NatureNeedsSD

Help your students create a deeper love for nature! This is a complete journal specifically created for classrooms. You can print the entire packet or pages for students to use in interactive notebooks. The journal includes: -75+ writing and sketching prompts -Space to write and draw -Coloring Pages -Bird guide -Resources and recommendations *If you would rather purchase fully bound books, please contact the author for wholesale price.

Get your students engaged in real-life animal research by with this unit about measuring animal behavior. This 5E model lesson plan is designed for a high school biology, environmental science, life science, or AP biology* class. Students get a chance to not only learn how to be researchers, but they also will have the opportunity to participate in actual studies! This download is the background information and the lesson plan. All additional worksheets can be downloaded separately for FREE! Ad

This is a bundle of all 3 of my San Diego Mini Units: The evolution of San Diego's biodiversity, Measuring animal behavior and The riparian ecosystem. Each mini unit contains 5 lessons in a 5E model and have correlating NGSS and AP standards. You will receive the lesson plan with background research context, a slideshow and handouts (16 products total)! This is a unique way to teach students these standards by applying them to our local ecosystem. By connecting students to where they live, you a

Get your students connected to what is outside their door by exploring the amazing natural biodiversity in San Diego. In this 5 day mini unit you will explore what a biodiversity hotspot is, fragmentation, different habitats, adaptations, natural selection, human impacts and environmental stewardship. I'm a former San Diego middle and high school life science and AP biology teacher and have a passion for getting people connected with what is right outside their door. Hope you enjoy!

This 5E model lesson plan is designed for a high school biology, environmental science, life science, or AP biology* class. It would fit best in an ecology or biodiversity unit. This entire lesson should take five or more class periods. By the end of the week, students should not only be able to explain ethnobotany, the roles of pollinators and keystone species, but also have gained a deeper sense of place because of the links to the place they live. In addition to this lesson plan, there is al

A simple guide to reducing and transforming food waste!Learn about the issues of food waste, what do do with your food waste, how to reduce food waste in your household and a comprehensive reference list to every resource I can find in San Diego to help you take the next step.

This is a lesson that I created for my son's kindergarten class. This item is the slides that accompany the lesson plan. We had a great time learning about trash, where it comes from, where it goes once we throw it away as well as ways we can make a difference in our community. There is also an interactive component! *Note that if you are not in SD county, the colors of the trash bins may be different and the way you sort your waste may also be different for your region so do your research so yo

Get your students engaged in real-life animal research by with this unit about measuring animal behavior. Students get a chance to not only learn how to be researchers, but they also will have the opportunity to participate in actual studies! This download are a few sample ethograms that were created byJanet Crews, Stan Braude, Carol Stephenson, Terrilyn Clardy. The intention of this download is to be a modification for students who can not create their own ethogram. It is to accompany the less

This is the slideshow that accompanies the unit plan. Get your students connected to what is outside their door by exploring the amazing natural biodiversity in San Diego. In this 5 day mini unit you will explore what a biodiversity hotspot is, fragmentation, different habitats, adaptations, natural selection, human impacts and environmental stewardship. I'm a former San Diego middle and high school life science and AP biology teacher and have a passion for getting people connected with what i

This is the worksheet that accompanies the unit plan. Get your students connected to what is outside their door by exploring the amazing natural biodiversity in San Diego. In this 5 day mini unit you will explore what a biodiversity hotspot is, fragmentation, different habitats, adaptations, natural selection, human impacts and environmental stewardship. I'm a former San Diego middle and high school life science and AP biology teacher and have a passion for getting people connected with what i

Get your students engaged in real-life animal research by with this unit about measuring animal behavior. Students get a chance to not only learn how to be researchers, but they also will have the opportunity to participate in actual studies! This download is the Google slideshow that accompanies the lesson plan. I hope you and your students enjoy!

Get your students engaged in real-life animal research by with this unit about measuring animal behavior. Students get a chance to not only learn how to be researchers, but they also will have the opportunity to participate in actual studies! This download is the presentation rubric that accompanies the lesson plan. I hope you and your students enjoy!

Get your students engaged in real-life animal research by with this unit about measuring animal behavior. Students get a chance to not only learn how to be researchers, but they also will have the opportunity to participate in actual studies! This download is the practice worksheet that accompanies the lesson plan. I hope you and your students enjoy!

This is a lesson that I created for my son's kindergarten class. We had a great time learning about trash, where it comes from, where it goes once we throw it away as well as ways we can make a difference in our community. There is also an interactive component! *Note that if you are not in SD county, the colors of the trash bins may be different and the way you sort your waste may also be different for your region so do your research so you know where things belong.

Get your students engaged in real-life animal research by with this unit about measuring animal behavior. Students get a chance to not only learn how to be researchers, but they also will have the opportunity to participate in actual studies! This download is the worksheet students use as they watch the animal cameras. This download accompanies the lesson plan. I hope you and your students enjoy!

This is the worksheet that accompanies the lesson plan. By the end of the week, students should not only be able to explain ethnobotany, the roles of pollinators and keystone species, but also have gained a deeper sense of place because of the links to the place they live. I hope you and your students enjoy!

This is the slideshow that accompanies the lesson plan. By the end of the week, students should not only be able to explain ethnobotany, the roles of pollinators and keystone species, but also have gained a deeper sense of place because of the links to the place they live. I hope you and your students enjoy!

Get your students engaged in real-life animal research by with this unit about measuring animal behavior. Students get a chance to not only learn how to be researchers, but they also will have the opportunity to participate in actual studies! This download is an example of how the Animal Behavior Data Collection worksheet could look when completed. This accompanies the lesson plan download. I hope you and your students enjoy!

Get your students engaged in real-life animal research by with this unit about measuring animal behavior. Students get a chance to not only learn how to be researchers, but they also will have the opportunity to participate in actual studies! This download is the vocal list that accompanies the lesson plan. I hope you and your students enjoy!

This is the assessment and rubric that accompanies the lesson plan. By the end of the week, students should not only be able to explain ethnobotany, the roles of pollinators and keystone species, but also have gained a deeper sense of place because of the links to the place they live. I hope you and your students enjoy!