Lesson 1: The Forest
1. What makes a healthy environment?
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This lesson is comprised of three individual activities that are geared to further your understanding of a healthy ecosystem, how it works, and what it is made of. So lets get started!
Chapter 1
Who and What Lives Here? Field Work - Students
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*Take your time. Investigate and explore every aspect of your natural space, and see if you can begin to find connections between the landscape and its inhabitants. Use all of your resources to investigate. Close your eyes and listen to the sounds, smell the scent of the air, feel the textures of the earth and bark on the trees. Try to connect with this area and truly become a part of it... just don't put the nature in your mouth! Chapter 2 How Do You See a World You Can't See? Activity - Students
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*Once completed proceed to the "Online" portion of Lesson 1. Chapter 3 The Story Begins Online - Students
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*Blog posts are due the day after completion of the Field Work assignment. Posts are to be a minimum of 500 words. Students will then read and reply to two different classmates posts and focus on these elements:
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Objectives & Goals
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Lesson 1: Learning Goal
Gain building block knowledge about forest ecology and habitat components Lesson 1: Objectives
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