Ecozones Project

Learners determine the best location for a potential naturalized project for a school ground.

Eleventh graders complete OAGEE Geo-Kit activity. They define and discuss ecological integrity and how it applies to Canada's National Parks. They research ecozone for a national park and use that information to complete a poster.

Discuss the amazing ecosystem contained in a rotting log, then take your biology explorers out to examine one up close and personal! A two-page student field study guide provides a procedure for examining the log and a data table in...

Students observe a variety of sounds which can be heard within their schoolyard habitat by sitting quietly by themselves for five minutes, listening, and then recording the sounds around them by drawing them.

Ninth graders use GPS receivers to investigate urban land use in their community and explore role of urban planner in development of town or city; students create digital map of their community from the data they collected during their...

Ninth graders 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.

Tenth graders take a micro-hike and choose a specific organism to focus on. They create a media presentation to present a case for the survival of the organism.

Students perform soil tests for pH, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, composition and water percolation rate and assess the conditions in the schoolyard.

Tenth graders use quadrat method to survey and compare plant and animal populations that exist in natural and artificial ecosystems on the school ground or in the local community.

Eleventh graders investigate how plant communities undergo secondary succession and analyze plants role in ecosystems.