 | Students & Teachers | New England | US EPA Votes:0 Jump to main content. Students & Teachers in New England Serving Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont & Tribal Nations Recent Additions | Contact Us Search: All EPA This Area You are here: EPA Home EPA New England Education Students & Teachers Teachers Curricula Wetlands: A World in Our Backyard & Docs Relating to CT's Route 11 Wetlands: A World in Our Backyard and Documents Relating to Connecticut's Route 11 A World in Our Backyard Developed in cooperation with EPA by the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, this guide is a resource of information and activities about wetlands in New England for educators and their middle school students. It suggests ways to study wetland characteristics, why wetlands are important, and how students Read More Go to Site American Field Guide Votes:0 --> Enter Keyword: -All Topics- Animals Ecosystems Human History Livelihoods Earth & Space Plants Public Policy Recreation -All States- Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming -Search tips Non Native Species: English Ivy-Landscape Plant or Deadly Killer? Grade Level: 9-12 Summary: Students will study an area overrun by English Ivy and learn how invasive species and Read More Go to Site Biomes and Ecosystems Votes:0 BIOMES/ECOSYSTEMS AN INTERNET BASED LESSON PLAN Goal: Students will work in cooperative learning groups to identify and describe various biomes/ecosystems on Earth. Students will utilize the Internet to conduct research on the particularities of each biome and how life varies in different biomes. Ecological problems and hazards facing each biome will also be addressed. Overview: Students will discuss the manners in which a geographic environment affects life and then create a list of various types of environmental settings, or ecosystems, that exist on earth. The class will then discuss biomes and be divided into small working groups. Each group will research a virtual expedition into a certain eco-regions of the world. Groups will study each expedition and how life is affected by that reg Read More Go to Site Clockwork - Hands On For Habitat Votes:0 The files found here are in PDF format . To view the content of these files, you will need to download Acrobat Reader from Adobe It's free. It can take as little as a few minutes to do. You only ever have to do it once and it is great for opening up another whole layer of the web to you. 1. Midnight - Le Magazine 2. Mainspring the Script 3. Big Hand the Curriculum Support Material 4. Cog 'n' Spindle a self directed, theatre based education package about biological diversity ... devised and produced by Vox Bandicoot in creative collaboration with the Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia Welcome To Clockwork! Extinction is Forever! Clockwork Contents? The Four Building Blocks Dive The Net! Bio-Sites To See Send us your feedback Don't miss out! Make sure you visit the Hands On For Habita Read More Go to Site CNNfyi.com - Coral reefs - December 28, 2000 Votes:0 > Lesson Plans CNNfyi.com CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNfn.com The Web Student Pages Mainpage News Student Bureau School Tools Game Room Teacher Pages Mainpage Subject Areas Education News Teaching Tools CNN NEWSROOM · From 'acoustics' to 'zoology,' explore our online Dictionary of Science and Technology · Learn about the U.S. with our online atlas · Understand the phases of the moon · Online Stanford writing assessment More Resources Coral reefs December 28, 2000 Web posted at: 12:31 PM EST (1731 GMT) Editor's note: If you are planning to use the news story that this lesson plan is based on for a homework assignment, please write the URL on the board and have your students copy it. CNNfyi.com updates the site in the early evening, so students may have difficulty finding it without the URL. You Read More Go to Site Create a Food Chain,K-2 Votes:0 Create a Food Chain, K-2 Educators know that young children better visualize a concept after experiencing it with all their senses. When trying to teach them about the simple food chain, just eating a variety of foods and discussing their origin is not enough. Milk carton blocks are easy to assemble and your child can manipulate them to experiment with the pyramid that is created in an actual food chain. Take ten clean, empty milk cartons (quart or half-gallon size is best) and measure one edge (from point to point) of the