Ecology Activities

ECOLOGY.460 4586 06-01-90 The Litter Investigation GR. 4-6
| The students will become aware of litter in their
| environment. The students will investigate the
| kinds of litter found and will create their own
| system for classifying litter.
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ECOLOGY.461 5198 06-01-90 Sun, Air, Water, Soil GR. 4-6
| Students will investigate the effect of the withdrawal of
| these four elements on living organisms.
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ECOLOGY.462 7065 06-01-90 Food Webs GR. 4-6
| Students will investigate the interdependency of living
| organisms in a network called a food web.
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ECOLOGY.463 5871 06-01-90 Food Chains GR. 4-6
| Students will understand the components of and create a
| food chain.
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ECOLOGY.464 Mealworms' Meal GR 4-6
| Students will investigate the effect of several kinds of meals and 
| flakes on the behavior and life of mealworms.
| 
ECOLOGY.465 3987 06-01-90 Litter Walk GR. 4-6
| The students participate in a litter walk and gather
| litter. They keep notes on where litter was located
| and the types. The litter is classified in class.
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ECOLOGY.466 The Disappearing Paper Trick GR. 4-6
| The student will compare the weathering effect of
| soil, water, weather on a brown paper grocery sack.
|
ECOLOGY.467 3854 06-01-90 Predator and Prey GR. 4-6
| The students will be able to describe what the terms
| predator and prey mean and describe the predator prey
| relationship, the limiting factors affecting them, and
| the animals behavior.
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ECOLOGY.468 5577 04-26-91 Buried "Trashure" GR. 4-6
| Students will become aware that most buried trash does
| not decompose during a 9 month period.
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ECOLOGY.469 How Many Bears GR 4-6
| Students will be able to define the components of a habitat and 
| identify a limiting factor.
| 
ECOLOGY.46A 6359 04-26-91 Insects Around GR. 4-6
| Through this activity students will become aware of the
| variety of insect living in a given habitat at different
| times of the year.
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ECOLOGY.46B 6395 04-26-91 Birds on Wing GR. 4-6
| Through this activity students will be able to identify
| ten common Iowa birds by sight, song, and/or flight
| pattern, and discover the habitat in which it lives.
|
ECOLOGY.46C Listen to Nature GR 4-6
|	Through this activity the students will develop their 
|	sensory skills by actively listening to the sounds around 
|	them in a given environment.
|
ECOLOGY.46D 4488 04-26-91 Texture Walk GR. 4-6
| This activity will help students to develop their sensory
| skills by interacting with and comparing a multitude of
| textures in their natural environment, including rough,
| smooth, hard, soft, sticky, warm, cool, wet and dry.
|
ECOLOGY.46E The Nose Knows GR. 4-6
| Through this activity students will develop their sensory
| skills by using their nose to identify a variety of odors
| including sweet, sour, moldy, dry, spicy, rotten, etc. in
| their natural environment.
|
ECOLOGY.46F 5228 04-26-91 I Spy The Color GR. 4-6
| Through this activity students will develop their
| awareness of the wide variety of colors, and the hues,
| shades and patterns of a given color in the natural
| environment.
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ECOLOGY.46G 5137 04-26-91 Down Under GR. 4-6
| Through this activity students will develop their
| perception of their natural environment from another
| point of view.
|
ECOLOGY.46H 5349 04-26-91 Trust Walk GR. 4-6
| Through this activity students will use their senses of
| touch, feel, smell, and security to determine places they
| have visited, objects they have encountered and an
| awareness of the value of their sight.
|
ECOLOGY.46I 7099 04-26-91 Trees Changing GR. 4-6
| Through this activity the students will discover the
| impact of man, animals and natural forces on trees in
| four areas, four times during a nine month period of time.
|
ECOLOGY.46j Making Recycled Paper GR 4-6
| Students will experiment with a variety of materials to determine 
| how paper can be made from used materials.
| 
ECOLOGY.46k Earthworm Habitats GR 4-6
| Students will investigate a designated area to determine the best 
| habitat for earthworms.
|
ECOLOGY.46L Flowers Growing GR 4-6
| Through this activity students will be able to discover the 
| habitat of and identify ten Iowa wild flowers.
|
Ecology.46M3607 04-26-91 Field, Forest,& Stream Bank GR. 4-6
| Students will become aware of a habitat is and will
| examine and compare 3 habitats.
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ECOLOGY.470 3745 12-17-91 Pond Life GR. 4-7
| Through this activity students will develop an
| understanding of the many forms of pond life.
|
ECOLOGY.480 The Decomposition of Disposable Plates GR. 4-8
| Students will predict and observe the order in which
| paper plates made of different materials will decompose.
|
ECOLOGY.571 Household Substances as Cleaners GR. 5-7
| The students will investigate the potential usefulness
| of household substances as cleaners.
