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The
purpose
of
this
resource
is
to
identify
a
reqion
for
study
as
a
system,
and
to
establish
a
list
of
characteristics
and
features
useful
for
determining
the
boundaries
of
regional
systems.
Students
discuss
their
current
understanding
of
what
Earth
systems
are
and
how
they
work,
and
consider
how
to
identify
the
boundaries
of
a
region
for
Earth
system
study.
In
small
groups,
they
select
a
region
for
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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 explore what pigments exist in leaves and their importance. Students will conduct an experiment using paper chromatography to separate pigments present in leaves.
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The
purpose
of
this
resource
is
to
help
students
articulate
and
integrate
their
existing
knowledge
about
the
air,
water,
soil,
and
living
things
by
viewing
them
as
interacting
parts
of
a
system.
Students
visit
a
study
site,
where
they
observe
and
recall
their
existing
knowledge
of
air,
water,
soil,
and
living
things
to
make
a
list
of
interconnections
among
the
four
Earth
system
components.
They
make
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The
purpose
of
this
resource
is
to
identify
specifically
how
one's
own
region
is
connected
with
others,
and
to
discover
the
interconnected
nature
of
the
Earth's
regions
as
systems.
Students
brainstorm
about
the
nature
of
connections
between
their
region
and
others,
across
oceans
and
on
different
continents.
On
a
black-line
map
of
the
world,
they
trace
possible
pathways
of
water
and
wind
currents
from
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The
purpose
of
this
resource
is
to
develop
the
best
possible
representation
of
the
study
site
as
a
system.
Students
visit
a
study
site,
where
they
observe
and
recall
their
existing
knowledge
of
air,
water,
soil,
and
living
things
to
make
a
list
of
interconnections
among
the
four
Earth
system
components.
They
make
predictions
about
the
effects
of
a
change
in
a
system,
inferring
ways
these
changes
affect
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The
purpose
of
this
resource
is
to
increase
students'
awareness
of
the
qualitative
changes
in
plants
during
green-up
and
green-down
from
which
they
will
be
collecting
quantitative
leaf
change
data,
and
to
develop
an
understanding
of
the
patterns
and
differences
among
plants
at
the
same
location.
Students
will
observe,
compare,
and
classify
plants
during
green-up
or
green-down
and
then
make
inferences
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The purpose of this resource is to develop an understanding of plants' response to light. Students will do simple investigations to observe plant responses to light.
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The purpose of this resource is to classify and count the reproductive phenological phases of receptacles on selected seaweed species. Students will classify and count the reproductive phases of seaweed plants within a 1-meter x 1-meter plot in the inter-tidal zone.
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The purpose of this resource is to observe the flowering and leaf stages of selected garden plants throughout the year. After a phenological garden is planted, students observe the growth of leaves and blooming of flowers on the plants. These plants were selected because each plant blooms at a different time in the year.
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