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Climate Trackers: Superpowered by Ecometeorology | Meet the Lab

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Climate Trackers: Superpowered by Ecometeorology | Meet the Lab

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Meet the Climate Trackers—a group of scientists who are using measurements to tell the story of climate change and inform the decisions that will shape our future. In the resources below, you’ll learn about these scientists and their lab, and discover why their research matters in real life. Grab your notebook to take notes as you explore!

Resources available for learning about this lab include:
• Interactive cards designed to introduce students to scientists in a more personal way
• A video with a personal story that explains why the lab's research matters in real life
• Questions to consider that will spark connection, reflection, and conversation
• An interactive video experience where you can ask questions of scientists in the lab and learn about their research
• An educator guide with information about standards alignment, curriculum connections, and tips for using the media resources

These resources are part of Meet the Lab, a collection of educational resources for middle school classrooms.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Atmospheric Science; Career and Technical Education; Earth and Space Science; Life Science
Material Type:: Other
Provider:: PBS Wisconsin Education
Author:: Leigh Kohlmann; PBS Wisconsin Education
Date Added:: 10/09/2023

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Cloning

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This lesson uses the University of Utah's Learn.Genetics Website to introduce students to Cloning.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Material Type:: Lesson Plan
Author:: Jamie Morris
Date Added:: 06/21/2018

Colorful Critters

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Colorful Critters

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The goal of this lesson is to introduce students to the advantages behind the colors and patterns displayed on Wisconsin critters using a collection of photos from Snapshot Wisconsin, a citizen science project utilizing a statewide network of trail cameras. This lesson plan includes an optional outdoor activity.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Career and Technical Education; Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Life Science; Zoology
Material Type:: Lesson; Lesson Plan
Date Added:: 05/08/2019

Consortium of Midwest Herbaria - Specimen Search - University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin State Herbarium

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Consortium of Midwest Herbaria - Specimen Search - University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin State Herbarium

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The Wisconsin State Herbarium (WIS), formerly known as the University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, was founded in 1849, and is a scientific collection of pressed, dried, labeled, and classified plants and fungi. It also preserves notes, illustrations, and other material about plants, and it maintains its own valuable Herbarium Library. The collection of more than 1.2 million specimens is of regional, national, and international importance. Approximately one-fourth of its vascular plant specimens are from Wisconsin, all of which have been databased and are searchable online. In addition, most of the world's floras are well represented, and the holdings from certain areas such as the Upper Midwest, eastern North America, western Mexico, and the Arctic (primarily lichens) are widely recognized as resources of global significance. The herbarium occupies two floors of the east wing of historic Birge Hall at the top of Bascom Hill on the UW-Madison campus. In addition to its specimen holdings, visitors to WIS have access to high-quality microscopes, an extensive library of books, reprints and maps, computer workstations, and internet connections for personal computers. WIS serves as the state of Wisconsin's official repository of plant specimen vouchers, and is actively engaged in educating students and sharing our passion for plants with the public. The faculty, staff, and students associated with the herbarium are engaged in a variety of local, regional, national, and international efforts to document, showcase, and protect plant diversity.

Search database by Specimen Search, Map Search, or Exsiccati Search.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Biology; Botany; Career and Technical Education; Ecology; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Life Science
Material Type:: Data Set; Diagram/Illustration; Other; Reference Material
Author:: Wisconsin State Herbarium (WIS); University of Wisconsin-Madison
Date Added:: 03/25/2024

Controversy over Wild Cats

Controversy over Wild Cats

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Students take part in a role-playing game about the Florida panther to help them understand the complexity of the issues surrounding species, habitat conservation and human interests.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Career and Technical Education
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Alternate Assessment
Author:: National Wildlife Federation; From Endangered Species NatureScope Kit
Date Added:: 03/22/2024

County Ag Educator

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County Ag Educator

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Featuring career information from Kimberly Schmidt, County Ag Educator with Shawano County.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Career and Technical Education
Material Type:: Other
Author:: NWTC; CESA 8
Date Added:: 01/02/2023

Cranberry STEAM Learning Project

Cranberry STEAM Learning Project

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Lessons have been developed to engage students in Science, Technology,
Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM). In addition to original lessons, our
Cranberry STEAM lesson plans have been derived from existing plans that
have been altered and enhanced to include Ag-literacy components. With
these resources volunteers, teachers, and other agricultural advocates will
help our youth better connect where food comes from, teach them about
healthy eating and provide fun educational experiences.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Career and Technical Education; Social Studies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Learning Task
Author:: Co-Chairs Heidi Slinkman (Gaynor Cranberry Co.) & Pamela Verhulst; Cranberry STEAM Education Steering Committee
Date Added:: 07/12/2023

Create A City: An Urban Planning Exercise

Create A City: An Urban Planning Exercise

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In this lesson, students will work in cooperative groups to design an ideal city–one which is convenient for humans, preserves the environment, and maintains a quality of life for both animals and humans. Students will not only design a city, but they will write an explanation of how geography was used to improve the quality of life in the planning of an environment. This lesson contains adaptations for diverse learners (ELLs).

