Exploring
Ecology: 49 Ready-to-Use Activities for Grades 4–8 Exploring
Ecology: 49 Ready-to-Use Activities for Grades 4–8
NSTA Press
Grades 4–8
Get out of the classroom and into the field, where students can get up close and personal with the environment. Exploring Ecology gets you ready and then tells you what to do when you get there. It’s a collection of hands-on, inquiry-based activities developed and written by two teachers who test-drove them with their own students. The book can be used for an eight-week unit on ecology or for shorter, one- or two-week units.
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Biology
Is Outdoors! A Comprehensive Resource for Studying School Environments
Grades 5–12
You don’t need a field to do fieldwork. This book’s 10 investigations show
students how to explore the ecosystems that exist right on their school grounds—even
in the middle of a city. Topics include soil analysis, opportunistic species,
microenvironments, and the impact of the school building itself on the environment.
Each investigation includes practical reproducibles for students and helpful
background, procedures, supply lists, and references for you.
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