There’s Snow Place Like Home: Tracking the Range of Wolverines Over Time (Investi-gator)
Wolverines are the largest member of the weasel family that lives on land. They live in areas far from humans and human development. Therefore, not much is known about these mammals. The scientists in this study wanted to accurately map the wolverine’s range over time. The scientists also wanted to study whether climate change is affecting the wolverines’ range.
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Climate Change Investi-gator (Pacific Northwest Research Station) - Vol. 1 No. 2
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The question students will answer in this FACTivity is: What is the geographic range of an animal? Materials (per student or group): Animal field guides that include range maps Two...FACTivity – There’s Snow Place Like Home (Investi-gator)
The question students will answer in this FACTivity is: What is the geographic range of an animal? Materials (per student or group): Animal field guides that include range maps Two...
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Keith Aubry
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Kevin McKelvey
My favorite experience was digging out a wolverine snow-den in Glacier National Park. To study wolverines, scientists capture wolverine kits (baby wolverines) and put tracking instruments on them. These instruments...View Profile
About Investi-gator
The Investi-gator is another member of the Natural Inquirer family. The Natural Inquirer, for middle school students, and the Investi-gator, for upper elementary students, present science the way scientists most often share their research with each other. That process is the written scientific paper. Each Investi-gator article presents research conducted by Forest Service scientists and their cooperators. All the research in the Investi-gator is concerned with nature or with society’s relationship to nature.
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Meet the Scientist
An introduction to the scientist or scientists who conducted the research.
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Thinking About Science
A short introduction to something about the scientific process that is related to the research being presented.
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Thinking About the Environment
A short introduction to something about the natural environment that is related to the research being presented.
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Introduction
The part of the written scientific paper that introduces the scientific problem or question the scientists wants to solve or answer.
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Method
The part of the written scientific paper that describes how the scientists collected and analyzed their data or information.
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Findings
The part of the written scientific paper that describes what the scientists discovered.
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Discussion
The part of the written scientific paper that summarizes the research and offers any new insights.
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Reflection Section
These are questions placed after the Introduction, Methods, Findings, and Discussion sections. The purpose of the questions is to help students think about what they have read.
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Glossary
Possible new terms you will find in the article. Glossary words are printed in bold in the article.
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FACTivity
This is an activity that you can do in your classroom.
Lessons
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This lesson plan introduces the scientific process and guides students through an Investi-gator article using the K-W-L method. This lesson plan can be used with any Investi-gator or Natural Inquirer...Lesson Plan – Investi-gator KWL
This lesson plan introduces the scientific process and guides students through an Investi-gator article using the K-W-L method. This lesson plan can be used with any Investi-gator or Natural Inquirer...