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Test your understanding after reading the Citizen Science edition of Natural Inquirer. Each image is taken from an article in…
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...
In this FACTivity, you will create a forest management plan for a 1-hectare (or 1-acre) forest. You will make this…
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....
In this activity, students will explore their schoolyard at different scales. The question students will answer is: What are the…
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,…
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...
Different types of forests are found across the planet. In one area, a forest may be dry with little vegetation.…
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...
Scientists working with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations wanted to know what kinds of forests grew…
Scientists working with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations wanted to know what kinds of forests grew across the world and how much humans had impacted them....
Learn about the many benefits that different types of forests provide, including protecting biodiversity, improving water and soil quality, preventing…
Learn about the many benefits that different types of forests provide, including protecting biodiversity, improving water and soil quality, preventing erosion, storing carbon, and more.
Sustainable forest management helps people balance the social, environmental, and economic benefits that forests provide. Learn more about how people…
Sustainable forest management helps people balance the social, environmental, and economic benefits that forests provide. Learn more about how people around the world work to sustainably manage healthy forests.
Forests provide many benefits to people and other animals. For forests to provide these benefits, however, they must be managed…
Forests provide many benefits to people and other animals. For forests to provide these benefits, however, they must be managed so that they remain healthy and sustainable. Although there are...
In this module, we will explore many different invasive species and the effects they are having on different environments. Below…
In this module, we will explore many different invasive species and the effects they are having on different environments. Below you will find articles, questions, and activities explaining different invasive...
A guided reading lesson plans that walks students through each section of this article. It includes a graphic organizer for…
A guided reading lesson plans that walks students through each section of this article. It includes a graphic organizer for students to fill in as they read.
In this lesson plan, students will research their own latitude, elevation, and annual rainfall to place local forests into one…
In this lesson plan, students will research their own latitude, elevation, and annual rainfall to place local forests into one of the categories scientists used in the study. How would...