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Martin Slough
Grades 3-5
This lesson involves a field-trip to Martin Slough and a small stream creek located at Lampe Park in Gardnerville, Nevada. The project was developed to introduce students to scientific technology and give them hands-on experience in a study, to support and enrich a Social Studies unit on Nevada, to expose students to the importance of caring about the environment we live in, and to involve students in an on the job integrated project. Students will record data on animal and plant life, temperatures of the water, and take digital photos of the surroundings. The assessment projects were chosen to comply with Social Studies, Math, Science, and computer standards.
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Spooner Lake
Grades 1-5
Students will discover what birds live around Spooner Lake and on which part of the lake the trees in which they live are growing. They will also discover what types of plants live around the lake and/or what type of insects there are. The students will demonstrate knowledge of how local birds survive in this ecosystem; more specifically, where do the birds live, how do they nest (if possible), what do they eat, and do the plants and insects living around them effect their population.
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Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge
Grades 2-5
This lesson focuses on the birds and plants at the Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge
Complex. We will visit the complex at least four times during the year. Students will observe and record data concerning the migration of birds. Since we will be going different times during the year they will take digital pictures of the birds, and take the temperature of the water and the temperature of the air. I want them to witness, which birds stay during what type of season. I am also going to have them study the different types of plants that are at the Complex during each time of year that we are there.
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Oxbow Nature Study
Grades 1-5
Students will investigate the riverbank and oxbow ecosystem along the Truckee
River at Oxbow Nature Study Area. An oxbow is defined as a U-shaped curve in a river. This U-shape has standing water in it, but is no longer connected to the river itself. The ecosystem they will be studying will include the plants, animals, and insects, as well as, water organisms in both the river and the oxbow pond. The nature area is located on Dickerson Road along the Truckee River.
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Lampe Park
Grades 1-5
This pond and stream unit and learning activities will emphasize the importance of ecology. An ecological balance must exist for the community to thrive. A pond or stream is a community of different plants, animal species, and organisms. This ecological unit will improve student awareness of the impact humans have upon pond and stream ecosystem. They will compare pond and streams and draw conclusions about the different ecological systems. Students will use dissolved oxygen kits to measure oxygen levels, and digital photographs as a visual tool to go with their scientific information.
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Crissie Caughlin Park
Grades 1-5
This lesson involves a field trip to Crissie Caughlin Park to investigate the surroundings. Students will look at a wide variety of non-indigineous and indigenous plant species, as well as the animals that exist within the park (mainly fish and fowl). Lesson also calls for a number of guest speakers and includes a timeline for the lesson.
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Ready to Learn Lesson
Grades 1-5
Goals of this lesson include helping students to become more immersed in their environmental surroundings, teaching them to reduce, reuse, recycle, and respect their natural surroundings. This lesson displays ways in which we can all help to preserve our environment. The lesson includes clips from our afternoon programming line-up PBS Kids Go! Participants will also learn how to use the “Learning Triangle.”
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Fossil Fuels vs. Alternative Fueling Systems
Grades 3-5
Using the study of Rocks and Minerals as the umbrella for this curriculum unit, the lessons include scaffolding background knowledge on the properties of rocks and minerals, and investigating how rocks are composed of different combinations of minerals, learning how erosions and deposition rates can be affected by human activities and describing how soils are made of many different biological and mineral materials and varies from place to place. The activities will include use of organizing information into charts, tables, and graphs on the computer.
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