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In this activity, students will be able to identify the behaviors of insects in their natural habitat by having the students explore the world around ...
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Students, in this activity, create a list of living and nonliving things found within a field habitat and discuss their relationships, through the cre...
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Students, in this activity, learn the life cycle of an insect from egg to adult through discussion and acting out their growth stages....
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By comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences between insects using T-Charts and Venn diagrams, students will be able to identify the ...
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In this activity, students describe and demonstrate the basic act of pollination and the characteristic movements of honeybees and other insects throu...
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By having students discuss the ingredients that make up a healthy insect habitat and create a seed ball for habitat enhancement, students will be able...
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In this activity, students will color and hide insects to learn about camouflage and use their sense of sight to search them out. By doing this, stude...
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By having students will move through an outside area or school hallway to discover butterfly picture cards with messages that describe their migration...
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In this activity, students will be able to describe the mouth parts of insects and determine which is most effective for specific food types. ...
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Evolution:Nature’s Driving Force for Change
To be ecologically literate, students need to understand the process of natural selection. It is essential to an understanding of evolution. Groundwor...
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Early Memories and the Nature Connection
In this chapter the author reveals his early memories of nature. These events taught the author that connecting with nature entails not only admiratio...
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In the final chapter, the author concludes that now, more than ever before, we need a deepening concern for the well-being of others, not only those w...
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Goals of an Ecological Approach
Living systems are complex, thus tampering with them calls for great care. The “first, do no harm” principle should be paramount. Through chain ...
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Developing Awareness and Exciting Interest
This chapter offers many examples of effective programs and approaches that can help restore and expand ecological connections—among them gardens pl...
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The High Cost of Ecological Illiteracy
In this chapter, the author considers three major educational impediments that must be remedied to get us to a harmonious relationship with nature. Th...