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Anung Masinaaigan (star map), Giizis (moons), and Phenology
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As a high school science educator at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe school,  indigenous culture and teachings are incorporated into my instruction as much as possible. This text set was incorporated in my Astronomy class tying in Ojibwe Moons and seasonal constellations with northern Wisconsin phenology. A discussion of text set implementation is also included in this OER.Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School is a Bureau of Indian Education/Tribally controlled school catering to students who are themselves tribally enrolled or descendants of a tribal member.

Subject:
Earth and Space Science
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
World Cultures
World Languages
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Unit of Study
Author:
Sandy Benton
Wendy Fuller
Rick Erickson
Date Added:
05/30/2023
Classroom Phenology: Using the Environment as a Source of Data and Observations
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This activity is a classroom and schoolyard investigation where students collect daily temperature and precipitation readings, weather observations, and weekly phenology reports in a phenology binder and in nature journals. Students then analyze this data and compare to recorded values in the Weatherguide calendar.

Subject:
Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Carrie Otis
Date Added:
02/06/2023
Connect, Explore, Engage through Phenology
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Phenology is the study of seasonal and cyclical changes in nature. In this Unit, students will follow in the footsteps of Aldo Leopold and his children by closely observing the natural world around them, connecting those observations to the seasonal changes in their landscape, and developing an appreciation for the dedication of scientists like Leopold. They will Connect, Explore, and Engage with nature through poetry writing, technology-assisted exploration, and phenological observations.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Date Added:
03/22/2019
Exploring Phenology—The Return of Spring
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The unit is a very basic introduction to phenology geared for the littlest of learners, preschool children ages 3-5. Over the course of five weeks we embrace winter fatigue and set our sights on Spring hoping to spy our very first signs of the season—we spend time looking for the first green shoots, explore the forest floor (moss, lichen and fungi), welcome back the robins, celebrate the spring beauties, embark on a frog hunt and observe the dancing dragonflies!Week One—On the hunt for greenWeek Two—Beneath our feet…Week Three—Birds!Week Four—Spring ephemerals and awakening bugsWeek Five—Pond StudyPrior to introducing phenology to my students and implementing this unit, we had been using simple journal prompts at the end of each week as an assessment tool. My students are primarily in the pre-writing stages—the bulk of our entries are fantastic imaginative crayon sketches that we have each student describe for us. I am incredibly fortunate to teach in a garden-based program where we are outside for the majority of our learning time together and teachable moments abound. For this unit, I really wanted our Sprouts to take a closer look at the things we see every day.

Subject:
Early Learning
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Life Science
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Unit of Study
Author:
Sandy Benton
Krysta Post
Date Added:
06/26/2023
A Grab Bag of Nature Journaling at High Marq
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This unit includes five nature journaling experiences implemented at High Marq Environmental Charter School during the 2021-22 school year. They are a bit of a grab bag in terms of subject and skills focus, but all included practices from How to Teach Nature Journaling by Emilie Lygren and John Muir Laws. Please Remix this template for your purposes.

Subject:
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Mathematics
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Activity/Lab
Learning Task
Author:
Skylar Primm
Date Added:
05/18/2022
THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PHENOLOGY OF INDIGENOUS NATURAL RESOURCES
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The Bayfield High School Ojibwe Language Course focuses on teaching traditional Ojibwe lifeways while using the Ancestral language. Students will learn how the Ojibwe people historically depended on natural resources for their survival. One activity that occurs in the spring is the investigation of Plant Phenology. The students will further their investigation by looking into reasons why the Phenology of certain plants vary. The students will focus on the impact of climate change and how it poses many risks to phenological events in the plants used by the Great lakes Ojibwe. Students will list various plants, research, and record the phenological events of the plants. Students will compare their observations with the previous year to determine if the plants are impacted by Climate change.  Local tribal elders and harvesters provide traditional stories and observations to gain a historical information on plant phenology. Through this activity, Bayfield students learn about how climate change can alter the phenology of some plant species and might impact traditional harvesting.

Subject:
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
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Unit of Study
Author:
Rick Erickson
rebecca boyd
Date Added:
06/04/2022
Madison Lake Ice Data
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Observational data set since 1855 from both Madison area lakes Mendota and Monona from the Wisconsin State Climatology Office and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Subject:
Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
Environmental Science
Life Science
Material Type:
Data Set
Diagram/Illustration
Author:
Wisconsin State Climatology Office and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Date Added:
01/22/2024
The Microenvironment Project: Featuring Phenology
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A year long field study of a deciduous tree and its interdependence through phenology.

Subject:
Ecology
Life Science
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Activity/Lab
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Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Sandy Bussian
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Nature Journaling Indoors and Outdoors for the Primary Grades
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Author: Ned Dorff, Teacher, Aldo Leopold Community School, Green Bay Area Public SchoolsUnit Title: Nature Journaling Indoors and Outdoors for the Primary GradesGrade Level: 1st and 2nd gradeContent Area(s): Writing, ScienceStudents learned how to nature journal in the classroom during the late winter and then used our skills to head out into our neighborhood for outdoor journaling experiences. With the aid of an eagle cam, we were able to explore science concepts of life cycles over the period of several months. Our practice indoors also allowed us to transfer knowledge to what we were seeing outside.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Life Science
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Author:
Sandy Benton
Ned Dorff
Date Added:
06/26/2023
Nature Journaling in Grades K-2
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Content Area(s):Environmental LiteracyWisconsin Standards for Environmental Literacy and Sustainability Addressed: ELS.C1: Students develop and connect with their sense of place and well-being through observation, exploration, and questioning.Context: Individual children participated in observing nature outside the public library (or online or natural exhibits inside the library). Observation Experiences:1) Daffodils2) Painted Lady Caterpillars and Butterflies3) Tree frogs4) Mosquitoes5) One Square Foot Observations

Subject:
Early Learning
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Library and Information Science
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Author:
Sandy Benton
Jeanette Rydberg
Date Added:
06/26/2023
Near Nature Exploration
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Unit Title: Near Nature Exploration Developed by Tiffany Lodholz, High Marq Environmental Charter School Grade Level:6-12 Content Area(s): Environmental Science, Science, ELAOver the course of a semester students in grades 6-12 engaged in various nature journaling activities that allowed them to connect, explore, and engage with the environment around them. Students participated in monthly phenological observations, discovered ways to use nature journaling for scientific study, and developed new techniques for looking closer and making deeper, more meaningful observations.A series of five outdoor nature journaling lessons are described:Qualitative PhenologyNature JournalingSAUNTERBug RadnessFrog Fest!

