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\nWhat is Urban Ecology?\n

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\nHere is a worksheet on Urban Ecology in the state of Arizona. In it, learners answer nine short-answer questions on this topic. The last two questions have them use the reverse side of the paper to create tables and graphs which deal...\n
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\n\"Pen\n\n
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\nPen Pals\n

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\nStudents make their own predictions about the amount of different types of birds at each site before they go there. In groups, they collect the bird data and compose letters to their pen pals sharing their information. To end the lesson,...\n
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\nA Tour Down the Hudson River\n

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\nLearners discuss how the Hudson River is an ecosystem made up of both biotic and abiotic factors. They view the PowerPoint the Journal Down the Hudson River. Students become aware of where the Hudson River begins and ends, the plant and...\n
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\n\"Zebra\n\n
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\nZebra Mussel Population Simulation\n

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\nStudents are taught how to format and enter data into an Excel spreadsheet. They make a graph, and interpret graphed data. Students discuss the possible impacts of zebra mussels on the Hudson river. They graph zebra mussel data.\n
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\nBringing Justice Home ~First Steps toward Community Action\n

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\nStudents explore activities that might some day bring \"justice for all\" to their communities. They assess how justice is a day-to-day, life or death matter that faces their communities. Interviews are conducted to explain how justice is...\n
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\nGet to Know Trees\n

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\nStudents recognize the characteristics of trees by using their five senses. In this trees lesson, students observe and record the characteristics of trees on a field trip. Students then are blindfolded and use their senses to identify...\n
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\nCampus Nitrogen Budget\n

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\nStudents are given guidelines to college level nitrogen budgeting. Students brainstorm the campus links to nitrogen budget. Students pick topics or subtopics for individual or group research. Students develop research plan, keep good...\n
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\nFlowering Phenology: How Do Plants Know When to Flower?\n

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\nStudents study the process of plant reproduction and the biotic and abiotic factors that affect flowering phenology. In this plant reproduction lesson, students describe the interaction of environmental factors as it relates to...\n
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\nPlace In The World\n

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\nTwelfth graders explore their social, cultural and political surroundings. They explore the responsibility and power individuals have as writers. In groups, 12th graders examine the works of Henry David Thoreau. After spending time...\n
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\nPbs Learning Media: Students Study Urban Ecology\n

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\nSee how Boston middle and high school students shape urban planning in their own neighborhoods, through place-based Bioacoustics and Urban Trees curriculum projects. [7:00]\n
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\nSophia: Louis Wirth and Urban Ecology: Lesson 2\n

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\nThis lesson will describe, define, and discuss Louis Wirth and urban ecology. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled \"Louis Wirth and Urban Ecology.\"\n
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\nSophia: Louis Wirth and Urban Ecology: Lesson 1\n

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\nThis lesson will describe, define, and discuss Louis Wirth and urban ecology. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled \"Louis Wirth and Urban Ecology.\"\n
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\nAnnenberg Learner: Teaching Geography: North America\n

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\nMedia-rich site that explores North America. The first part of this workshop focuses on the general human behavior in urban settings looking for and interpreting those patterns. The second portion draws attention to urban issues such as...\n
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\nPbs: Inside Itest\n

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\nThis site features participants in the National Science Foundation's Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers program to show how they are learning science by doing it. The videos provide ideas for teachers to use in...\n
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\nMit: Open Course Ware: City Scope, New Orleans\n

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\nWorking on strategic problem solving, peruse these resources about the problems surrounding the urban environment of New Orleans to aide with lessons.\n
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\nNyc Transportation Alternatives: Bicycle Blueprint\n

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\nThis site details \"a plan to bring bicycling into the mainstream in New York City.\" Offers maps and detailed information on improving big city other-than-auto transportation choices.\n
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\nScience Friday: Exploring the Wild Life of Our Bodies\n

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\nBiologist Rob Dunn explains how the organisms that share our world have shaped us. [17 mins. 39]\n
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