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This semester-long project on conducting an environmental audit of a college campus can be done by an individual or by groups of students working in teams. Each group will research a different aspect of campus operations; they will collect data, analyze their findings, and make recommendations for improvements. This SERC Starting Point site includes learning goals, context for use, teaching tips and materials, assessment, and references.

Subject:: Biology; Chemistry; Ecology; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Full Course; Reading; Syllabus
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Starting Point (SERC)
Author:: Cathy Manduca; Suzanne Savanick; Suzanne Savanick, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College. Based on a Greening the Campus environmental studies colloquium course taught at Carleton College in 1991.
Date Added:: 11/09/2017

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Investigative Case - Protistan Tales of Atlantic White Cedar Swamps

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The Protistan Tales of Atlantic White Cedar Swamps WebQuest features a guided exploration of microbial diversity. It introduces students to the extreme habitat of the Atlantic White Cedar Swamp and encourages them to explore characteristics of the microorganisms that live there. The WebQuest applies the personification theme of Aesop's Fables as a means to acquaint students with protists. It challenges them to search for microbial "personality traits" and to implement these traits into a creative storyline. Through the use of on-line images, descriptions, videos, and reference sites, students will carefully research specific protists while independently developing observational skills essential to microbiology. Upon completion of this WebQuest, students should be able to differentiate protists based on physical characteristics and specialized forms of locomotion, describe the microbial diversity of Atlantic White Cedar Swamps, and apply learned observational skills to hands-on laboratory activities.

Subject:: Ecology; Environmental Science; Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Alternate Assessment
Author:: Carleton College. Based on a Greening the Campus environmental studies colloquium course taught at Carleton College in 1991.; Monica Bruckner; Sarah Bordenstein; Science Education Resource Center; Suzanne Savanick
Date Added:: 02/13/2019

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