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Explore your environment : K-8 activity guide.
"This guide includes 50 hands-on, multidisciplinary activities to connect children to nature and increase young people's awareness and knowledge about their environment."--Back cover.
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- ISBN: 9780997080681
- ISBN: 099708068X
- Physical Description: 432 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Publisher: [United States] : Project Learning Tree, 2021.
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| General Note: | Cover title. Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary Project Learning Tree is an initiative of the Sustainable Forest Initiative. Includes indexes. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Kansas City Public Library | 508.071 EXPLORE 2021 (Text) | 0001002382370 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Table of Contents
Explore Your Environment K-8 Activity Guide
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Acknowledgments | p. 2 | |
| Introduction | ||
| About Project Learning Tree | p. 3 | |
| Defining Environmental Education | p. 3 | |
| The PLT Approach | p. 4 | |
| High-Quality Curriculum | p. 5 | |
| Using This Guide | p. 6 | |
| Activity Components | p. 8 | |
| Activities | ||
| Grades K-2 | ||
| A Tree's Life | p. 14 | |
| Adopt a Tree | p. 21 | |
| Backyard Safari | p. 29 | |
| Birds and Bugs | p. 35 | |
| Bursting Buds | p. 40 | |
| Did You Notice? | p. 44 | |
| Have Seeds, Will Travel | p. 50 | |
| Here We Grow Again | p. 57 | |
| Make Your Own Paper | p. 63 | |
| Peppermint Beetle | p. 68 | |
| The Closer You Look | p. 72 | |
| Trees as Habitats | p. 76 | |
| We All Need Trees | p. 82 | |
| Grades 3-5 | ||
| Charting Biodiversity | p. 90 | |
| Discover Diversity | p. 97 | |
| Every Drop Counts | p. 104 | |
| Every Tree for Itself | p. 110 | |
| Fallen Log | p. 116 | |
| Get Outside! | p. 121 | |
| My Green Future | p. 132 | |
| Peek at Packaging | p. 136 | |
| Poet-Tree | p. 143 | |
| Signs of Fall | p. 155 | |
| Soil Builders | p. 161 | |
| Tree Cookies | p. 171 | |
| Tree Factory | p. 180 | |
| Tree ID | p. 186 | |
| Trees for Many Reasons | p. 193 | |
| Trees in Trouble | p. 197 | |
| Water Wonders | p. 206 | |
| Web of Life | p. 216 | |
| Grades 6-8 | ||
| Decisions, Decisions | p. 224 | |
| Environmental Justice for All | p. 233 | |
| Exploration Energy! | p. 247 | |
| Field, Forest, and Stream | p. 257 | |
| Forest in the City | p. 265 | |
| Global Goods | p. 272 | |
| If You Were the Boss | p. 280 | |
| Improve Your Place | p. 293 | |
| Invasive Species | p. 299 | |
| Life on the Edge | p. 308 | |
| Living with Fire | p. 315 | |
| Nature's Skyscrapers | p. 325 | |
| Nothing Succeeds Like Succession | p. 334 | |
| Our Federal Forests | p. 342 | |
| Plant a Tree | p. 350 | |
| Reduce, Reuse, Recycle | p. 356 | |
| Renewable or Not? | p. 364 | |
| The Global Climate | p. 375 | |
| What's in a Label? | p. 382 | |
| Appendices | ||
| A | Teaching to Standards | p. 394 |
| B | Tips for Teaching Outdoors | p. 395 |
| C | Urban Outlook | p. 397 |
| D | Nonformal Is Essential | p. 399 |
| E | STEM Skills | p. 400 |
| F | Differentiated Instruction | p. 402 |
| G | Conceptual Framework | p. 403 |
| H | Units of Instruction | p. 406 |
| I | Using the Glossary | p. 411 |
| J | Exploring Forest Careers | p. 412 |
| K | Making a Scientific Argument | p. 413 |
| L | Planning an Investigation | p. 414 |
| M | Assessment Rubric | p. 417 |
| Indices | ||
| Alphabetical | p. 419 | |
| At-a-Glance | p. 420 | |
| Topic | p. 422 |
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