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| #1 Fossils 3.6, 5.6, 5.9, 5.10, 8.4, 8.5, G.6 |
1. Fossils True or False (K-12 ) 2. Geologic Time Scale (8-12) 3. Dating Fossils (6-12) 4. Fossil Lineages (8-12) |
Fossils Part I Fossils Part II |
| #2 Of Skulls and Teeth 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5, 4.6, 5.2, 5.5, 7.2, 7.3, 8.3, G.5 |
1. Tooth Types and Diet (K-12) 2. Dental Formulas (6-12) 3. Shape has Meaning (9-12) |
Of Skulls and Teeth |
| #3 Fur, Feathers, Scales and Insulation 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 5.4, 5.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.3, G.5, G.6 |
1. Animal Covering Match (K-5) 2. Insulation Power Thickness and density (3-12) Feel test (K-12) Melt test (3-12) Insulating mechanisms (6-12) |
Fur, Feathers, Scales and Insulation |
| #4 Simple Measures 4.12, 4.13, 5.13 |
1. What is mass? (K-5) 2. Mass vs size, shape, and material (K-5) 3. How is volume related to shape? (K-5) |
Simple Measures |
| #5 It's in Your Genes 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, 7.3, 8.2, G.4 |
1. Genes are segments of a DNA molecule 2. Patterns of Trait Inheritance: Mendel's Laws Law of Independent Segregation Law of Independent Assortment |
It's In Your Genes |
| #6 Animal Kingdom 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6, 5.4, 5.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 8.1 |
1. Graph That Diversity (3-8) 2. Find that Animal (K-12) 3. Relatives of Relatives (6-12) 4. The Mysterious Beast |
Animal Kingdom |
| #7 Backyard Naturalist 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 5.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.3, G.2, G.5 |
1. Who Walked Here Matching Tracks (K-2) Key That Animal (3-8) Getting to Know the Animals Game (6-8) 2. The Scoop on Poop Matching the Poop with the Pooper (K-2) Using a Key to Identify Animal Scat (3-8) Grouping Scats by Animal Diet (3-8) 3. Bird Songs and Things that go Bump in the Night How many different birds do you hear? (K-5) Identifying Individual Birds (6-12) Identifying Birds in Groups (6-12) Sounds of the Night (K-5) Nocturnal Naturalist (6-12) |
Backyard Naturalist |
| #8 Everything Varies 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, 5.10, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.3, G.2, G.5, G.6 |
1. Recognizing Individuals as Unique (K-12) 2. Matching Leaves (K-5) 3. Using Math to Make Decisions about Leaf Variation What is the expected value for a trait? (6-12) Comparing the sizes of leaves from two samples (8-12) 4. Shell Match (K-2) 5. Making Sense of Variation: The Matching Game (3-12) 6. Finding Species (6-12) 7. Mechanisms (3-12) 8: Mystery Shell |
Everything Varies |
| #9 Forestry 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.2, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.8, 5.10, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.3, G.2 |
1. Dendrology (K-12), a) Trunk Parts; Tree Rings and Tree Cookies; Leaves & Seeds (K-5) b) Leaf Keys (6-12) 2. Wood Types a) Pick the Products; Matching Wood Chips (K-12) b) Density and Porosity (6-12) 3. Wood Products? (K-5) 4. Who Lives Here (6-12) 5. Game Board (9-12) |
Forestry |
| #10 Behavior *New Unit: State Blueprint Correlations not yet available |
Part I. The Senses 1. The Sense of Touch 1.1-1.2 The Tactile Box (K-1) 1.3 The Black Box Experiment Introduction to Scientific Method (3-12) 2. The Chemical Senses: Smell/Olfaction 2.1 How Good is Your Nose? (K-12) 2.2 Find That Flower I (3-12) 3. Vision is a Vibrational Sense 3.1 Find That Flower II (3-12) 3.2 a) Slap Snack Alarm (K-12); b) Slap Snack Mimic (3-12) 3.3 Jumping Spider Dances: a) Learn a Dance (K-2), Develop an Ethogram (3-12); b) Comparing Ethograms (8-12) 4. Hearing is a Vibrational Sense 4.1 Bat Echolocation (K-12) 4.2 The Vibrational Sense of Spiders Part II. Environment and Learning 5. Temperature Effects on Call Rates (3-12) 5.1 Frogs 5.2 Crickets 6. T-maze Experiments for Preference & Learning (3-12) 7. Caching Acorns: A Memory Game (3-12) |
Behavior |
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