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The
purpose
of
this
resource
is
to
observe
budburst
on
selected
trees
at
a
Land
Cover
or
Phenology
Site.
All
students
will
learn
about
hummingbird
natural
history
and
ecology.
Students
will
learn
how
to
identify
and
age
male
and
female
Ruby-throated
Hummingbirds
and
to
observe
migration
and
feeding
behavior.
Students
will
learn
how
to
make
connections
among
hummingbird
behavior
and
weather,
climate,
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The purpose of this resource is to observe plant green-down and report greendown data to help validate estimates of the end of the plant growing season. Students monitor the change in color of selected leaves of trees, shrubs or grasses.
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The purpose of this resource is to observe plant green-up and report data that will be used by scientists to validate satellite estimates of the beginning of the plant growing season. Students monitor budburst and growth of leaves of selected trees, shrubs, or grasses. Species chosen should be native, deciduous, and dominant in your area.
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The
purpose
of
this
resource
is
to
investigate
the
annual
cycle
of
plant
growth
and
decline
using
visualizations
and
graphs.
Students
will
analyze
visualizations
and
graphs
that
show
the
annual
cycle
of
plant
growth
and
decline.
Students
will
explore
patterns
of
annual
change
for
the
globe
and
each
hemisphere
in
several
regions
that
have
different
land
cover
and
will
match
graphs
that
show
annual
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The
purpose
of
this
resource
is
to
have
students
develop
a
qualitative
understanding
of
the
characteristics
and
patterns
of
seasons
and
highlight
the
relationship
of
seasons
to
physical,
biological
and
cultural
markers.
Students
observe
and
record
seasonal
changes
in
their
local
study
site.
They
establish
that
these
phenomena
follow
annual
cycles
and
conclude
the
activity
by
creating
displays
that
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The purpose of this resource is to develop a classification system for a set of objects and learn about hierarchical classification systems. Any set of objects, such as insects or rocks, may be used as well.
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The purpose of this resource is to sample, identify, and count macroinvertebrates at a Hydrology Site. Students collect, sort, identify, and count macroinvertebrates from habitats at their site.
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The
purpose
of
this
resource
is
to
understand
that
soil,
under
different
environmental
conditions,
plays
a
role
in
the
decomposition
of
organic
materials.
Students
use
bottle
experiments
to
observe
changes
in
the
decomposition
of
vegetable
scraps.
Students
vary
temperature,
moisture,
and
light
conditions
to
determine
the
conditions
that
best
facilitate
the
decomposition
of
organic
material
in
soil.
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This musical game helps younger students learn the 'Long Address', used by astronomers at the American Museum of Natural History. The Long Address locates Earth in the solar system, which is located in the Milky Way, which is one of several thousand galaxies in the Virgo Supercluster, which is itself only a small part of the entire universe.
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This lesson introduces elementary students to the concept of soring living things into groups according to certain features. Students look at two kinds of dinosaurs based upon the structure of the pelvis and categorize them accordingly.
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