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- 9th
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Students determine the best types of vegetation to create a successful ecological school ground. They consider water, food, shelter, and space in determining their ideal landscape for the school. 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
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Students research local geography to create successful, ecological school landscaping. They determine soil type, average weather patterns and temperature graphs and use the information to select ideal plants and plant maintenance for the area. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the history of taxonomy, the work of Carl Linnaeus, and the factors involved in the decline and extinction of a variety of botanical species. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students examine the principles of ecology. They read and discuss the principles of ecology, select articles in 'Terrain' magazine, and write about how the article describes an environmental problem or how the article illustrates ecology principles. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Student discover some of the ideas and concepts that make up the topic of Ecology. They read and interpret graphs to assimilate the information that is displayed. They discover the rate of increase of Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the results on the ecosystems. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students demonstrate an awareness of the global implications of decisions that individuals and families make about their needs and wants. They identify environmental and health issues related to the production and consumption of food. Applying critical thinking skills in this lesson are strongly encouraged. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students explore the use of resources on the earth. As a class, they brainstorm resources that are consumed and perform Ecological Footprint calculations. Students survey their own use of resources and then brainstorm solutions to the problems and rank them according to importance. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students define and discuss term ecosystem, explore where and how Native Americans got their food, discuss origins of corn, and create "Three Sisters" garden on construction paper using corn, beans, and squash seeds to design their own planting pattern. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students are introduced to how to start and maintain a garden. Using prior knowledge, they discuss their assumptions as a class and ask questions. In groups, they design their own experiment with plants and fertilizer. They keep a journal of their observations and graph their results. Full Review »
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