| Resource type | Theme | Title | Teaser | Grade Level | Name | Comments | Post date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learning activities | Ecosystems, Scientific inquiry | Oh Deer: Invasive species style | In this active and competitive game, students experience how a community of native animals and plants changes over time in response to resource availability in their habitat. Students collect data during the game and then graph and analyze how predators, limited resources, habitat health, and INVASIVE SPECIES can disrupt the natural ebbs and flows of native communities. Students visualize and analyze their results using graphs and story telling. |
Middle school (grades 6-8) High school (grades 9-12) Professional development |
vitalteach | 0 | 2010-07-27 |
| Learning activities | Scientific inquiry | Species in focus: A photo critique activity | Through a thoughtful critique of this collection of good and bad species photos, learn what it takes to take great species photographs. Create your own list of "what makes a great species photo," and then practice taking and critiquing your own. |
Middle school (grades 6-8) High school (grades 9-12) Professional development |
vitalteach | 0 | 2010-07-27 |
| Analysis resources, Field work resources, Habitat monitoring resources | Biodiversity, Current events, Ecosystem health, Ecosystems, Invasive species, Scientific inquiry | Putting Photos on Google Earth | Here is a site to help put your photos onto Google Earth. | Middle school (grades 6-8) | Jamien Jacobs | 0 | 2010-06-25 |
| Analysis resources, Tutorials | Constancy & change | How to create a Google Earth map layer of your own data set | Follow these 12 easy steps to create a .kml map layer of your own Vital Signs data. Suitable for all age groups. |
Middle school (grades 6-8) High school (grades 9-12) Professional development |
iSpyaSign | 0 | 2010-04-23 |
| Watershed experiences | Ecosystem health, Ecosystems | Ecosystem Health: Checking the vital signs of a Maine watershed | Is my local ecosystem healthy? Students investigate how ecosystems function and the quality of resources and services they provide. Ecosystem Health: Checking the vital signs of a Maine watershed (http://vitalventure.gmri.org/watershed-experiences/ecosystem-health/) NOTE: Watershed Experience overview and 10 individual activity overviews are available. | Middle school (grades 6-8) | vitalteach | 0 | 2010-04-16 |
| Watershed experiences | Ecosystems | All My Watershed Neighbors | What species live in my neighborhood? Students investigate the species that live within their local watershed habitats and the resources those species (and they!) need. 13 activities! All My Watershed Neighbors (http://vitalventure.gmri.org/watershed-experiences/neighbors/) GMRI's Watershed Experiences get students outside to observe, ask questions, investigate, take action, and deepen their scientific understanding and connection to their local watersheds. | Middle school (grades 6-8) | vitalteach | 0 | 2010-04-16 |
| Learning activities | Scientific inquiry | Online Comments & Community Review | The Vital Signs website encourages all registered participants to contribute to a Community Review effort of all species & habitat observations, projects, and curriculum resources. Community involvement in the review process lets us applaud great work, and share our own expertise in ways that help others learn and improve. This activity offers a structure for deciding what type of feedback you (and your group) would like to leave, and creating your own set of norms to guide you as you leave comments for other participants. |
Middle school (grades 6-8) High school (grades 9-12) Professional development |
vitalteach | 0 | 2010-03-23 |
| Analysis resources, Watershed experiences | Ecosystems, Invasive species, Scientific inquiry | Maine Watersheds Map Layer | This map contains boundary files for 17 Maine watersheds. |
Middle school (grades 6-8) High school (grades 9-12) Professional development |
iSpyaSign | 0 | 2010-03-15 |
| Analysis resources | Invasive species | Maine Invasive Aquatic Plants - known infestations March 2010 | This Google Earth layer was created to pin point the water bodies in Maine with known infestations of an aquatic invasive plant species. The exact location of the plants within a given waterbody is not identified in this layer. This layer can be used for analysis of vectors, and offers a March 2010 snapshot for time series analysis of the spread of aquatic invasive species going forward. This layer is based on source data publicly provided by the Maine DEP Bureau of Land and Water Quality, originally provided in pdf format on the DEPs website. |
Middle school (grades 6-8) High school (grades 9-12) Professional development |
iSpyaSign | 0 | 2010-03-15 |
| Learning activities, Watershed experiences | Biodiversity, Invasive species, Scientific inquiry | Invasive Species Impacts on Biodiversity in a Maine Watershed | How diverse is my local ecosystem? Students compare local biodiversity counts to those in other areas of their watershed. Watershed Experiences get students outside to observe, ask questions, investigate, take action, and deepen their scientific understanding and connection to their local watersheds. They begin with a current environmental issue and research question of direct meaning and importance to students and local communities. | Middle school (grades 6-8) | vitalteach | 0 | 2010-02-11 |
