Ecology

How do organisms in ecosystems exchange energy and nutrients among themselves and with the environment? Why is balance and diversity important?

Ecology 2 - Food Webs

Based on the website http//www.bigelow.org/edhab OverviewThis discussion begins with a review of how energy transfers through food webs and then engages students in assembling a food web with a small set ...

2. Animals of Point Reyes

  Students will use their knowledge gained of both the habitats, and types of adaptations that animals use to survive in their environments.  They will create a fictitious animal that will ...

Evolution Box Block Plan

Week 1 - Pretrip

Monday - Observation Mariposas in the classroom, camouflaging into the room, see whose lasts the longest between 6th and 7th grade.   

Ecology 1 - Carbon Cycle

Based on a “Carbon Adventures” lesson plan developed by  the GK-12 Project at Arizona State University. For details on the original activity, go to (http//gk12.asu.edu/curriculum/life_science/CarbonAdventures/carb_ad.htm). There is excellent background information ...

College Biology Box

This series of activities is designed to complement a semester long introductory biology course for non-majors (general education) at a 4 year university. These activities are designed to be used ...

Biology for Future Elementary Teachers

Here's my current syllabus for an introductory college biology course for undergraduates planning on entering elementary teaching. This is NOT your traditionalcollege biology course. The goal of this course is ...

Ecological Footprint Survey

http//ecofoot.org/

Project - Raising Trout

Raising trout from eggs to fry in the classroom is a fabulous way for students to observe and study the life cycle of vertebrates and simultaneously learn about threatened species ...

Field Trip - Marine Science Institute

Sail aboard a research vessel and explore the living treasures of the San Francisco Bay. The Marine Science Institute (MSI) provides some of the best hands-on science and environmental education ...

Project - Terraqua Column Experiment

Once students have some experience working with a basic terraqua column (see the Terraqua Columns Lesson), they have an opportunity to design and conduct their own investigations with their mini-ecosystems. ...