Home
Paul Boyer's Library tagged → View Popular
Virtual Field Trips - The Stewardship Network
Slideshow accompanies podcast of a controlled burn of a prairie in Michigan. Talks about why, how, lots of specifics. Worthy as a free virtual field trip for ecology.
Crickweb | Flash Page
Interactive application that tells about food chains, introduces vocabulary, and gives three different ecosystems in which to construct food chains. Simple, NOT a food web activity.
Sunny Meadows Food Chain Game
Interactive game about food chains. Uses foxes, rabbits, and plants (not too different from Ecology Gizmo) and involves pictures, graphs, and biomass. Instructions found on 10 screens before clicking to play the game.
Green Schools : Teach Stewardship
Of the “Four Pillars” discussed in “The Little Green Schoolhouse” report, this is perhaps the most important. Environmental education is the kind of place-based education that, according to analyst Jack Chin, “provides students with opportunities to connect with themselves, their community and their local environment through hands–on, real–world learning experiences…[that] enables students to see that their learning is relevant to their world, to take pride in the place in which they live, to connect with the rest of the world in a natural way and to develop into concerned and contributing citizens.” What better place to start than in the place known as school? Let’s teach students about --
* the resources their schools consume, and involve them in making consumption more sustainable.
* toxics issues in and around schools, and involve them in minimizing their use.
* gardens and food systems, and involve them in growing their own food.
If we invest the time and money to teach our children these lessons in precaution and sustainability, they can play an integral role in making our schools, communities, and planet more sustainable and healthy.
World Population Counter
Gives a running world population head count. used something like it at UWP and students were awed by profound implications. Use it in ecology, biology, or middle school science. Great for the concept of over-utilization of world resources, too.
Nutrient Control Actions for Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico
New book form NAP talks about nutrients in waters of Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico. Addresses growing "dead zone" from lack of oxygen in the water.
Wetland Restoration Handbook for Wisconsin Landowners - WDNR
This new edition of the Wetland Restoration Handbook for Wisconsin Landowners (Second Edition), published by the Wisconsin DNR, continues to encourage responsible and effective restoration of wetlands.
Cover image of Wetland Restoration Handbook for Wisconsin Landowners.
Cover of the Wetland Restoration Handbook for Wisconsin Landowners. Written by Alice L. Thompson and Charles S. Luthin (Publication #SS-989 2004). Published by the Bureau of Integrated Science Services. This publication was created in partnership with Wisconsin Wetlands Association. The second edition of the Wetland Restoration Handbook has been awarded the Distinguished Document Award for 2004 by the Wisconsin Library Association (WLA). Wisconsin Wetlands Association and WDNR thank Wisconsin Coastal Management Program for providing funding support for this publication.
Jean-Michel Cousteau : Ocean Adventures . Beluga Balancing Act | PBS
Lesson plan for "Beluga Balancing Act" from Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Adventures. Grades 5-8 and runs for 7 1-hour class periods. Important theme is the issues that threaten the beluga population and its ecosystem
Think Green
Environmental education site. Collaboration between Waste Management and Discovery Education. Intro video by Bill Nye the Science Guy. Has lessons, videos, take-home extensions and more.
The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands | Wetland ecology, food webs and photosynthesis
What is The Digital Field Trip to the Wetlands?
This Digital Field Trip uses virtual reality technology to allow students to visit a bog in Ontario without getting their feet wet! It is a truly interactive CD-ROM incorporating animations, narration, games, text, full color photographs and a comprehensive workbook in one easy-to-use package.
The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands makes learning biology an enjoyable experience; students have fun and are able to learn independently through exploration and discovery.
The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands teaches the principles of wetlands ecology and encourages an awareness of the importance of wetlands conservation.
What does it cover?
The five modules, Field Trip, Study of a Bog, Wetlands Types, Mechanisms of a Wetland and Our Endangered Wetlands are integrated into one fully interactive learning tool.
* The Field Trip module uses virtual reality technology to allow the student to explore the Cloud Lake bog in Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada.
* The Study of A Bog module includes The Bog Food Web, Plant and Animal Adaptations, Formation and Succession, as well as an in-depth study of Photosynthesis.
* The Wetlands Types module covers the similarities and differences of the various wetland types.
* The Mechanisms of a Wetland module addresses topics such as nutrient cycles, erosion, groundwater, productivity and flooding.
* Our Endangered Wetlands deals with the issues of conservation, habitat and pollution.
Easy-to-use
The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands is a stand-alone CD-ROM that requires no training beyond that needed for normal Macintosh and Windows use. A simple point and click interface, context-specific help and a map of the whole project, ensure that students never get lost.
Who would benefit from using it?
The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands is geared toward high school students but encompasses topics accessible to students of all ages, natural history enthusiasts, biologists, libraries, and anyone interested in ecology a
Digital Frog International :: The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands - All Licensing :: The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands (Single User Educational License)
This award-winning digital field trip allows students to visit a bog in Algonquin Park, Ontario without getting their feet wet.
Photos, videos, animations and interactive exercises teach about such topics as photosynthesis, wetland types and mechanisms, wetland plants and animals, formation and succession, food webs and the impact of humans on this vital ecosystem.
Interactive concept maps and context-sensitive help ensure that users never get lost. Definitions and pronunciations make the text accessible to students with a wide range of reading levels. Even very young children can enjoy many activities, as well as videos and pictures.
Students love playing the electronic version of the predator-prey string game.
Teacher and Student versions of the workbook materials are included on the disc in PDF, Word, RTF and Ascii formats, allowing you to print just what you need, when you need it, as well as customizing the materials if needed.
Biomagnification
Biomagnification:
Toxic chemicals and heavy metals flow into the ocean when industrial, agricultural, and human wastes runs off or is deliberately discharged into rivers that then empty into the sea. These pollutants cause disease, genetic mutations, birth defects, reproductive difficulties, behavioral changes, and death in many marine organisms. But the severity of the damage varies greatly between species. In many cases, animals near the top of the food chain are most affected because of a process called biomagnification.
Has 6 interactive question/answer that follow simulation
Selected Tags
Related Tags
Top Contributors
Groups interested in ecology
-
Nuclear Waste
Nuclear waste has become on...
Items: 74 | Visits: 3315
Created by: Energy Net
-
Society and Ecology
How to live on earth
Items: 23 | Visits: 68
Created by: Arne Løining
-
UEI Land Use
Some videos to consider...
Items: 6 | Visits: 127
Created by: Jeremy Price
Highlighter, Sticky notes, Tagging, Groups and Network: integrated suite dramatically boosting research productivity. Learn more »
Join Diigo