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Earthworks
Earth System Science for Secondary Teachers
Ecological Disturbance/ Succession/Biomes (2003)
Grade level: 10-12
Content Area: Environmental Science
Time: 2 weeks (1 in school, 1 in field)
Standards: Inquiry, methodology, communication, etc...
Background knowledge/skills: Culmination of unit on ecology/habitats
Objectives: Students will be able to describe, explain and enhance habitat and ecological issues of different critters.
Materials: GPS,GIS(Arcware), bus, tools, and they determine what materials they need, provided by Open Space Entity
Procedures:
Working with graduate students from the College of natural Resources at CSU, and with GPS Units in conjunction with ArcView (GIS)
- Develop written plan for enhancing the wildlife habitat for one of the local natural or open space areas. (Did you know that Boulder County recently purchased the Argo mine at the bottom of the hill as open space?
Assessment: This will be a portfolio project and grades will be partly determined by success of habitat improvement/enhancement
Enrichment/Reflection: After I do it.
Resources:
- CSU school of natural sciences
- County and City Natural or Open Space departments
- County Youth Conservation Corps
- Grant writing
- GIS
Barriers:
- Which class gets to do it?
- Time for field work
- Weather
- Low-performance students
- Class management in the field
- $$$
Responses:
Help???
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