In this lesson, students will visit three investigation sites and perform an infiltrometer investigation at each site.
In this lesson, students will participate in a hands on game that focuses on biodiversity in the forest. They will discover how the forest changes when one player has to much power and that a healthy forest has balance among all its players.
In this lesson, students will be able to conduct an experiment using leaf packs.
In this lesson, students will understand the growing requirements of a tree and begin to grow a tree from seed.
In this lesson, students will identify factors and benefits of good forest management and factors and ramifications of bad forest management.
In this lesson, students will learn what a fishery is and study past fisheries history. Students will start to explore the complexity of a fishery and its management.
In this lesson, students will reflect upon past and present uses of fisheries and consider the concept of fisheries sustainability.
In this lesson, students will reflect upon what they have learned about fisheries and proper management. They will choose a fishery, conduct additional research, and then write a research paper.
In this lesson, students will use GPS to calculate watershed sites in a local area and then create a topographic map.
In this lesson, students will identify biotic and abiotic factors in the biosphere. They will describe the characteristics of populations and compare a species' habitat and its niche within a community.
In this lesson, students will understand the negative effects of pollution on storm water runoff, investigate the negative effects of paved areas on water runoff, explain the importance of water conservation, and describe how rain gardens can help filter our water supply and improve our environment.
In this lesson, students will investigate the differences between three to five types of soil, will understand how particle size affects water movement and use, will explain how soil use can be improved through use of rain gardens, will describe community benefits of rain gardens.
In this lesson, students will explore past use of natural resources. They will use their knowledge of past civilizations to uncover their use of the environment.
In this lesson, students will describe flowering plants. They will identify angiosperms and explain how they reproduce.
In this lesson, students will be able to evaluate the relationship between biodegradable waste and dissolved oxygen in water. Students will be able to explain the relationship between oxygen levels, bacteria and the breakdown of organic matter using an indicator solution.
In this lesson, students will learn the impact that wildlife has on society and the impact that society has on wildlife. Students will learn the relationship between wildlife and economics and society and how this is in the form of conflict and resolution.
In this lesson, students use simple tools to observe leaves that have fallen and those that are still growing on trees. Then they will sort leaves by a variety of attributes.
In this lesson, students understand and cite examples of basic needs within familiar ecosystems. Students will also understand that if basic needs are not met, organisms may become threatened, endangered, or extinct.
In this lesson, students will learn about the natural movement of water through a watershed and how human activity can be either detrimental or beneficial to the stream environment.
In this lesson, students will explore how rural communities protect water supplies.