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Help Busy Bee complete each statement by filling in the blanks for missing words. Use what you’ve learned about watersheds,…
Busy Bee Word Challenge – Full Throttle Model
Help Busy Bee complete each statement by filling in the blanks for missing words. Use what you’ve learned about watersheds, pollution, and the Great Lakes in “Full Throttle Model” to...
Test your understanding after reading the Citizen Science edition of Natural Inquirer. Each image is taken from an article in…
eyeChallenge – Citizen Science
Test your understanding after reading the Citizen Science edition of Natural Inquirer. Each image is taken from an article in the journal. Explain what each of the images represents. You...
After reading “Full Throttle Model,” see how much you learned by completing this eyeChallenge. Examine these images from the article…
eyeChallenge – Full Throttle Model
After reading “Full Throttle Model,” see how much you learned by completing this eyeChallenge. Examine these images from the article and explain what each of these images represents. You may...
To better understand songbird habitat, Dr. Saab wanted to look at the big picture. In this FACTivity, we are going…
FACTivity – Goldifinch and the Three Scales
To better understand songbird habitat, Dr. Saab wanted to look at the big picture. In this FACTivity, we are going to make observations at different scales, just like Dr. Saab....
To better understand songbird habitat, Dr. Saab wanted to look at the big picture. In this FACTivity, we are going…
FACTivity – Goldifinch and the Three Scales (Spanish)
To better understand songbird habitat, Dr. Saab wanted to look at the big picture. In this FACTivity, we are going to make observations at different scales, just like Dr. Saab....
In this FACTivity, you will make a graph of the Air Quality Index numbers for each of five major cities…
FACTivity – Hidden in Plain Sight
In this FACTivity, you will make a graph of the Air Quality Index numbers for each of five major cities in the United States for November 2023. Background: Car exhaust,...
In this FACTivity, you will create a forest management plan for a 1-hectare (or 1-acre) forest. You will make this…
FACTivity – Planning Your Own Forest
In this FACTivity, you will create a forest management plan for a 1-hectare (or 1-acre) forest. You will make this plan by using the Planning Your Own Forest Graphic Organizer....
The question you will answer in this FACTivity is: How can a series of Landsat images help scientists estimate a…
FACTivity – The GLAS Is Half Full
The question you will answer in this FACTivity is: How can a series of Landsat images help scientists estimate a forest’s age over time?
In this activity, students will explore their schoolyard at different scales. The question students will answer is: What are the…
FACTivity – Thinking Outside the Box
In this activity, students will explore their schoolyard at different scales. The question students will answer is: What are the similarities and differences of the schoolyard ecosystem at different scales?
In this study, researchers worked with middle and high school students to collect moss samples around industrial neighborhoods in Seattle,…
Hidden in Plain Sight – Using Moss to Detect Air Pollution and Engage Civic Scientists
In this study, researchers worked with middle and high school students to collect moss samples around industrial neighborhoods in Seattle, Washington. They used the moss samples to both pinpoint pollution...
In the second monograph in the Moon Trees Series, learn about a civic science project where middle and high school…
Hidden in Plain Sight – Vol. 1 No. 27
In the second monograph in the Moon Trees Series, learn about a civic science project where middle and high school students collected moss samples around industrial neighborhoods in Seattle, Washington....
Different types of forests are found across the planet. In one area, a forest may be dry with little vegetation.…
Inquiry 1: What Are the World’s Forests and Where Are They Found?
Different types of forests are found across the planet. In one area, a forest may be dry with little vegetation. In another, a forest may contain large trees that grow...