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ECOLOGY.474 8575 06-01-90 Habitats GR. 4-6
| Students will investigate habitats and determine the food
| chains within a habitat.
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ECOLOGY.580 3817 06-01-90 Owl Pellets GR. 5-8
| Students will construct a simple food chair from the
| contents of owl pellets
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ECOLOGY.590 2831 06-01-90 Connections GR. 5-9
| Rube Goldberg creations are used to examine the
| interaction and interdependence of living things
| and their environment.
|
ECOLOGY.591 3060 06-01-90 Prey for the Predator GR. 5-9
| Students play the parts of mice, hawks, and snakes
| using peanuts for a food source to understand the
| balance of predators and prey in a food chain.
|
ECOLOGY.592 2647 06-01-90 Air Pollution GR. 5-9
| The student will investigate types of air
| pollution by making slides and collecting air
| samples.
|
ECOLOGY.593 4443 06-01-90 Dead Guppies GR. 5-9
| Students will design experiments to find out how
| well different types of water will support fish
| life.
|
ECOLOGY.690 3801 06-01-90 Give and Take (Food Chains I) GR. 6-9
| Students will discover the food and energy
| relationships found in communities. They will
| discover that all food chains begin with green
| plants and will then connect the organisms into
| logical food chains.
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ECOLOGY.691 3269 06-01-90 Give and Take (Food Chains II) GR. 6-9
| Students will discover the food and energy
| relationships found in communities. They will
| discover that all food chains begin with green
| plants and will then connect the organisms into
| logical food chains.
|
ECOLOGY.692 5492 06-01-90 Give and Take (Food Chains III) GR. 6-9
| Students will discover the food and energy
| relationships found in communities. They will
| discover that all food chains begin with green
| plants and will then connect the organisms into
| logical food chains.
|
ECOLOGY.693 Natures Humidifiers GR. 6-9
| Students collect water vapor from leaves of green
| plants and design a method for estimating the amount
| of water lost by a plant.
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ECOLOGY.694 3590 06-01-90 Predator-Prey GR. 6-9
| Outdoor activity involving natural cover and the
| relationship of an organism to it's survival.
|
ECOLOGY.695 GUPPIES, CYCLES, AND ECOSYSTEMS GR. 6-9
| Students will set up a balanced aquatic ecosystem
| and monitor the water quality and animal/plant
| populations for a period of 20-30 days.
|
ECOLOGY.696 Cleaning-up Oil Spills GR 7-9
| The concept developed in this activity is for students to 
| determine how oil spills are cleaned up and the effect spills have 
| on the environment.
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ECOLOGY.780 2276 06-01-90 Biomes GR. 7-8
| Students will identify the listed biomes. They
| should also find the physical characteristics and
| organisms of each biome.
|
ECOLOGY.781 6033 06-01-90 Detergents and Plant GR. 7-8
| Activity examines the eutrophication process as
| related to detergents and fertilizer.
|
ECOLOGY.782 Protective Coloration GR 7-8
| Students will recognize the value of protective coloration to 
| living organisms.
| 
ECOLOGY.790 Frogs, Bugs, and People GR. 7-9
| Role playing and case studies will allow students to
| develop an understanding of the interaction of people
| with natural ecological systems.
|
ECOLOGY.791 4690 06-01-90 Jarring Ecology GR. 7-9
| The students will describe environmental
| resistance and give examples that increase and
| decrease it.
|
ECOLOGY.792 Pollution of an Aquatic Ecosystem GR. 7-9
| Students design experiments to investigate pollution of aquatic 
| ecosystems. This a supplement to Guppies, Cycles, and 
| Ecosystems (Ecology.695).
|
ECOLOGY.793 3482 06-01-90 Tompkins Marsh GR. 7-9
| The students will evaluate the effects of different
| kinds of land use on wetland habitat.
|
ECOLOGY.795 6849 06-01-90 Effects of Acid Rain GR. 7-9
| Students will design experiment to test the effects of
| acid rain ( pH) and determine the highest level of
| acidity that daphnia could tolerate in pond water
|
ECOLOGY.796 Recycling Plastics GR 7-9
| Students investigate how plastics are coated by industry and how 
| to identify and determine specific plastics for recycling.
|
ECOLOGY.890 pH and Acid Rain GR. 8-9
| To help teach the concepts of pH, its logarithmic scale and how 
| this information and its understanding can help to solve the 
| problems that are associated with acid rain.
|

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