bottom of a carton. Measure that same distance again up the side of the carton from the side of the bottom and mark that. Measure the same distance again from the mark and mark that. Cut a carton all the way around at each mark, until you have two square-shaped boxes (on Read More Go to Site Drey Land Ecology Study Votes:0 Developing Environmental Awareness And Environmental Information Path to Forest Study Site Sinking Creek Study Site Our Ecology Field Study Program Beginnings Goals and Philosophy Facilities Forest and Stream Study Components Our Stream Studies Our Forest Studies The Site The Forest Study Site Objectives Forest Objectives Biological Tests and Methods Plant Studies and Methods Current Biological Test Data Recent Dominant Tree Data 1972-Present Biological Test Data Other Plant Summary Data Water Chemistry Tests and Methods Calculations for Dominant Trees Current Water Chemistry Data Table Animal Studies and Methods 1972-Present Water Chemistry Summary Tables Recent Animal Data 1972-Present Water Chemistry Graphs Abiotic Studies and Methods Sinking Creek and Missouri River WQI Comparisons Rec Read More Go to Site EcoQuest:Desert_Edition Votes:0 Welcome toEcoQuest: Desert Edition This is an interactive WebQuestdesigned for teachers in search of middle school science curriculum.Ecoquest was structured to introduce students to internet researchand multimedia design. This project utilizes the vast quantities ofinformation the internet has to offer education. To begin, click thetarantula. This site was proudlydesigned with Apple Computers This site last updatedon 12/15/97 Read More Go to Site Ecosystems Teaching Package: ecological science education Votes:0 e cological e ducation through Primary school science [Frames] - [No Frames] THE "ECOSYSTEMS" TEACHING PACKAGE by PS Rose Download the package (free) This is a science teaching package about Nature, for children of 7-14 years. It looks at the differing and the common needs of living things (including human beings), their relationships with each other and with their surroundings. The significance of individual organisms within ecosystems is explored, as are the consequences of human influence. The package was designed to be taught within the school science curriculum, but would also satisfy other curriculum requirements, such as art, language and geography. It specifically fits within the guidelines for Key Stage 2 of the British National Curriculum. Many activities, experiments, discussion Read More Go to Site Ecosystems--Plants lesson plan (grades 6-8)--DiscoverySchool.com Votes:0 body {margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;background: #565656 url(http://www.discoveryeducation.com/images/BG.jpg) top left repeat-x;} .global_text { font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #666666; } #header {position:relative;top:0px;left:0px;} #wrapper {position:relative;top:0px;left:0px;} #blocks {position:relative;top:0px;left:0px;} #logo {position:absolute;left:13px;top:13px; z-index:5; width: 108px; height: 68px;} #mainLinks {position:absolute;left:165px;top:39px; z-index:6; width: 582px; height: 18px;} #panelBox {position:absolute;right:20px;top:5px; z-index:12; width: 582px; height: 18px;} #educatorLoginBox {position:absolute;right:20px;top:7px; z-index:12; width: 582px; height: 18px;} #passcodeLoginBox {posit Read More Go to Site Education Place Activity: Natural Diversity Votes:0 Natural Diversity Science Activity Students become aware of the diversity of nature in the northeast region of the U.S. by researching the life in different ecosystems. BACKGROUND An ecosystem is the scientific term for the combination of plant and animal life and its enviroment. In the northeast, several ecosystems are distinguishable, including marshes, tidal basins, forests, ponds, and ocean. WHAT YOU NEED Reference materials on animals and birds of the northeast (for example, field guides) Large white drawing paper Art materials (paints, crayons, or colored pencils) Information sheet WHAT TO DO Discuss the various biomes in the Northeast and use a map to indicate where they might be found. Tell students you want them to research one animal that might be found in one of these ecosystems Read More Go to Site Education-Earthwatch Institute - United States Votes:0 Search About Us Climate Change Statement Who We Are What We Do Research Conservation Education Student Opportunities Educator Opportunities The Classroom Earth Series Live From