Document: Effects of a Closed Environment Lab Activity-1 Abstract: We must understand the interdependent relationships between photosynthesis and animal respiration before we can proceed in developing systems that will allow long term survival in space. Utilizing the processes of photosynthesis and respiration, students investigate living organisms in a closed environment.

Document: Agricultural Land Use GRASP Abstract: The student should be able to demonstrate that they understand and are able to describe the importance of agricultural land conservation and the need for informed decision making regarding how agricultural land is utilized and managed.   Students should also be able to describe actual and potential effects of human activities on agricultural land, including...

Document: Water Pollution GRASP Abstract:  Students will develop an understanding of how water pollution affects ecosystems. Pretend you are a member of the press and you are invited to attend a press conference conducted by the company who was responsible for the oil spill.

Document: Biogeochemical Cycles GRASP Abstract: For the student to demonstrate that they are able to interpret all of the biogeochemical cycles (water, nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon cycles) while relating the cycling of matter to the Law of Conservation of Matter.

Document: Exploring the Environment(coral reef) Abstract: Officials of the United Nations Environmental Program with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, have recently become concerned with news from scientists throughout the world that coral reefs are dying at alarming rates. The officials have called together representatives from nations around the world to examine the problem and make recommendations on what is to be...

Document: GRASP Food Web Activity Abstract: Students will investigate why the vegetable and flower gardens at the local state park and surrounding neighborhoods are being destroyed by deer and rabbits.  Students will be Jr. State Park Rangers.  They will help the state park Ranger Lily Greer discover why the surrounding neighborhood gardens, small shrubs and trees are being eaten to the...

Document: Biome Project Abstract: Students will demonstrate an understanding that the Earth is one interconnected system. 

Document: Childrens Book of Ecology Performance Document: Ecology Children’s Book Rubric Abstract: In class we will be discussing many aspects of ecology and there will be many terms that will need to be memorized.  I will help you to achieve this by asking you to produce a children’s picture book based on the knowledge that you acquire in and out of the...

Document: Symbiosis GRASPS Abstract: For the student to demonstrate that they are able to identify the common forms of symbiosis – competition, mutualism, commensalism, predation, parasitism – and accurately describe each form (the roles of each organism plays, whether the organism is harmed or not, and describe the interaction).

Document: Solar Energy Lab Abstract: Here comes the sun!  In this experiment, we’ll try to harness the sun’s energy. Try to conduct the two parts of this experiment back-to-back, so that the sunlight will be of approximately equal intensity.