Teaching Resources
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> Pennsylvania Project Learning Tree Curriculum Guide
The Project Learning Tree Curriculum Guide is a collection of 96 hands-on interdisciplinary activities that bring the environment into your classroom. The guide is designed so you can use a single activity or many over the course of a quarter or school year. Each activity includes an overview, background content and a teachers' step-by-step guide. The guide's five main themes are diversity, interrelationships, systems, structure and scale, and patterns of change.
Subject(s):
Art, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology
Type(s):
Curriculum Guide
Level(s):
Early Learning, Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Maryland,
Virginia,
New York,
West Virginia,
District of Columbia,
Delaware,
National Science Education,
Pennsylvania
Keywords:
pollution, land use, watershed, air pollution and fossil fuels, biodiversity, forest
Ecological Pyramids Lesson
Students examine the resources needed to support life at each level of the food chain. Students will learn how much land area is need to support life at each level of the food chain.
Subject(s):
Mathematics, Science
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
High School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Pennsylvania
Keywords:
food web, forest, habitat and niche
Organisms and Their Environment Lesson
Students will learn to identify the biotic and abiotic factors in the biosphere and describe the characteristics of populations. Then they will compare a species' habitat and its niche within a community.
Subject(s):
Mathematics, Science
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
Elementary School, Middle School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Pennsylvania
Keywords:
ecosystem and biomes, habitat and niche, wildlife
Forest Measurements Lesson
Students learn several techniques for measuring timber and logs.
Subject(s):
Mathematics, Science
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
High School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Pennsylvania
Keywords:
forest, renewable resource
What's a Tree Worth Lesson
Students examine the worth of a tree through the eyes of a lumber jack.
Subject(s):
Mathematics, Science, Social Studies
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
High School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Pennsylvania
Keywords:
forest, renewable resource, economics
Wood, I'd like to get to know you lesson
Students will explore the anatomy of a tree trunk through art.
Subject(s):
Art, Mathematics, Science
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
Elementary School, Middle School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Pennsylvania
Keywords:
forest, identification, renewable resource
Our Keystone FFA Spring Lesson
Students will explore the journey of water as it travels though the watershed at Dauphin County Technical School. Students will map the area drained by a stream and follow its course as it drains toward the Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay.
Subject(s):
Mathematics, Science, Social Studies
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
High School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Pennsylvania
Keywords:
water cycle and movement, watershed
Graphing Aquatic Insects Lesson
Students will identify and name different aquatic insects, then create a graphic representation of the number of different species of insects found. Using this information they will determine the quality of the water in which the insects were found.
Subject(s):
Mathematics, Science
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
Elementary School, Middle School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Pennsylvania
Keywords:
identification, stream study, water quality
Your Own Freshwater Aquarium in the Classroom
Learn how to study aquatic ecosystems in your classroom by maintaining an in-classroom freshwater aquarium.
Subject(s):
Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Technology
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Pennsylvania
Keywords:
experiments and investigations, habitat and niche, identification, stream study, water quality, fish, student action
Something's Fishy Lesson
The student will identify parts of a fish and learn the fuction of each part.
Subject(s):
Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
Elementary School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Pennsylvania
Keywords:
identification, fish
Speed of a Forest Stream Lesson
Students examine the effect the force of water speed can have on the shape of landscapes.
Subject(s):
Mathematics, Science, Social Studies
Type(s):
Lessons and Activities
Level(s):
Middle School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Pennsylvania
Keywords:
erosion, forest, sediment, soil and rocks
Project WILD Curriculum Guide
The Project WILD Curriculum Guide emphasizes aquatic wildlife and aquatic ecosystems. Each Project WILD Aquatic activity contains all the information needed to conduct that activity including objectives, method, background information, a list of materials needed, procedures, evaluation suggestions, recommended grade levels, subject areas, duration, group size, setting, and key terms.
Subject(s):
Art, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology
Type(s):
Curriculum Guide
Level(s):
Early Learning, Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Maryland,
Virginia,
New York,
West Virginia,
District of Columbia,
Delaware,
National Science Education,
Pennsylvania
Keywords:
adaptation, biodiversity, water and energy conservation, habitat and niche, predator prey relationships, schoolyard habitat, wildlife
Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide
The Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide is a collection of over 90 science-based, interdisciplinary activities and lesson plans that emphasizes the importance of our water resources. These activities and lessons are teacher-tested and classroom ready for K-12 students.
Subject(s):
Art, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology
Type(s):
Curriculum Guide
Level(s):
Early Learning, Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Aligned with the following standard(s):
Maryland,
Virginia,
New York,
West Virginia,
District of Columbia,
Delaware,
National Science Education,
Pennsylvania
Keywords:
pollution, watershed, biodiversity, ecosystem and biomes, habitat and niche, water quality, wildlife
