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Courtney Wilson

Hog Wild Project - 1 views

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    "The Hog Wild curriculum is an interdisciplinary unit designed to engage students in a simulation focused on the establishment of a hog farm in their local watershed. Students prepare for and engage in a simulated town council hearing on the establishment of a particular hog farm in the area. Participating groups of students will take on the role of different stakeholders, conduct research from the perspective of that group, create GIS maps to support their positions, and then present and defend their positions during the two day hearing. One goal of Hog Wild is to help students see the political, social and economic dimensions of environmental issues. This website contains a growing set of resources designed to support this curriculum. "
Nancy Trautmann

Understanding Sustainability - 0 views

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    "Understanding Sustainability is a flexible, self-contained two-week curriculum unit aligned with national science standards for middle school educators to teach sustainability issues. The curriculum unit features hands-on activities that explore sustainability issues, such as energy, consumption, water scarcity, transportation choices, and potential solutions. "
Nancy Trautmann

Download Free Sustainability and Global Issues Curriculum | Facing the Future - 1 views

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    "Climate Change, Grades 9-12 is a two-week curriculum unit that encourages students to think critically about climate change and to collaborate to devise solutions. Students learn about climate change within a systems framework, examining interconnections among environmental, social, and economic issues."
Nancy Trautmann

IcEarth a CNL World Program - 1 views

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    Earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, wildfires... "IcEarth offers an innovative approach for the use of satellite and airborne remotely sensed data and current and historical aerial photography combined with an in-depth explanation of what the data represents. Images, technical application, and topical themes support environmental science, earth science, and geographic inquiry by complementing educators existing curriculum."
Michelle Watkins

Jason Science Curriculum - 0 views

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    "JASON's science curriculum units are designed to: Light the spark of inspiration in students Fit within school districts' core 5th-8th grade curricula Adapt to higher and lower levels Align to state and national standards Cover at least five to nine weeks of material Include numerous research articles, hands-on lab activities, videos, games, and multimedia resources Include suggested lesson plans, extensions, interdisciplinary connections, and teacher resources for alignment, assessment, and classroom management."
Nancy Trautmann

Download Free Sustainability and Global Issues Curriculum - 0 views

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    "Buy, Use, Toss? A Closer Look at the Things We Buy is an interdisciplinary unit that includes ten fully-planned lessons. This unit is correlated with national science and social studies standards and will lead your students through an exploration of the system of producing and consuming goods that is called the materials economy. Grades: 9-12 Subjects: Science, Social Studies"
Courtney Wilson

50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom - 3 views

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    "Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in curriculum. They're often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time ideal for encouraging participation, collaboration, and interaction. Read on to see how you can put wikis to work in your classroom."
Lesley Burger

Edublog Curriculum Resources - 1 views

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    Resources for using Edublog more effectively
B Barker

NCSR Home Page - 0 views

shared by B Barker on 07 Jul 09 - Cached
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    NCSR is a national clearinghouse for natural resource curriculum materials used by college faculty and high school science teachers. Materials cover major subject areas of environmental science and natural resources. They include fisheries, forestry, wildlife, and environmental science topics used in college programs.
Nancy Trautmann

WindWise Education - 0 views

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    inquiry-based curriculum resources about wind energy, including potential impacts on wildlife
Nancy Trautmann

Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species: BioKIDS - 0 views

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    BioKIDS: Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species addresses both inquiry and life science content standards through exploration of local biodiversity, collection of animal species, and the investigation of individual animals and how animals interact with one another. Through these activities students will gain a clearer understanding of how organisms meet their basic needs and the role the environment plays in supporting a variety of organisms. In this curriculum, students use CyberTracker, an animal-tracking program that runs on hand-held computers (PDAs), to log animal sightings in their schoolyard. Students then analyze the data for class and team experiments. Another salient feature of the curriculum is the Critter Catalog, an on-line animal species database developed by the BioKIDS team. Students use this as the main resource when they write species accounts (conduct research on individual animals).
Nancy Trautmann

USFWS Oil Spill Curriculum - 0 views

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    Students learn about a few key migratory bird species and the USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System that conserves them, as well as the impacts of oil spills on the Gulf Coast ecosystem and its human communities. Introduces a variety of natural resource careers and the academic experience and job skills needed to be successful in these conservation positions.
Nancy Trautmann

What Makes a Question Essential? - 0 views

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    "A good essential question Is open-ended; that is, it typically will not have a single, final, and correct answer. Is thought-provoking and intellectually engaging, often sparking discussion and debate. Calls for higher-order thinking, such as analysis, inference, evaluation, prediction. It cannot be effectively answered by recall alone. Points toward important, transferable ideas within (and sometimes across) disciplines. Raises additional questions and sparks further inquiry. Requires support and justification, not just an answer. Recurs over time; that is, the question can and should be revisited again and again."
Lisa Lowenberg

Facing The Future - 0 views

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    This site has free curriculum to download based on in sustainability and global issues.
Nancy Trautmann

Engaging Students Through Global Issues - 1 views

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    Engaging Students Through Global Issues is an activity-based lesson book that contains 40 inspiring lessons. These lesson plans are designed to help students understand complex global issues and sustainable solutions. Each lesson offers creative tools for students to take action in their local and global communities."
Courtney Wilson

Stabilization Wedge Game - Solving the Emissions Problem - 1 views

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    "This lesson, developed by the Carbon Mitigation Program, contains background information and an interactive, hands-on game that allows players to define strategies for reducing CO2 emissions and find solutions for the world's greenhouse gas problem. This game is based on peer-reviewed, current research and is a wonderful introduction to carbon policy and energy solutions. "
Nancy Trautmann

GIS for Schools - 0 views

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    Global biodiversity using data for hotspots from Conservation International. Also relevant to the Citizenship curriculum.
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