the Field About Live From the Field Group Expeditions The Earthwatch Geography Quiz Results Fact Sheet Jobs & Internships Home > About Us > Education Education We offer a range of opportunities specifically designed for educators and students. Be sure to check back often to see what's new! STUDENTS How to get academic credit, scholarship opportunities, follow the Earthbound3 Team, and new teen and family expeditions. EDUCATORS Lesson plans, funding resources, fellowship opportunities, group expeditions APPLY NOW for special Educator Fellowships for teachers from Delmarva, Boston & Dallas! LIVE FROM THE FIELD H Read More Go to Site Estuarine Habitats Votes:0 Ecology is the study of the relationships between plants and animals and the environment in which they live. The estuary, with its mixture of fresh and salt waters, is one of particular interest to students of ecology. A number of factors limit the type of organism that can be found in each part of the estuary. These factors include: salinity (saltiness), presence or absence of water, type of soil or substrate, availability of food or shelter, temperature, currents, and availability of light. One set of factors may be more likely to affect plants and another set may limit the distribution of animals. Animals are considered to be consumers because they are unable to make their own food and must consume food manufactured by another organism. A special type of consumer is the decomposer. Thes Read More Go to Site ExplorA-Pond Votes:0 ExplorA-Pond Makes the Grade ExplorA-Pond received an "A" Rating from Education World (R) in August. You can view the award online at the Education World web site. We would like to thank all the students and teachers who have contributed to ExplorA-Pond and helped it to "make the grade". Welcome to ExplorA-Pond, the pond ecology web site. Use the Adopt-a-Pond link to register their classes and put their local ponds online. Use the Pond Action link to find pond math and pond science ideas. View ponds worldwide or take a Virtual Tour of the outdoor classroom and then use the Pond Talk link to send us your suggestions as to where you favor building a pond or browse other's comments. There is even a virtual pond for those without a real pond handy to their location. Read More Go to Site Food Webs Votes:0 TEACHERS: This would be an great place to show a video clip from Disney's, "The Lion King." Use the clip where Mufasa discusses with Simba the circle of life. (Be sure to follow established district copyright policies.) A food web is a model that shows all the possible feeding relationships between organisms living in an ecosystem. You can see that a food web is much more complex than a food chain. A food web is actually several food chains joined together. Because most organisms depend on more than one species for food, food webs are more accurate models than food chains. When you learned about food chains, you learned that organisms, can be classified as producers; first, second, or third order consumers; or decomposers. Another way to classify a consumer is by what it eats. Herbivores e Read More Go to Site Forest in a Jar - An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Votes:0 Lesson Plan #:AELP-ECL0028 Forest in a Jar An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Author: Cindy Cook, Ririe Elementary, Ririe, Idaho Date: May 1994 Grade Level(s): Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Subject(s): Science/Ecology OVERVIEW: Succession is a term used to describe the ever- changing environment and the gradual process by which one habitat is replaced by another. Many habitats that appear to be stable are changing before us. In this activity, students will be able to see in miniature how a swampy area can be succeeded by a forested habitat. PURPOSE: The major purpose of this activity is for students to recognize the process of succession. OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to: 1) observe and describe succession; and 2) summarize what they have learned about how environments can chang Read More Go to Site Give Water A Hand Votes:0 Tell me more about Give Water A Hand! FREE!! Download the Action Guide and Leader Guide Descargue la Gu?a de Acci?n en espa?ol Where to order printed copies Our partners and how they can help you! Contact Give Water A Hand Other helpful water related web sites The Environmental Resources Center website has moved to http://www.uwex.edu/erc . MAKE A SPLASH! -- Do