Creator: The Nature Conservancy | visit site
Grade Range: 2 - 8
Explore and understand nature through the use of these great videos, interactives, and lessons. Learn the science behind nature and why it is very important for every living thing on this planet. Find overarching topics such as Water, Stuff (how nature creates the stuff that we use), and more! View field trips and featured videos with lesson plans on the homepage. Take a video tour of the site, find lesson plans, and read about scientists involved in the project through the tabs along the top.
In the Classroom
Be sure to save (bookmark) this page on your blog, wiki, or class website for easy access. Provide a link on a classroom computer for ease of access during an ecology unit. Allow opportunity for students to look at the information on the site to find a topic of interest to them for further research. Or choose a project to do together as a class or school in connection with Earth Day. Create an awareness campaign for students to educate others in the community about the science behind nature, why it is important to conserve, and simple actions that everyone can do. Have students create online posters on paper or do it together as a class. For the novice technology user try these two tools to enhance technology use in your classroom: PicLits, <a href="/single.cfm?id=9822">reviewed here</a>, or Web Poster Wizard, <a href="/single.cfm?id=7332">reviewed here</a>. For the more experienced transform the use of technology in your class with Sway, <a href="/single.cfm?id=16373">reviewed here</a>, or give students a choice of projects to complete with Genial.ly, <a href="/single.cfm?id=17621">reviewed here</a>. Both Sway and Genial.ly will allow your students to create multimedia projects.
At Home
Find great ways to connect science to what your budding naturalist sees around him/her! Point out some simple actions your son or daughter can do to conserve and preserve nature.
Tags
water, scientists, natural resources, conservation,
Subjects
Astronomy & Space, Biology/Life Science, Chemistry, Science,