Students build and investigate mini-ecosystems with soil and water components using 2 Liter bottles.
Students conduct 4 tests of soil quality in the classroom that can then be applied to their terraqua columns and to the outdoorsvisual observation, soil separation, pH, and Tullgren Funnel ...
Students conduct 3 tests of water quality in the classroom that can then be applied to their terraqua columns and to the outdoorspH, dissolved oxygen, and temperature. They make comparisons ...
Delve into a micro-habitat that is the size of a drop of water. This lesson allows students to explore the plankton (organisms that drift with the currents) that exist in ...
At the end of the unit, students can now apply their understanding of ecosystems, food webs, resource management, native vs. nonnative species, and human environmental impact to a real world ...
