About Us
Our Team
Our Impact
FAQs
News
Contact Us
Corporate Programs

Local Field Guides


Page Views: 271
Email This Lesson Plan to Me
Email Address:
Subscribe to Newsletter?
Log in to rate this plan!
Keywords: Ecology, taxonomy, wildlife, field guide, flora, fauna, plants, animals, outdoors
Subject(s): Art, Geography, Life Science, Special Needs, Writing, Reading, Earth Science, Biology, Spelling, Service Learning, Science
Grades 6 through 8
School: Webb Middle School, Garland, TX
Planned By: Chris Long
Original Author: Chris Long, Garland
Materials: Digital cameras, printers, field guides

Time: Two – Five classroom sessions.

Procedures:
1) Students will venture into a local wildlife preservation area and photograph as many different species as possible.
2) Students will use field guides, online resources and textbooks to identify each of the species “discovered”.
3) Students can use PC software to design and print a comprehensive field guide of the preserve.
4) Field guides can be organized taxonomically or other logical arrangement as designed by the students
5) Field guides can be as complex or simple as appropriate for the grade level.
6) Completed field guides could be posted online for use by the school district and/or local community.
Materials: Wildlife, Point and Shoot, Digital SLR, Art Tools, Camera Bags, Flash/USB Drives, Batteries, Memory Cards, Mice, Middle, Podcasting, Authoring and Publishing, Integrating Technology