you know of a youth group or class that wants to take action to improve local water quality? With Give Water A Hand, young people team up with educators, natural resource experts and committed community members to study water issues and take ACTION ! To learn more about Give Water a Hand and how you can launch this successful program in your community, school or home, click here . Find out how YOU can Give Water A Hand! What do you Read More Go to Site Gulf of Maine Aquarium: Katahdin to the Sea Votes:0 Streams | Ponds | Aquifers | Bogs | Estuaries | Beaches | Tidepools | Gulf of Maine New! Enjoy a QuickTime movie showing a 360 degree view from the top of Mt. Katahdin: download it now! Gulf of Maine Aquarium Home Page Updated January 24, 2000. Copyright (c) 2000. Gulf of Maine Aquarium. All rights reserved. Please email comments to katahdin@octopus.gma.org Read More Go to Site Habitat Made by ME! - An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Votes:0 Lesson Plan #:AELP-ECL0031 A Habitat Made by ME! An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Submitted by: Kelly Baeth Endorsed by: Don Descy, Mankato State University Date: May 14, 1997 Grade Level(s): 3, 4 Subject(s): Science/Ecology Description: This activity is designed to make each student more aware of the components involved in an aquatic environment . By creating a habitat in the classroom and observing it over a period of six weeks will involve the help and effort of each student providing them with hands on learning experiences. Goal: Students will develop an understanding and gain knowledge about aquatic ecosystems. Objectives: The students will create a journal consisting of observation notes concerning their aquatic creatures and plants. Students will list necessary items to comp Read More Go to Site Habitats/Biomes Votes:0 Member Log In Worksheets abctools Membership Popular: Month to Month - Holidays - Handwriting - Teaching Extras - Center Signs - Math - Labels - Theme Signs - Portfolios a b c teach directory Home >> Subjects >> Science >> Habitats/Biomes sub-directories Coral Reef Pond Desert Rain Forest Grassland Tundra/ Arctic Kelp Forest Wetland Ocean Habitats/Biomes Item Description Activity: Habitat (elementary) Using a box of animal crackers, students identify what habitat animals live in. Chart: Comparing Environments (all ages) Use this handy chart to compare two different environments or habitats. Illustration: Habitats (Page 1, Black/White) Use these pictures of various habitats to illustrate reports, bulletin boards, and more (rain forest, desert, ocean/coral reef, savannah/gr Read More Go to Site Habitats/Biomes Votes:0 Member Log In Worksheets abctools Membership Popular: Month to Month - Holidays - Handwriting - Teaching Extras - Center Signs - Math - Labels - Theme Signs - Portfolios a b c teach directory Home >> Subjects >> Science >> Habitats/Biomes sub-directories Coral Reef Pond Desert Rain Forest Grassland Tundra/ Arctic Kelp Forest Wetland Ocean Habitats/Biomes Item Description Activity: Habitat (elementary) Using a box of animal crackers, students identify what habitat animals live in. Chart: Comparing Environments (all ages) Use this handy chart to compare two different environments or habitats. Illustration: Habitats (Page 1, Black/White) Use these pictures of various habitats to illustrate reports, bulletin boards, and more (rain forest, desert, ocean/coral reef, savannah/gr Read More Go to Site Introduction to Food Chains and Food Webs Votes:0 | Target Science | Urban Science: The Living Ecosystem | Introduction to Food Chains and Food Webs- Secondary Objectives: To be able to group different organisms into their correct biological niches. To show the energy flow through a food chain by constructing model food chains and food webs with the given drawings of organisms. To describe how pollutants can be transferred from one organism to another and magnified through the food chain. To be able to predict what might happen if one organism is removed from the food web. Materials: Organism sheets - one of each per student Plants of the Chaparral Animals of the Chaparral Insects of the Chaparral This investigation sheet - one per student scissors glue or tape colored pencils or canyons Procedure: Use scissors to cut the pictures apart. Read More Go to Site JC NERR - Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve Votes:0 Search IMCS: HOME EDUCATION PUBLIC PROGRAMS SCIENCE COASTAL TRAINING ABOUT JCNERR CONTACT US GET INVOLVED SITEMAP JCNERR Summer 2007 Newsletter!! This site is part of the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve ©2006 Rutgers, The State University JC NERR | IMCS | Contact Us Read More Go to Site Kids in the Creek Votes:0 Kids in the Creek Curriculum Most files are in PDF format, and can be viewed with the Adobe Acrobat Reader program. The Reader program can be downloaded free from the Adobe web site . (Approximate file size appears next to each file available in PDF.) Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Survey (158 K) Ecosystems (261 K) Watersheds (2.6 MB) Riparian areas (1.7 MB) New vocabulary words (93 K) Macroinvertebrate Stream Study (277 K) Teachers guides (246 K) Outside Activity (158 K) Aquatic Insect Life Cycle Stage (120 K) Intolerant water pollution species (135 K) Tolerant water pollution species (182 K) Aquatic Insect Record (101 K) New vocabulary words (78 K) Questions (47 K) Classroom follow-up Introduction Fish-less Aquarium Macroinvertebrate Mayhem Water Quality Water Temperature/Testing Dissolved Ox Read More Go to Site National Geographic Wild World Eco-Atlas: Teacher's Guide Votes:0 Educator’s Guide (PDF) (Requires free Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in .) The winners are in! More >> EDUCATOR’S GUIDE The Wild World maps are designed to help you bring into your classroom the wonders of biodiversity and the urgency of conserving it. The Educator’s Guide that accompanies the maps offers lesson plans and activities on subjects like map fundamentals, biodiversity, and ecoregions. Download the Educator’s Guide (PDF) (Requires free Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in .) RELATED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS Windows on the Wild Materials | Environmental Education Programs | Educator’s Guides | Books for Students World Wildlife Fund’s Windows on the Wild Materials All Windows on the Wild materials are available from Acorn Naturalists ( http://www.acornnatural Read More Go to Site Newton's Apple Votes:0 /*\*//*/ @import "http://www.tpt.org/includes/ie5mac.css"; /**/ TV Schedules Overview Programs A-Z Search All Shows Digital TV tpt MN tpt Kids tpt Create tpt HD Streaming Video Program Highlights Overview Arts & Literature History & Society News in Depth Science & Technology How To & Self Improvement Support Overview Pledge/Renew - No GIFT Pledge/Renew - With a Gift Ticket Box Office Membership Benefits Donate your Car Join Studio Society Sponsor a Show Give a Gift of Stock Wills & Estate Gifts Be a Volunteer About Overview Press Room Production Services National Productions Minnesota Productions Career Center Tech Zone Directions Contact Us Current FCC Report (PDF) Current Annual Report (PDF) Science Fair Get inspired! Find a great science fair project! Hosts Newton’s Apple hosts tr Read More Go to Site NYU-STEM: Volcanoes Votes:0 BUILDING ECOSYSTEMS Authors: Kim Caprio, Diane Cheliotis, Aliyah Hameed, Melanie Hendsbee Course/Grade Level: Middle School Life Science Time Frame: 4 weeks Student Project Students will create an ecosystem that provides the necessary environmental factors that will sustain plant life. Students will collaboratively design, build and monitor their ecosystem. Objectives In this MST project, students will individually research tropical, desert and aquatic ecosystems. Groups will choose an environment(s) they want to build. Individually, students will design a blueprint that they will use as a basis for the group model. Students will combine their ideas to develop a group blueprint and model ecosystem. After completing this project, students will be able to: design a blueprint for their ecosys Read More Go to Site Ocean AdVENTure! - Welcome Aboard! Votes:0 Go to the text-only version > NEW: Download our Classroom Activities ! (requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader ) Alvin image © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution T ravel with us to hydrothermal vents in the sunless depths of the world's oceans. We'll discover some of Earth's most bizarre creatures thriving in one of its strangest habitats. We'll marvel at megaplumes of super hot water and encounter fantastic geological formations. We may even find gold and clues about the origin of life in our solar system. Are you ready for an AdVENTure into the Abyss, Earth's last frontier? Click on " Dive Briefing " or any other link below to begin! P repare for