This lesson introduces students to the broad concept of invasive species. Students prepare a written case study on an invasive aquatic species, followed by an oral presentation. They will define, compare, and contrast invasive species, alien species, and native species, describe at least three problems that may be associated with ...

This lesson introduces students to fossilized dinosaur excrement, known as coprolites. Topics include the usefulness of coprolites in determining diet, the issue of matching coprolites to species of dinosaur, and the presence of dung beetle burrows in coprolites as an indication that they are, in fact, fossil excrement. There is ...

This lesson plan will challenge students to examine the benefits of resource based economies in Maryland and the challenges of maintaining them. Students will also explore the many public and private preservation tools available to landowners. This lesson will enable students to explain the link between sprawl and farmland loss, ...

In this lesson plan students will learn about grassland ecosystems and create a prairie ecosystem mural. They will learn about the diversity of plant and animal species reaching beyond the well-known mammal species - bison and black-footed ferret - to the mountain plover, the tiger salamander, and countless grass and ...

This lesson plan has students investigate the geographical distributions, habitats, and other features of modern crocodilians and SuperCroc (Sarcosuchus imperator). Students will consider the things we can learn about one species by studying the other. They will create Venn diagrams to compare and contrast one modern species with SuperCroc. They ...

In this lesson plan students will learn about endangered species in the United States, some of the reasons they are endangered (e.g. habitat destruction or the introduction of invasive species), and what is being done to protect them. Students will choose one species to focus on and examine the reasons ...

This lesson plan stresses the importance of maintaining ecosystems and explores the various arguments in favor of preserving the biodiversity of Earth. Students will view photos of endangered species and discuss why these animals are threatened and why they should be protected; learn the meaning of biodiversity, ecosystem, and extinction; ...

In this lesson plan students learn about different types of forests - temperate deciduous forests, temperate evergreen forests, and tropical rain forests. Students will concentrate on the tropical rain forest and learn about the Congo Trek made by the explorer Michael Fay through the African rain forest. Educational levels: Primary ...

In this lesson plan students will explore the ways that native species interact in a healthy Chesapeake Bay. They will then learn about some of the ways that exotic or invasive species can threaten the balance of the ecosystem. Students will discover how the various elements of the Bay ecosystem ...

In this lesson students plot the times of existence for the several species of hominids on a two-dimensional time line chart. The lesson can be expanded to include new discoveries and relative divergence of ape lines. Educational levels: High school

These forestry lesson plans and field activities teach students: how trees function in an urban setting; how to collect data on trees in their urban environment in order to determine how well the tree is surviving; and how to participate in the development of an urban forest within their community. ...

This Classroom Connectors lesson plan is designed to develop in young students an understanding of how rocks and soil move through a continuous cycle on Earth. The site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time required, materials, activities, and closure ideas for the lesson. The Classroom Connectors address content with an ...

This Classroom Connectors lesson plan teaches young students about the living and non-living components of soil. The site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time required, materials, activities, and closure ideas for the lesson. The Classroom Connectors address content with an activity approach while incorporating themes necessary to raise the activity ...

This lesson plan is part of the DiscoverySchool.com lesson plan library for grades 6-8. It focuses on predicting relationships between natural phenomena to help reduce the amount of damage done; protecting habitats and species from volcanoes, for example. Students research a specific volcano in this lesson, and report on its ...

This Classroom Connectors lesson plan teaches students about ways to protect endangered species, as well as the concept of carrying capacity and its importance for wildlife and people. This site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time needed, materials, activities, and closure ideas for the lesson. Classroom Connectors address content with ...

This website integrates video footage and information with lesson plans and activities to teach students about the intertidal zone of the oceans. This zone is a habitat for only a few species due to extreme fluctuations in moisture level, heat, salinity, and sunlight. The activities in this unit are designed ...

This webpage features lesson plans for studies related to ecology, and targets the K-12 audience. Examples include Pollution Solutions, which discusses the many factors that contribute to the pollution and destruction of water ecosystems, and Forest Food Webs, which teaches students how organisms in a temperate forest are dependent on ...

"Educational technology" is often equated in the popular imagination with "computers in the schools." But technology is much more than merely computers, and education is much more than mere schooling. The landscape of child-accessible technologies is blossoming in all sorts of directions: tools for communication, for physical construction and fabrication, ...