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General LAND ECOSYSTEM RESOURCES for students
General LAND ECOSYSTEM RESOURCES for students
Check out Video Overview to Field Research
Field Research Activities for Grades K-12
Field Research Activities for Grades K-12
Overview to Field Research: Field Research is the collection of data and observations outside of a traditional laboratory, classroom, and workplace setting. These Field Research Activities provides the structure for students to learn more about what is going on in their local context (at home, at school, or in the community) for a specific environmental issue. To Complete a Field Research Activity, Select Your Grade Level Below:
Check out Video Overview to WebQuests
Online Research Activities for Grades 6-12
Online Research Activities for Grades 6-12
Overview to WebQuests: WebQuests are a self-directed learning tool that helps learners construct their own learning by determining which sources are most useful. In a WebQuest the learner can:
Choose the Order: Learners can explore resources in any order that they want!
Choose the Length of Time for Learning: Learners might glance quickly through the content on one link and linger longer on another.
To learn more about land based ecosystems and biodiversity issues and topics utilize the Land Based Ecosystem and Biodiversity WebQuests:
Land Ecosystem and Biodiversity Resources: Curriculum & Instruction
Land Ecosystem and Biodiversity Resources: Curriculum & Instruction
What curriculum and instruction resources are available for teaching about land-based ecosystems and biodiversity?
What curriculum and instruction resources are available for teaching about land-based ecosystems and biodiversity?
Elementary: K-5th Grade REsources
Elementary: K-5th Grade REsources
This Living Schoolyard Activity Guide provides ideas for celebrating green school grounds, or any green outdoor area, and using them for hands-on learning, place-based inquiry, recreation, environmental stewardship and community-building.
K - 5: Living Schoolyard Activity Guide activities relate to Wildlife & Habitat, Play, Art, and much more.
The Global Footprint Network measures human demand on nature to calculate our impact on the planet's resources, known as our ecological footprint.
K - 5: Use this calculator to determine your personal, or even your whole classroom's, ecological footprint!
The Center for Green Schools Learning Lab offers various sustainability topics. A subscription is needed to access the free lesson plans. Select the "Natural Systems" theme to filter for hands-on land ecosystems and biodiversity activities and lessons.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides resources for educators to integrate art into curriculum, including environmental topics.
K - 5: Ancient Animals at Work.
Land Talk is a citizen science and environmental history project documents through interviews how local landscapes change over time. Students learn about changes in the landscape and conduct interviews
3 - 5: Changes in Biomes
The Nature Conservancy Nature Lab engages learners with the natural world through lesson plans, videos and even virtual field trips.
The World's Largest Lesson brings the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Global Goals to students through lessons and projects.
4 - 5: Wild for Life - Understand the concept of endangered species and analyze the impact of technological development and growth in the human population on the living and non-living environment.
4 - 5: Life Below Water - Marine Litter - Understand the threats of plastic waste to our oceans and explore ideas of how to better control trash from entering our oceans.
The California Academy of Sciences offers a multitiude of free science lesson plans in the "Educators" section of their website, many of which cover land ecosystems, biodiversity, and climate change.
2 - 4: Protect the Primates - Learn about primates, how environmental changes can impact the survival rate of organisms, and explore how primates can be protected.
4 - 5: Slippery Shores: Oil Spill Clean-Up - Evaluate problem-solving skills and observe the effects of a simulated oil spill on land, water, and wildlife.
4 - 5: Conservation Island - Learn the concepts of endangered and extinct species and develop a conservation plan.
4 - 5: Sustainable Fishing - Learn how fishing impacts life in the ocean, design solutions, and explore actions individuals can take to influence the fishing industry.
4 - 5: Carbon Cycle Role-Play - Understand that carbon is a limited resource, how it moves around, and the influence humans have on this cycle.
California Education and the Environment Initiative is a program of CalRecycle's Office of Education and the Environment that aims to foster environmental literacy among K-12 students. Sign up to receive access to their free lessons!
NASA Climate Kids is a website designed for upper-elementary students to learn about the changing climate through the lens of NASA's missions studying Earth.
National Geographic has a database of lesson plans, activities, videos and graphs for teachers.
Encyclopedia of Life compiles information on the many life-forms on Earth. Throughout their lessons students learn how to classify species and understand relationships connecting ecosystems.
Secondary: 6-12th Grade Resources
Secondary: 6-12th Grade Resources
Encyclopedia of Life compiles information on the many life-forms on Earth. Throughout their lessons students learn how to classify species and understand relationships connecting ecosystems.
National Geographic has a database of lesson plans, activities, videos and graphs for teachers.
6 - 8: Drivers of Extinction
6 - 12: Species Identification
This Living Schoolyard Activity Guide provides ideas for celebrating green school grounds, or any green outdoor area, and using them for hands-on learning, place-based inquiry, recreation, environmental stewardship and community-building.
6 - 12: Living Schoolyard Activity Guide: Activities relate to Wildlife & Habitat, Place-Based Understanding, and much more.
The Global Footprint Network measures human demand on nature to calculate our impact on the planet's resources, known as our ecological footprint.
6 - 12: Use this calculator to determine your personal, or even your whole classroom's, ecological footprint!
The Center for Green Schools Learning Lab offers various sustainability topics. A subscription is needed to access the free lesson plans. Select the "Natural Systems" theme to filter for land ecosystems and biodiversity hands-on activities and lessons.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides resources for educators to integrate art into curriculum, including environmental topics.
The World's Largest Lesson brings the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Global Goals to students through lessons and projects.
6 - 8: Wild for Life - Understand the concept of endangered species and analyze the impact of technological development and growth in the human population on the living and non-living environment.
6 - 10: Life Below Water - Marine Litter - Understand the threats of plastic waste to our oceans and explore ideas of how to better control trash from entering our oceans.
7 - 9: Protect Life Below Water - Learn about what is threatening our ocean and how we can use our oceans more sustainably.
7 - 9: The Impact of Pollution on Our Planet and Our Lives - Explore different forms of pollution and their impacts on the planet.
The California Academy of Sciences offers a multitude of free science lesson plans in the "Educators" section of their website, many of which cover land ecosystems, biodiversity, and climate change.
6 - 7: Slippery Shores: Oil Spill Clean-Up - Evaluate problem-solving skills and observe the effects of a simulated oil spill on land, water, and wildlife.
6 - 8: Conservation Island - Learn the concepts of endangered and extinct species and develop a conservation plan.
6 - 8: Field Guide to the Biodiversity of Your Schoolyard - Explore, observe, and record local biodiversity.
6 - 12: Sustainable Fishing - Learn how fishing impacts life in the ocean, design solutions, and explore actions individuals can take to influence the fishing industry.
6 - 12: Carbon Cycle Role-Play - Understand that carbon is a limited resource, how it moves around, and the influence humans have on this cycle.
6 - 12: From Farms to Phytoplankton - How agriculture affects aquatic ecosystems.
7 - 12: Ocean Acidification Mock Conference - Participate in a mock conference to address the affects of ocean acidification and discuss solutions.
California Education and the Environment Initiative is a program of CalRecycle's Office of Education and the Environment that aims to foster environmental literacy among K-12 students. Sign up to receive access to their free lessons!
Land Talk is a citizen science and environmental history project. Through interviews students learn about local landscapes change over time.
The Nature Conservancy Nature Lab engages learners with the natural world through lesson plans, videos and even virtual field trips.
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