Why might less ice on the lakes, for less time, be a …
Why might less ice on the lakes, for less time, be a problem? Wisconsin winters are often thought of as long and cold, but for those who love ice fishing, those cold temperatures mean they’ll have the ice cover needed to fish on the lakes. As conditions change, ice cover and the ice fishing season are changing too, and people are noticing. Hear from two ice fishing enthusiasts about their experiences heading out on the lakes to fish.
This resource is part of Climate Wisconsin, a collection of educational media resources for middle and high school classrooms from PBS Wisconsin Education.
FREE to access discussion forums, events, professional development, and more digital content. …
FREE to access discussion forums, events, professional development, and more digital content. Learn to create your own digital learning experiences using NASA visualizations and connect with educators.
In this lesson, students will become entomologists by using the great outdoors …
In this lesson, students will become entomologists by using the great outdoors to go on a bug hunt. Throughout the lesson, students will investigate the physical features of bugs. By comparing bugs and humans, students will create a model of a solution to a human problem by mimicking the anatomy of bugs.
This resource is an online interactive simulation of the Pacific Ocean off …
This resource is an online interactive simulation of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Washington in the United States of America. This simulation has 3 key features which are research areas, instruments with their current readings, and infrastructures near and in the Pacific Ocean. The user can select a feature that they want to learn more about by selecting that feature and then the user can learn about various oceanic equipment used in that area as well as if the equipment is currently operational.
This resource consists of 6 lessons for grades 4-6 to teach the …
This resource consists of 6 lessons for grades 4-6 to teach the introduction to students about ecosystem services. These 6 lessons consist of webquests, assessments, readings, and Bingo! These lessons are for inside and outside of the classroom.
This resource shows how a teacher educator can unpack a general overview of …
This resource shows how a teacher educator can unpack a general overview of the connect, explore and engage strands of Wisconsin's Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (WELS) Standards. While pre-service teachers will undoubtedly become immersed in WELS standards during their science and science methods courses, the integration of WELS standards from the very beginning of their teacher certification program is a proactive approach to learning. The placement of WELS standards into the beginning of their program will hopefully increase the likelihood these future educators will value this integration as a natural part of their teaching requirements rather than as an additional concept to squeeze in.
This unit will use a variety of resources to give students a …
This unit will use a variety of resources to give students a guide to understanding Treaty Rights and the importance of Treaty Rights to Indigenous peoples. It is important for all people, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, to understand Treaty Rights, how they were established, and how they apply today.
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School has an annual sugarbush within a few …
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School has an annual sugarbush within a few miles of the school. During the Spring sugarbush season, students are bussed to the site, by class, to do the variety of daily tasks required to successfully produce maple syrup. The LCO middle school students follow the Ojibwe traditions. They hear the traditional stories, learn words and phrases in the Ojibwemowin language, tap trees, collect and boil sap, chop wood and build fires. The students learn about tree identification, photosynthesis, and aging trees using cross sections. They also learn about the importance and uses of Maple trees. The students learn that the environmental conditions needed to make maple syrup are only found in a very small part of the world that includes Wisconsin. The combination of hands-on exploration and culturally - relevant texts personalize the learning experience for this region.
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School has an annual sugarbush within a few …
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School has an annual sugarbush within a few miles of the school. During the Spring sugarbush season, students are bussed to the site, by class, to do the variety of daily tasks required to successfully produce maple syrup. The LCO middle school students follow the Ojibwe traditions. They hear the traditional stories, learn words and phrases in the Ojibwemowin language, tap trees, collect and boil sap, chop wood and build fires. The students learn about tree identification, photosynthesis, and aging trees using cross sections. They also learn about the importance and uses of Maple trees. The students learn that the environmental conditions needed to make maple syrup are only found in a very small part of the world that includes Wisconsin. The combination of hands-on exploration and culturally - relevant texts personalize the learning experience for this region. This remix adds content related to the sugarbush operated by the Bayfield High School Alternative Education program.
This 10-lesson sequence designed for a sixth grade science course explores the …
This 10-lesson sequence designed for a sixth grade science course explores the following questions: How can humans lessen the harsh effects of extreme heat?How does surface cover affect surface temperature? / Why do different materials experience differences in surface temperature?How might human activities impact the temperatures in the different communities?How can humans mitigate the effects of heat islands?Using the framework from Dr. Gholdy Muhammad outlined in her book Cultivating Genius, each lesson pays special attention to looking at pursuits in identity, skills, intellect, criticality, and joy to support equity in the classroom. Please Remix this template for your purposes.
