Students build and investigate mini-ecosystems with soil and water components using 2 Liter bottles.
Students conduct 4 tests of soil quality in the classroom that can then be applied to their terraqua columns and to the outdoorsvisual observation, soil separation, pH, and Tullgren Funnel ...
Students conduct 3 tests of water quality in the classroom that can then be applied to their terraqua columns and to the outdoorspH, dissolved oxygen, and temperature. They make comparisons ...
Delve into a micro-habitat that is the size of a drop of water. This lesson allows students to explore the plankton (organisms that drift with the currents) that exist in ...
At the end of the unit, students can now apply their understanding of ecosystems, food webs, resource management, native vs. nonnative species, and human environmental impact to a real world ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
