Junior Environmental Activities on File

On File "TM" is our award-winning collection of visual reference materials. Each On File "TM" depicts complex subjects in a way that both engages and informs students and researchers. These flexible resources fit into every curriculum.
-- Instructors can use the pages for handouts, overheads, posters, and testing.
-- Students can use them as quick sources of information, to reference curriculum topics, or to supplement their essays and reports.
-- On Files "TM" are available in either binder or electronic format.
-- All of the maps, charts, diagrams, and illustrations are designed in clean black-and-white graphics and are printed on sturdy pages.
-- Pages are housed in durable three-ring binders.
-- Replacement pages are available if they are lost or stolen. Nature Brought to Life, One Step at a Time Junior Environmental Activities On File "TM" gives librarians, educators, and students a reference book of activities that illustrates and illuminates ecological knowledge and environmental studies. It offers step-by-step instructions to more than ninety engaging exercises ranging from hands-on projects, worksheets, and paper-and-pencil work to outdoor activities and games. A Variety of Formats & Topics Each activity allows students to interact with the natural world and encourages scientific reasoning by asking students to:
-- Observe and Measure
-- Compare and Classify
-- Sample and Survey -- specially designed activities called Small-Area-Science make the big job of collecting data on the environment manageable by showing students how to sample small parts of a larger area
-- Model and Experiment -- for example, rates of decomposition are determinedby having students create compost
-- Communicate -- through student-created charts, diagrams, art, written work, and reports. In addition, the activities come with both safety and environmental precautions in order to ensure a safe, productive learning experience. Partial Table of Contents: Getting Ready for Environment Activities Making an Earth Journal & Field Log Portable Plant Press Plant & Animal Populations How Many Live Here? Ant Talk: Watching Ants as They Communicate Plant & Animal Communities What Lives Here? Read My Beak!: Watching & Listening to Bird Communications Habitats Critter Homes: Creating an Indoor Habitat for a Small Animal Habitat Map: Mapping Where Your Needs Are Met Ecosystems & Energy Sun Blockers: Experimenting with Photosynthesis My Food Chain Recycling Within Ecosystems The Dirt on Soil Trash for Lunch?: Investigating How Much of Your Lunch is Solid Waste Change in Ecosystems Seasonal Changes Tale-Telling Trees Butterfly Homes Adaptation On the Level: Examining the Concept of Niche Which Niche?: Investigating Ways That Two Species May Use the Same Area Tough Growing Earth Biomes & Ocean Ecosystems Resources from the Deep The Oily Bird Biodiversity Tropical Treats: A Tropical Products Scavenger Hunt Community Players: Investigating Ecosystem Relationships The Biosphere Disaster Strikes! It's in the Air: Air Pollution -- Particulates Water Watchers.