your journey of discovery! Learn the Basics: The What, Where, When, Why, How, and Wow of Hydrothermal Vents. C onsider the pros and cons of c Read More Go to Site Ocean Oasis Teacher's Guide Contents Votes:0 PrÓximamente, versiÓn en EspaÑol --> Ocean Oasis Teacher's Guide was produced by the San Diego Natural History Museum with generous funding from the Walton Family Foundation. Please see Acknowledgments. Ocean Oasis Teacher's Guide was produced by the San Diego Natural History Museum with generous funding from the Walton Family Foundation Please see Acknowledgments. --> Printed copies are available from: Education Department San Diego Natural History Museum P O Box 121390 San Diego, CA 92112-1390 USA (619) 232-3821, ext. 202 cradford@sdnhm.org Ocean Oasis is produced by Summerhays Films, Inc., in association with the San Diego Natural History Museum and PRONATURA A.C. , Mexico's oldest and largest conservation organization. Website comments: webteam@sdnhm.org . Dear Teacher —An introdu Read More Go to Site PBS | About This Site . Retired Site Votes:0 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 by topic... Arts & Drama History Home & Hobbies Life & Culture News & Views Science & Nature Retired Site The "Newton's Apple" site has been retired from pbs.org. Please visit the Newton?s Apple site at its new address, http://www.tpt.org/newtons/ , where you can watch videos from the TV series, download activity guides, and order DVDs and videocassettes. To find related content on pbs.org, try a keyword search , visit a related topic area using the pulldown menu at the top of this page, or browse our Programs A-Z menu. Copyright Agent Feedback Plugins & Downloads Privacy Policy Terms of Use About PBS | About this Site | Support PBS | Producing for PBS | TV Schedules | Station Finder Arts & Drama | History | Home & Hobbies | Life & Culture | News & Views | Scie Read More Go to Site Project Challenge Votes:0 Microbe Detective Story Congratulations! You have been selected to join the Microbe Detective Team. Several Kids are stricken with chills, vomiting, and diarrhea after attending the fish tacos, flip-flops, and football game picnic. Are the kids in any danger? Join with other MicroManiacs at the Disease Center to unscramble clues to catch the culprit with bombarded antibiotic ammunition. The "Line-Up" of Suspicious Microbe Suspects: Sally Salmonella Buddy Yeast Ceci Cyanobacteria Polly Paramecium DominicDiatom Your team will use Internet Resources to solve incriminating clues and capture the culprit. Adapted from a lesson designed by Rosalie C. Wisniew - St. Didacus School Activity Microbe Mania:Mission One Microbe Mania:Mission Two Microbe Mania:Mission Three Show Your Stuff! Sen Read More Go to Site San Diego Wetlands Votes:0 Wetlands are one of the most threatened natural resources on earth. Next to tropical rain forests and coral reefs, wetlands are the most rapidly vanishing habitat. And unfortunately, because wetlands don’t have the advantage of being beautiful or colorful by traditional standards, or support high-profile species, they don’t receive nearly the media attention as the other two habitats. And yet the ecological and economical importance of wetlands is incredible. California has lost 91% of its historical wetlands—more than any other state in the U.S. If we are to save the few precious acres that remain, the first step is education. This wetlands resource guide focuses entirely on the wetland areas within San Diego County. We created this guide because, while there are many wonde Read More Go to Site School Yard Park/Ecosystem - An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Votes:0 Lesson Plan #:AELP-ECL0051 School Yard Park/Ecosystem An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Author: Linda Smith, Shedeck Elementary School; Yukon, OK Date: May 1994 Grade Level(s): 5 Subject(s): Science/Ecology OVERVIEW: I am extremely fortunate to teach in a school directly across from a city park complete with a spring fed pond. We have used this setting to expand the Life Science Unit of our 5th grade Addison-Wesley Series, the Small Friends Community Unit and Ecosystems Unit from Gr. 5, HOES. You can also use your own school yard for variation. PURPOSE: To acquaint students with a better appreciation for nature. OBJECTIVE(s): To be able to classify animals in their different families To be able to classify plants according to their different families To learn the complex