EDUCATION: THE CARBON QUESTION

Topic 1: Ecosystem

The activities for this module are listed below under "Topic 1 Activities". In the next two columns are PDF documents; the first, labeled "Teacher Notes", provides background and instructional guidelines, and the second includes class hand-outs for the "Student Guide". Resources found in "Data and Tools" are used by students to conduct the analysis called for in the module investigations.

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Topic 1 Activities	Teacher Notes	Student Guide	Data and Tools
Real World Problem (PDF 186 kB)
A: Searching for Clues in Pictures	PDF (187 kB)	PDF (281 kB)	1. Central Park Map (PDF 108 kB) 2. Central Park Site Pictures: (PDFs) Beach (1.07 MB), Harlem Meer (1.03 MB), Harlem Meer Upland (1.18 MB), Lawn (875 kB), Rock Area (1.07 MB), Water Fall (830 kB).
B: A Field Study Around Your School	PDF (211 kB)	PDF (216 kB)
C: A Field Study in a Local Park	PDF (211 kB)	PDF (328 kB)
D: Speaking a Common Language.	PDF (200 kB)	PDF (344 kB)
E: A Walk Through the Forest	PDF (184 kB)	PDF (304 kB)	1. Virtual Hike in New York's Black Rock Forest 2. Hike Information Packets
F: The World's Biomes	PDF	PDF
G: Biome Web Quest		PDF

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