Through this interactive, hands-on lesson, students will read and gain an understanding …
Through this interactive, hands-on lesson, students will read and gain an understanding of Aldo Leopold’s essay, “January Thaw”. This lesson is best taught in January and/or when animal tracks are present outside.
he LEAF Wisconsin K-12 Forestry Lesson Guide includes complete interdisciplinary units for …
he LEAF Wisconsin K-12 Forestry Lesson Guide includes complete interdisciplinary units for teaching students about forests and forestry in Wisconsin. Subject areas addressed in the lessons include Arts, English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. The Wisconsin Model Academic Standards and H. Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory were referenced during the development of the guide. The LEAF Lesson Guide is based on principles outlined in the LEAF Conceptual Guide To K-12 Forestry Education in Wisconsin.
Unit-Based Lessons The unit-based lessons are divided by grade levels: K-1, 2-3, 4, 5-6, 7-8, and 9-12. Lessons build upon one another to provide connectivity in the students' educational experience. When taught as a unit, these lessons provide students a well-rounded understanding of forestry in Wisconsin. You may find that they are also effective when taught individually and integrated with other classroom material. Each lesson includes an introduction, step-by-step procedure for activities, and a conclusion. Formative assessment is woven throughout each lesson. Questions with answers are provided to help teachers follow the level of understanding of students. Summative assessment ideas are listed at the end of each lesson. Suggested activities have students apply what they have learned in a new way.
In this series of activities, students build their background knowledge about bats …
In this series of activities, students build their background knowledge about bats through a variety of media and texts (Activity 1), play games to learn more about how bats interact with their prey and how they use their bodies, and choose an action(s) to help make the world a better place for bats, and therefore, humans (Activity 2). My students decided to create educational posters convincing people to help bats, plant a bat garden, build a bat house, and adopt-a-bat. They also wrote persuasive letters to hang the bat house on our school, which they presented to the administration (and the project was approved - in addition to which the principal asked us to create additional educational materials to teach the school community - teachers, students, other staff - and families about the benefits of bats).
This series of 5 high-quality, standards-aligned, inquiry-based activities and two environmental STEM challenge …
This series of 5 high-quality, standards-aligned, inquiry-based activities and two environmental STEM challenge activities have been field-tested by kindergarten students and families of Wequiock Children's Center for Environmental Science during Safer At Home orders. These activities encourage students to use natural areas around their homes and in their neigbhorhoods as they improve their science observation and reasoning skils as they explore the science of pushes and pulls in nature. The materials used are ones generally available at home and the activites require little preparation on the part of caregivers. Created as a part of a WISELearn OER Innovation project, Connect, Explore, and Engage: Using the Environment as the Context for Science Learning was a collaboration of the Wequiock Children's Center for Environmental Science and the Wisconsin Green Schools Network. One of the goals of the project was to create standards-aligned lessons that utilize the outdoor spaces of the school (as well as those of the students' homes). Each section of this resource is an individual activity. While each activity builds on the previous ones, it is possible to use them individually.The title image was used with permission and is courtesy of Joe Riederer.
In the strategic building game Lakeland, you’ve decided to build a new …
In the strategic building game Lakeland, you’ve decided to build a new town called Lakeland. In order to grow your town and keep your people alive, you need food and resources.
Luckily, you’ve got some friendly advisors to help you get started. Your Farm Advisor shows you how to grow corn. Now your people have food! Then you start a dairy farm. People love dairy. Milk, cheese, ice cream… what could go wrong?
As it turns out, a lot. Cows don’t just produce milk. They also produce lots and lots of poop, which means the lakes your people love are about to turn into a toxic cesspool of blue-green algae. Your mission: grow your town without destroying their lakes.
This game puts kids in charge of building their own town. Players add houses and farms, export produce, and manage resources like food, money, and manure. Students will get an introduction to the complex relationship between farming, soil nutrition, and lake pollution.
Students will use hands-on models, maps, and the natural landscape to describe …
Students will use hands-on models, maps, and the natural landscape to describe landforms in our area and and develop and understanding of the effects of water and wind on these landforms. Prior to these lessons, students will have had experiences with the use of "I Notice, I Wonder, It Reminds Me Of" protocols as well as field journaling. This is a unit for second grade landforms that culminates in a visit to Roche-A-Cri State Park.
This resource focuses on acid rain, the effects of acid rain on …
This resource focuses on acid rain, the effects of acid rain on the ecosystems, humans, and materials as well as what people can do to help. This resource has a history timeline of the Acid Rain Program, 9 experiments, various activities, and games/puzzles with answer keys to all materials as well.
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