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Inside-Out: Environmental Science in the Classroom and the Field, Grades 3-8 [Minkštas viršelis]

  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 140 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 279x215x31 mm, weight: 518 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 30-Mar-2010
  • Leidėjas: National Science Teachers Association
  • ISBN-10: 1935155113
  • ISBN-13: 9781935155119
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 140 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 279x215x31 mm, weight: 518 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 30-Mar-2010
  • Leidėjas: National Science Teachers Association
  • ISBN-10: 1935155113
  • ISBN-13: 9781935155119
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
Blake (Towson University) et al provide 37 field-based activities for teaching students about topography, physical geography, water, soil, energy and nutrients, and biodiversity. Each chapter begins with a review of the content knowledge, lists the materials and forms needed for the activities, and illustrates the activities in black and white photographs. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Acknowledgments xi
Safety Practices xiii
Introduction Why This Book and Why This Way? xvi
Why an Emphasis on Content? xvi
Why the Elementary Level? xvi
Why Field-Based Learning? xvii
Why So Many Web Resources? xix
Concerns Over Regionalism xx
Why the Environment and Why the Field? xx
Organization of the Book xx
Why This Way? xx
Chapter Organization xxi
References xxii
Chapter 1 Topography
A Content Primer
2(3)
Definition
2(1)
An Introduction to Maps
2(1)
Using Topographic Maps
2(3)
Topography Activities
5(16)
1 Geographic "Flights": An Exploration
5(1)
2 Modeling a Contour Map
6(1)
3 Creating a Simple Contour Map
7(1)
4 Map Legends: An Exploration
8(5)
5 Contour Lines: Part I
13(1)
6 Contour Lines: Part II
14(1)
7 Mapping the Schoolyard
14(1)
8 Constructing a Topographic Map Outside the Classroom
15(6)
Wrap-Up
21(1)
Resource List
21(2)
Chapter 2 Physical Geography
A Content Primer
23(9)
Definitions
23(1)
Natural Resources, Biome, Habitat, and Watershed
24(3)
Riparian Buffers and Stream Structure
27(5)
Physical Geography Activities
32(4)
1 What Is Your Watershed Address?
32(1)
2 Go With the Flow: An Exploration
33(1)
3 Schoolyard Habitat Assessment
33(1)
4 At-Home Habitat Assessment
34(1)
5 Stream Habitat Assessment
34(2)
Wrap-Up
36(1)
Resource List
36(1)
Appendix A Schoolyard Report Card
37(5)
Appendix B Your Yard Report Card
42(3)
Chapter 3 Water
A Content Primer
45(10)
What Is Water?
45(1)
The Water Cycle
46(1)
Other Aspects of Water
47(8)
Water Activities
55(12)
1 Modeling the Water Cycle
55(1)
2 Preparing pH Indicators From Red Cabbage
56(1)
3 Red Cabbage Juice as a pH Indicator: Developing pH Standards
57(1)
4 Using Red Cabbage Juice and pH Paper to Determine the pH of Household Products
58(2)
5 Modeling the Impact of Salinity in Water
60(1)
6 Exploring the Impact of Temperature and Salinity on Water Density
61(1)
7 Sponging Up the Dissolved Oxygen
62(1)
8 Testing Solubility of Oxygen in Water Over Time
63(2)
9 Modeling Turbidity
65(1)
10 Measuring Turbidity With a Turbidity Tube
66(1)
Wrap-Up
67(1)
Resource List
67(2)
Chapter 4 Soil: It's Not Dirt
A Content Primer
69(6)
What Is Soil?
70(1)
Soil Morphology
71(2)
Soil as a Habitat
73(2)
Soil Activities
75(9)
1 Soil Color: Wetland Versus Nonwetland Soils
75(2)
2 Soil Texture Investigation
77(2)
3 Percolation of Soil
79(2)
4 Soil Chemistry
81(2)
5 The Living Soil or Winogradsky Column
83(1)
Wrap-Up
84(1)
Resource List
85(2)
Chapter 5 Energy and Nutrients
A Content Primer
87(13)
What Is Energy?
87(5)
Why Chemistry, and What Are Nutrients?
92(4)
Tying It All Together: Nutrient Loading and Water Quality
96(4)
Energy Activities
100(3)
1 Exploring How Light Source Affects Plant Growth
100(1)
2 Exploring Energy Through Evaporation
101(1)
3 Exploring Energy Through Heat and Circulation
102(1)
Nutrients Activities
103(6)
4 Chemical Water Quality Analysis
103(5)
5 Tying It All Together: Nutrient Loading, Turbidity, and Water Quality. What's the Story?
108(1)
Wrap-Up
109(1)
Resource List
109(3)
Chapter 6 Biodiversity
A Content Primer
112(3)
Definition of Biodiversity
112(1)
Determinants of Biodiversity
112(1)
How Do We Measure Biodiversity?
113(1)
Why Do We Measure Biodiversity?
114(1)
Biodiversity Activities
115(10)
1 Leaf Litter Fun
115(2)
2 Analysis of Plant and Animal Habitat in a Square Meter
117(2)
3 Macroinvertebrate Analysis
119(4)
4 Biofilms and Biodiversity
123(2)
Wrap-Up
125(1)
Resource List
125(2)
Chapter 7 Action Projects
A Content Primer
127(5)
Why Action Projects?
127(1)
How to Choose an Action Project
128(1)
Integrating Action Projects Into Subject Area Content
128(1)
Garnering Support
129(1)
Process and Completion of the Project
130(2)
Action Projects
132(6)
Single Classroom-Based Project: A Storm Drain Rain Garden
132(1)
Schoolwide Single Project: A Native Plant Garden
132(1)
Schoolwide Single Project: Habitat Restoration
133(2)
Schoolwide Multiple Projects
135(1)
An Example of Changes in Attitude With Action Projects
135(1)
Teacher Advice Regarding the Implementation of Action Projects
136(2)
Wrap-Up
138(1)
Resource List
138(1)
Chapter 8 Reflections on Implementation
Creating a Schoolyard Habitat in Middle School
139(4)
Christine Wolfe
Helping Students Become Green Kids
143(3)
Stephanie Colby Lee
In the "Old Days" We Went Outside
146(3)
R. Mark Herzog
A Science Educator and a Geologist Work Together to Make Topography Elementary
149(1)
Pamela Lottero-Perdue
Steven Lev
"Where Are My Sneakers?"
150(2)
Debbie Freels
What Next?
152(1)
Resource List
153(2)
About the Authors 155(2)
Figure Credits 157(2)
Index 159