Comparing and contrasting

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CORE SKILLS - Comparing and Contrasting

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What is a Weed Lesson Plan. In this lesson students will participate in discussions, brainstorming, skits and a learning game to discover the world of weeds, how noxious weeds out-compete native plants and why noxious weeds affect our everyday outdoor activities.
Weeds and the Outdoor World Brainstorm (60 minutes).
Native Plant Species Game (20 minutes).
Grades 4-8. Subjects: Science, Mathematics.
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Changing Landscapes Journey back to the time of Lewis and Clark and investigate how landscapes can change over time. In this lesson, students will use naturalist skills of drawing and mapping to explore landscapes from the past to the future. Grades 4-8. Other subjects: Science, Art, Language Arts.
Landscape of Lewis and Clark Discussion and Drawing (40 minutes)
Present and Future Landscapes Map (40 minutes)
Lewis and Clark Journal Excerpts: Landscape Map Lesson Details
Grades 4-8. Subjects: History, Science, Art, Language Arts.
Explore Your World With Lewis and Clark
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Leafy Spurge Activities. Snap-Crackle-Pop. Seeds in Air, on Water, on your Clothes. This lesson plan engages students in seed collection, examination, comparing, and describing seed characteristics to discuss which methods, of pathways, each seed might travel. Radio plays to enhance learning are available at Interesting Facts.
Seeds in the Air, on the Water, on your Clothes (20 minuates)
Grades K-3. Subjects: Science, Language Arts.
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Leafy Spurge Activities. Science Project. Cork-like and Wax-like Plant Defenses. The lesson plan engages students in a classroom lab experiment to learn mechanisms that plants use to protect their physiology. Radio plays to enhance learning are available at Interesting Facts.
Grades 4-8. Subjects: Science.
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Spotted Knapweed Activities. Pirates and the Backcountry. The lesson plan engage students in a classroom mapping exercise to travel along a route and track horse dropping to compare how recreation along trails is relevant to weed-free policies for backcountry travel. Students will learn how seeds are spread in hay and bedding used for feed and recreation. Radio plays to enhance learning are available at Interesting Facts.
Pirates of the Backcountry (15 minutes)
Grades 3-6. Subjects: Geography, Science, Language Arts.
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Spotted Knapweed Activities. Weed Spread in Time. The lesson plan engages students in an activity to connect time to the consideration of management strategies in specific locations. Students will learn plant characteristics and explore points of view about weed impacts in the community. Radio plays to enhance learning are available at Interesting Facts.
Weed Spread in Time (15 minutes)
Grades 4-8. Subjects: Science, Mathematics.
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Aquatic Invasive Species

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Habitat Hunters. Students will engage in a series of guided inquiry lessons to investigate relationships between organisms and the environment. Through data collection, analysis, interpretation and conflict resolution regarding local natural resource issues, students will experience the complex interactive influences of human and wildlife needs on the environment and themselves.
Carrying Capacity (50 minutes)
Habitat Assessment (45 minutes)
Pause for Poetry (30 minutes)
Grades: 4 and up. Subjects: Language Arts, Science, Mathematics, Social Studies.
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