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- 5th
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Students examine pond ecology, testing how temperature affects the respiration rate of fish. They collect various living things found at a pond, and identify the animal and plant life discovered. They observe a pond community in an aquarium. Full Review »
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- 5th - 10th
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Students, using their current understanding of ecological concepts, formulate a question regarding the interaction of organisms with each other and their surroundings. Full Review »
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- 5th - 10th
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Students in groups explore the concept of habitat. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students examine their own ecological footprint by looking at the products they consume and how that effects nature. They determine how they can reduce their own ecological footprint and make a multi-media presentation. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students complete a unit of lessons on ecology, habitats, and food chains. They conduct research, analyze data and record the information in a science journal, discuss key vocabulary, and design and create a shoebox habitat project. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students explore the concepts of ecology through the eight lessons of this unit. The balance of nature, the food chain, abd the potential threat that humans pose to the environment are concepts presented inj this unit. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students work through three sections of a PowerPoint presentation to answer questions about the ecology of Isle Royale and basic ecological concepts. They complete the questions on the PowerPoint and receive support and links for further research. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students review the steps of ecological succession in a hardwood forest, and they review the concept of climax community. There job is to discover how succession works in other communities of living things. Students are reminded about biotic and abiotic factors and interdependence of species. They work in groups of four to create a mini-history lesson about the life in a community of living things spanning 100 years. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students discover their own ecological footprint and create a plan for reducing this figure. They extend this to the school and community to see how they are doing on this scale. They discuss the concept of the ecological footprint and why it is an important benchmark. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss the highligts of their observations they made in the "Animal Spotlight" at the zoo. They use their observation sheet, or show pictures they made of the exhibit they selected to analyze. Students discuss the key ecological concepts of their animal they observed. Full Review »
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