| Resource type | Theme | Title | Teaser | Grade Level | Name | Comments | Post date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learning activities | 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. | Middle school (grades 6-8) | vitalteach | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 |
| Analysis resources | Current events, Ecosystem health, Ecosystems, Invasive species | Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in Maine, 2010 | This is a Google Earth map layer of the towns in Maine with official reports of invasive hemlock woolly adelgid. Data are from the Maine Forest Service (http://www.maine.gov/doc/mfs/HWAOverview.htm). Please note that the map markers are placed on the town name, and not on the exact location of the HWA infestations. |
Middle school (grades 6-8) High school (grades 9-12) Professional development |
vitalteach | 0 | 2010-08-11 |
| 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, 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 |
| Field work resources, Learning activities | Invasive species, Scientific inquiry | Use your Senses! | Get your students thinking with their five senses so they are raring and ready to give good field notes. | Middle school (grades 6-8) | dallen | 0 | 2009-11-05 |
