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Constancy & change
| Resource type | Theme | Title | Teaser | Grade Level | Name | Comments | Post date |
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| Learning activities, Analysis resources | Constancy & change, Invasive species | Mystery Graph and Oh Deer followup | This is the ppt presentation I used to outline my ideas after I played Oh Deer (we called it Oh Bluebird!) with my students. We started class with video highlights from the game we had played last class. Then we discussed the contents of the slideshow slowly - taking breaks on data slides for students to graph the information on mini whiteboards. I walked around directing struggling students how graph it. We ended with discussion on invasive species and the time lapse video of knotweed growth. | Middle school (grades 6-8) | brownz.ppsd | 1 | 2010-12-04 |
| Learning activities | Constancy & change | ELA version of Mystery Graph (Wooly Adelgid) | I adapted the wooly adelgid mystery graph to fit my needs in the language arts class. | Middle school (grades 6-8) | TheresaCyr | 0 | 2010-11-22 |
| Analysis resources, Tutorials | Constancy & change | Analysis workshop & exercises for teachers | This pdf version of the Noteshare notebook contains a series of professional development activities for teachers and other educators. These step-by-step exercises are annotated with screen shots and are designed to help teachers become familiar with Vital Signs data, and other analysis tools such as Numbers, Excel and GoogleEarth. You can also access a recorded MLTI webinar where Alexa uses the tools described in the Noteshare in the MLTI archive. | Professional development | iSpyaSign | 0 | 2010-10-06 |
| Tutorials | Constancy & change | How to create a graph with Vital Signs data | A screen-by-screen annotated tutorial designed to guide teachers and students through the process of exporting Vital Signs data and creating a simple bar graph to analyze your results, using Microsoft Excel, Numbers or NeoOffice. |
Middle school (grades 6-8) High school (grades 9-12) Professional development |
iSpyaSign | 1 | 2010-10-06 |
| Units of study | Constancy & change, Ecosystems, Invasive species | 10-Day Curriculum: Population change over time | This 10-day Vital Signs curriculum focuses on how species and populations change over time in response to invasive species introductions. Students use simple graphs to visualize, interpret, make predictions, and tell stories about data based on evidence. By interacting with graphs that depict change over time in three different ways, students gain comfort and mastery of this skill and learning result. This unit was last updated on 12/16/10 to include a slick student hand-out and fancy examples for Day 9 predictions and graphing! | Middle school (grades 6-8) | vitalteach | 26 | 2010-09-06 |
| Learning activities | Constancy & change, Ecosystems, Invasive species, Scientific inquiry | Mystery Graph: Hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) | Use this activity to kick off a Vital Signs investigation focused on hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae). Use your graphing skills to figure out and explain the introduction and spread of hemlock woolly adelgid in Maine from 1999 to 2010. |
Middle school (grades 6-8) High school (grades 9-12) |
vitalteach | 0 | 2010-08-16 |
| Learning activities | Constancy & change, Ecosystems, Invasive species, Scientific inquiry | Mystery Graph: Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) & the Galerucella beetle | Use this activity to kick off a Vital Signs investigation focused on purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria). Use your graphing skills to figure out and explain what happened during a 12-year scientific study in New Jersey to control the spread of invasive purple loosestrife. Learn about a similar study happening at the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in Wells, Maine. |
Middle school (grades 6-8) High school (grades 9-12) |
vitalteach | 2 | 2010-08-16 |
| Learning activities | Constancy & change, Invasive species, Scientific inquiry | Mystery Graph: Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) | Use this activity to kick off a Vital Signs investigation focused on invasive Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica). Use your graphing skills to figure out and explain what happened during a 3-week study of Japanese knotweed growth. Japanese knotweed’s early, aggressive spring growth helps it out-compete native species for sunlight, space, and nutrients. |
Middle school (grades 6-8) High school (grades 9-12) |
vitalteach | 0 | 2010-08-16 |
| Learning activities | Constancy & change, Scientific inquiry | How many are there? Practice counting & estimating coverage | Before you do your fieldwork, use this skill building activity to practice counting stems and estimating percent cover of plants and sessile animals. Counts and coverage can change quickly from one growing season to the next – especially when invasive species are involved – so it is important to master this skill and monitor the change in coverage frequently. |
Middle school (grades 6-8) High school (grades 9-12) Professional development |
vitalteach | 0 | 2010-08-12 |
| Analysis resources, Tutorials | Constancy & change | How to create a Google Earth map layer of your own data set | The Vital Signs map is great for looking at and comparing observations, but Google Earth is a much more powerful tool you can use to see Vital Signs data with other layers of information. Follow these 12 easy steps to create a .kml map layer of your own Vital Signs data. Then layer and learn! |
Middle school (grades 6-8) High school (grades 9-12) Professional development |
iSpyaSign | 1 | 2010-04-23 |
