On File "TM" is our award-winning collection of visual reference materials. Each On File "TM" depicts complex subjects in a way that both engages and informs students and researchers. These flexible resources fit into every curriculum.
-- Instructors can use the pages for handouts, overheads, posters, and testing.
-- Students can use them as quick sources of information, to reference curriculum topics, or to supplement their essays and reports.
-- On Files "TM" are available in either binder or electronic format.
-- All of the maps, charts, diagrams, and illustrations are designed in clean black-and-white graphics and are printed on sturdy pages.
-- Pages are housed in durable three-ring binders.
-- Replacement pages are available if they are lost or stolen.Nature Brought to Life, One Step at a Time
Junior Environmental Activities On File "TM" gives librarians, educators, and students a reference book of activities that illustrates and illuminates ecological knowledge and environmental studies. It offers step-by-step instructions to more than ninety engaging exercises ranging from hands-on projects, worksheets, and paper-and-pencil work to outdoor activities and games.
A Variety of Formats & Topics
Each activity allows students to interact with the natural world and encourages scientific reasoning by asking students to:
-- Observe and Measure
-- Compare and Classify
-- Sample and Survey -- specially designed activities called Small-Area-Science make the big job of collecting data on the environment manageable by showing students how to sample small parts of a larger area
-- Model and Experiment -- for example, rates of decomposition are determinedby having students create compost
-- Communicate -- through student-created charts, diagrams, art, written work, and reports.
In addition, the activities come with both safety and environmental precautions in order to ensure a safe, productive learning experience.
Partial Table of Contents:
Getting Ready for Environment Activities
Making an Earth Journal & Field Log
Portable Plant Press
Plant & Animal Populations
How Many Live Here?
Ant Talk: Watching Ants as They Communicate
Plant & Animal Communities
What Lives Here?
Read My Beak!: Watching & Listening to Bird Communications
Habitats
Critter Homes: Creating an Indoor Habitat for a Small Animal
Habitat Map: Mapping Where Your Needs Are Met
Ecosystems & Energy
Sun Blockers: Experimenting with Photosynthesis
My Food Chain
Recycling Within Ecosystems
The Dirt on Soil
Trash for Lunch?: Investigating How Much of Your Lunch is Solid Waste
Change in Ecosystems
Seasonal Changes
Tale-Telling Trees
Butterfly Homes
Adaptation
On the Level: Examining the Concept of Niche
Which Niche?: Investigating Ways That Two Species May Use the Same Area
Tough Growing
Earth Biomes & Ocean Ecosystems
Resources from the Deep
The Oily Bird
Biodiversity
Tropical Treats: A Tropical Products Scavenger Hunt
Community Players: Investigating Ecosystem Relationships
The Biosphere
Disaster Strikes!
It's in the Air: Air Pollution -- Particulates
Water Watchers.