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Career and Technical Education
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment
Author:: Gale Ekiss
Date Added:: 03/29/2024

Creating Chains and Webs to Model Ecological Relationships

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Creating Chains and Webs to Model Ecological Relationships

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In this hands-on activity, students will identify producers and consumers their own state of Wisconsin. Using a set of “Snapshot cards,” they will then create a food chain to show the flow of energy in that system, introduce an ecological force or disturbance (e.g., flooding), and predict how that force would impact energy flow. Lastly, students will construct a more complex model of the flow of energy by depicting multiple relationships in a food web and again make a prediction about the impact of introducing an ecological force.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Career and Technical Education; Ecology; Environmental Science; Life Science; Zoology
Material Type:: Lesson; Lesson Plan
Date Added:: 05/08/2019

Creating Dog Treats

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Creating Dog Treats

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This resouce is a step by step guide to making homemade Dog Treats

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Material Type:: Lesson Plan
Author:: Roger King
Date Added:: 09/03/2018

Creating a 3-D Plant

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Creating a 3-D Plant

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Students create a 3 -D plant system demonstrating plant phisiology knowledge.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Material Type:: Lesson Plan
Author:: Jackie Johnson
Date Added:: 10/10/2018

Crop (Vegetable) Farming

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Crop (Vegetable) Farming

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Featuring career information from Dave Wilfert from Wilfert Family Farms

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Career and Technical Education
Material Type:: Other
Author:: NWTC; CESA 8
Date Added:: 01/02/2023

Crown Jewels DNA Fingerprinting Activities

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Crown Jewels DNA Fingerprinting Activities

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The Case of the Crown Jewels has two parts:A classroom activity that allows students to explore how the unique sequence of bases in DNA can be used to identify individuals.A laboratory activity that allows students to use DNA restriction analysis to determine if one of the two suspects were at a fictitious crime scene.If you do not have electrophoresis lab equipment, you can just do the paper activity in Part 1 and still teach students about the different concepts related to DNA Fingerprinting.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Material Type:: Lesson Plan
Author:: Amanda Levzow Seichter
Date Added:: 06/28/2018

Cruising a Forest

Cruising a Forest

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Cruising a Forest – Measuring Tree Volumes

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Career and Technical Education; Environmental Science; Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Jeff Hicken
Author:: Unknown
Date Added:: 03/28/2018

Curriculum Resources

Curriculum Resources

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National Energy Education Development Project resources.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Career and Technical Education
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Date Added:: 03/31/2024

Cutting Through Soil

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Cutting Through Soil

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Students pretend they are agricultural engineers during the colonial period and design a miniature plow that cuts through a "field" of soil. They are introduced to the engineering design process and learn of several famous historical figures who contributed to plow design.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Career and Technical Education; Technology and Engineering
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Jacob Crosby; Janet Yowell; Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Date Added:: 10/14/2015

DATA CRUNCH: Household Income and Food Security

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DATA CRUNCH: Household Income and Food Security

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The COVID-19 pandemic shaped 2020 into a year characterized by public health and economic crises in the United States, destabilizing millions of families. One of the most striking and consistent indicators of ongoing hardship is an elevated level of food insecurity in American households. Food insecurity sits at the intersection of the economy and health; it is measure that a household lacks sufficient resources to provide adequate nutrition to its members.

In this brief activity, which could also be used as an assessment, students will analyze an infographic on the distribution of household income loss and very low food security among children by 2019 income levels.

To extend learning, the activity is linked to a blog post "Hungry at Thanksgiving: A Fall 2020 update on food insecurity in the U.S" by Lauren Bauer, Associate Director of The Hamilton Project.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Business and Information Technology; Career and Technical Education; Economics; Family and Consumer Sciences; Health Science; Life Science; Nutrition Education; Social Studies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment Item; Diagram/Illustration
Author:: Next Gen Personal Finance
Date Added:: 06/27/2022

Dane County Water Quality - Land and Water Resources Viewer - Surface Water

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Dane County Water Quality - Land and Water Resources Viewer - Surface Water

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Dane County's abundant surface water resources are monitored and assessed primarily by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR). Major streams and lakes are classified into categories based on the aquatic organisms present. These classifications provide an indication of water quality and fishery conditions.

Agricultural and urban land uses contribute to nutrient rich runoff reaching surface waters. Impervious surfaces and removal of wetlands also increases the flow of stormwater to local waterways. Explore issues facing our surface water and see maps of degraded water resources.

Effective water quality planning depends on long-term assessment and monitoring. The Capital Area Regional Planning Commission uses long-term datasets to evaluate regional trends.

Learn about practices meant to protect the region's streams, shorelands, and lakes.

Dane County
Land and Water Resources Viewer: An interactive county map showing watershed boundaries, thermally sensitive areas, cold water communities and more.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Biology; Botany; Career and Technical Education; Civics and Government; Earth and Space Science; Ecology; Education; Elementary Education; Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; Environmental Science; Family and Consumer Sciences; Forestry and Agriculture; Geology; Health Education; Health Science; Higher Education; Hydrology; Life Science; Social Studies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Homework/Assignment; Learning Task
Author:: The Capital Regional Planning Commission
Date Added:: 03/12/2024

Debate the Rainforest! Deforestation Lesson Plan

Debate the Rainforest! Deforestation Lesson Plan

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This resource is a lesson plan where students will role play and debate using a guided 5 sections script where students will explain their own opinion about deforestation and how the rainforests should be managed.

Deer Statistics in Wisconsin - Total Deer Harvest - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

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Deer Statistics in Wisconsin - Total Deer Harvest - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

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This Data set and graphs show the Deer harvest each year (1960-present) in Wisconsin for both the state and for each county.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Biology; Career and Technical Education; Ecology; Economics; Education; Elementary Education; Environmental Science; Family and Consumer Sciences; Forestry and Agriculture; Higher Education; Life Science; Marketing, Management and Entrepreneurship; Social Studies; Zoology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration; Interactive; Lesson
Author:: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Date Added:: 03/12/2024