Subject:
English Language Arts
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Life Science
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Author:
Sandy Benton
Tiffany Lodholz
Lisa Biber
Date Added:
06/26/2023
Phenology | Climate Wisconsin
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How can the recording of events each season and each year in nature make us “see” the earth and climate change?
We write things down to remember and share them with others. Having learned from her father, Nina Leopold Bradley reflects on the importance of writing down and keeping records of the observations of sights and sounds that come with arrivals and changes each season. Learn how participating in phenology can change the way you see the world around you and reveal the effects of a changing climate.

This story is part of Climate Wisconsin, a collection of educational media resources for middle and high school classrooms from PBS Wisconsin Education.

Subject:
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Material Type:
Other
Provider:
PBS Wisconsin Education
Author:
PBS Wisconsin Education
Date Added:
07/27/2023
Phenology and the Weatherguide Calendar--An Introduction
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This classroom activity introduces the yearlong topic of phenology and how to use the Weatherguide calendar.

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Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
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Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Annette Walen Hokanson
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Quarter 2 Outdoor School-wide (K-5) Inquiry Mini-Unit
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The following six OERS for grades K-5 are designed for teachers to use the outdoor spaces around their schools for learning with the goals of connecting students with their sense of place and well-being. Together, the six experiences comprise a school-wide mini-unit in which each grade level explore an Investigative Question.  Collectively, each Investigative Question leads the entire student body in considering the Essential Question of the mini-unit.  A school leadership team identified the Wisconsin Standards for Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (ELS) to be addressed at every grade level and developed an Essential Question to be explored.Wisconsin Green Schools Network FIELD coaches provided teachers with an introduction to outdoor, place-based inquiry learning, unpacked ELS, and met with grade level teams to co-create inquiry questions (called Investigative Questions in the lessons that follow) for their students to investigate outside each quarter. These OERs were co-taught with teachers and FIELD coaches and were refined during co-reflection.

Subject:
Earth and Space Science
English Language Arts
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Life Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
Sandy Benton
Date Added:
06/29/2020
Quarter 4 Outdoor School-wide (K-5) Inquiry Mini-Unit
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The following six OERS for grades K-5 are designed for teachers to use the outdoor spaces around their schools for learning with the goals of connecting students with their sense of place and well-being. Together, the six experiences comprise a school-wide mini-unit in which each grade level explore an Investigative Question.  Collectively, each Investigative Question leads the entire student body in considering the Essential Question of the mini-unit.  A school leadership team identified the Wisconsin Standards for Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (ELS) to be addressed at every grade level and developed an Essential Question to be explored.Wisconsin Green Schools Network FIELD coaches provided teachers with an introduction to outdoor, place-based inquiry learning, unpacked ELS, and met with grade level teams to co-create inquiry questions (called Investigative Questions in the lessons that follow) for their students to investigate outside each quarter. These OERs were co-taught with teachers and FIELD coaches and were refined during co-reflection.

Subject:
Earth and Space Science
English Language Arts
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
Sandy Benton
Date Added:
06/29/2020
Recording February 16, 2022 BEETLES and Nature Journaling for Science Instruction WISELearn Group.mp4
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This recording from February 16, 2022 will enable viewers to learn alongside Skylar Primm, advisor and co-lead teacher of High Marq Environmental Charter School, Montello, WI as we explore ways to incorporate phenology studies along with nature journaling for science instruction.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
Sandy Benton
Tiffany Lodholz
skylar primm
Date Added:
03/04/2022
Traditional Maple Stories-2024
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Author: Lucille Burr GrignonCurrently teaching from my Indigenous Homestead/Gardens. Ancient Roots Homestead in Bowler, WisconsinAncient Roots Homestead collaborates with students, elders, community members in the surrounding Tribal Nations– both Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee and beyond. We recognize all students learn in different ways. Some students join us in person, while others join us virtually. People of all ages are invited to tell stories, garden, connect and reconnect, preserve food, make music, create art, and learn different Indigenous life skills, and more.Maple Sugar season is a beautiful time for learning. So much is happening in the world around us, all we have to do to learn is observe. The seasons change, the trees grow and develop. From the tapping of the trees, boiling down, canning, educating, and processing. It is very beautiful from beginning to end. The lessons learned while working with maple trees can be directly applied and used in our own lives.The culturally-relevant text sets offer different perspectives for students to see as well as wonderful conversation starters. Students learn of different careers within the Indigenous World. Some of those careers being: Traditional Seed Keepers, Gardeners, Knowledge Keepers, Storytellers, and More!

Subject:
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Social Studies
World Cultures
World Languages
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Author:
Sandy Benton
Lucille Burr Grignon
Rick Erickson
Date Added:
06/06/2024
Why Are There Seasons?  A Study of Phenology
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This activity is a field investigation where students gather data to understand phenological changes.

Subject:
Atmospheric Science
Earth and Space Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Kay Dicke
Date Added:
02/10/2023