interaction Read More Go to Site Scientists in The City Votes:0 ecosystem \'e-ko-sis-tem\ n : Any group of living and nonliving things interacting with each other. The city, as an ecosystem, is an ideal classroom for science. Scientists in the city are students, teachers, families, and science enthusiasts around the world who are investigating the interaction of the natural and manmade worlds. Become a scientist in your own "city" by using these resources, communicating with other "cities," and joining the collaborative. Throughout the school year, scientists will investigate their own school, their neighborhood, and their city. Join other city scientists and, collectively, investigate the great big ecosystem called Earth. How to Be "Scientists in The City" Investigate your ecosystem . Open the door and step into your ecosystem. Go outside and investig Read More Go to Site scrtec.org Votes:0 scrtec.org Click here to go to scrtec.org . Read More Go to Site Smithsonian Education - Welcome Votes:0 Smithsonian Education - Welcome Read More Go to Site Teaching Guide: Backyard Science Votes:0 --> cyber field trip teaching guide more activities teacher contest related frontiers activities Cyber Field Trip Teaching Guide Backyard Science: How Ecosystems Work Student activity available at ../galapagos/g45_eco.html This interactive activity will be available for students beginning Friday, December 11, 1998. Introduction National Science Education Standards Objectives Concepts and Terms Materials Safety Precautions Procedure Critical Thinking Questions INTRODUCTION The word ecology is derived from the Greek word oikos , meaning "place to live" or "house." Ecology is the study of how organisms interact with one another and their physical and chemical environments. In other words, it is the study of how things are interconnected in nature. Because the delicate ecos Read More Go to Site Terrarium for Life - An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Votes:0 Lesson Plan #:AELP-ECL0118 Terrarium For Life An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Submitted by: Jeffrey J. Welk Endorsed by: Dr. Don Descy, Mankato State University Date: May 20, 1998 Grade Level(s): 2, 3 Subject(s): Science/Ecology Description: This activity is designed to make each student more aware of the terrarium environment. In creating a terrarium, students will benefit from hands-on and learning experiences over a four week period. Goal: Students will learn and gain valuable knowledge about terrariums and the environment around them. Objectives: Students will keep daily records of what is going on in their terrarium environments. Students will construct their own terrariums. Students will demonstrate their findings about their terrariums to the class. Background Information: Read More Go to Site The Fragile Fringe: Contents Votes:0 USGS Home Contact USGS Search USGS National Wetlands Research Center About NWRC / Issues & Capabilities / NWRC Library / Publications / Data & Maps / Staff / Hot Topics / Search / Site Index Fragile Fringe Contents Introduction Where Are the Wetlands? The Mississippi River: Draining a Majority of the United States Beneficial Functions of the Wetlands Barrier Islands as Part of and Protection for the Wetlands Loss of Wetlands: Subsidence Wetland Loss: Digging of Canals Glossary References Resources for Information and Activities Appendix Further Reading List Return to Education and Training . Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey URL: http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/fringe/ff_index.html Page Contact Information: nwrcweb@usgs.gov Pa Read More Go to Site The Wild West: Nasty Critters Votes:0 --> Guide Index Nasty Critters All That Glitters Looping the Loop Dead Men's Tales Model Planet Viewer Challenge THE WILD WEST: Nasty Critters Begin your visit to the Wild West by tracking rattlers in the desert and hunting scorpions by the glow of a UV lamp. The scientists who pursue these two legendary villains of the desert aren't worried, though. Biologist Steve Beaupre knows how to handle rattlesnakes and even paints their rattlers. Ecologist Gary Polis knows that most scorpions are far more dangerous to each other than to humans. Through their work, the two scientists are learning more about these species and the desert ecosystem. Curriculum Links Activity 1: Build A Mobile Activity 2: UV Detection Did You Know? 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