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Bottle Biology

Take a look at this website. It offers some different ideas on how students can observe their bottles. It does a good job of inventory!
http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/essential/life/bottlebio/ecocol/takinginventory.html

Goldfish Learning Centers

1: Observation Station
2: Draw and Label
3. Scientific Method Station
4. Goldfish Behavior Station
5. Graphing Station on Computer
6. Science Collection Overview iMovie (Each generate 3 Questions about Project)

Technology Integration

Introductions: Multi media presentation
Schoolyard Ecology: Image Gallery Presentation
Bottle Biology Project: Excel Graphs of Student Data/CPS Quiz
Owl Pellet Project: Using technology (inspiration) to create food web diagrams.
Owl Pellet Project: Research for bone reconstruction on skeletal structure of small mammal

School Yard Ecology

http://www.ecostudies.org/syefest/

This is an awesome site about schoolyard ecology programs. I'm going to print it tomorrow and take a look at it. This might be a great way to have outdoor learning centers for the kids.

Inverted Month Calendar

June- Science Apprentice
May- Changes in Matter
April- Properties of Matter
March- Light/Energy/Waves
February- Earth in Space and Time
January-Solid Earth
December-Catch Up and Rainforest Researchers Project
November- Ecology II
September/October- Ecology

Ecology Unit Overview

These are our initial brain storms from our last meeting:

Ecology:
School Yard Ecology
Food Web Project
Bottle Biology (Change objectives and align to standards)

Owl Pellet
Bottle Biology- Source of Food Emphasis
Decomposer Station
Pond Succession

Great Lakes Succession:
Debate about water resources:
Dune Day