Pathfinder for Environmental Unit: Nature Interpretation
At parks and nature preserves there are trails that
people can walk and learn about the local and regional communities
and ecological information. There might be a brochure and trail map
that people can walk and look at features of the ecosystems, organisms
and or ecology. Sometimes there are nature stations where the information
can be displayed about the importance of certain species of plants
to wildllife, health or their interesting biology.
In this case, students are required to plan, research
and develop their own nature interpretation station that will be viewed
and hopefully enjoyed by the public that visits Lake Region's new
recreational trail system. Your research should take you away from
the familiarity of white-tailed deer or sugar maple tree. You will
want to research something ecologically or biologically unique in
the northern temperate forest. Below are some topics to help get you
started. Or, students can come up with their own topic which must
be approved.
| symbiotic relationships |
nutrient cycling |
acid rain on the forest |
| microanimals in the science pond |
invertebrate community in leaf litter |
special topic with lichens |
| fungus in the forest |
actinomycetes int he forest |
soil nematodes |
| conifer life cycle |
habitat requirements of common bats |
resouce competition |
| protists in the science pond |
forest mouse community |
cavity-dependent wildlife |
| field mouse community |
niche of the bobcat |
niche of the red squirrel |
| brood parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds & forest fragments |
black bear haibernation sites |
pileated woodpecker as keystone species |
| niche of the hognose snake |
brain worm (?) from moose to deer |
West Nile virus & mosquitos |
| moss life cycle |
how plant roots get food by cation exchange |
slime molds |
| giardia parasite in water |
medicinal value of plants |
soil ameba |
Requirements
One landscaped page with a pgrphic with no typos, mispelled
word; page must reach mastery before grade is issued (approved by
Mr. Hennemuth and research approved
by Ms. Phillips-Hamblett). See Research
Rubric created by Joyce Valenza, Springfield Township High School..
GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY: Two Wooden stations must be located
by a student pair.
Use the Library Catalog to Search for Books
on Your Topic
The library is the icon on your desktop
that is a 5 with a rainbow around it.
Recommended Subscription Websites
Encyclopedias are a wonderful place
to begin your research. Use our subscription to Britannica.com
Use journals, reference books, and newspaper articles
that are available to you throught the library subscription services
Recommended Websites
Think about the search engine you use for this assignment.http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html
Best Sites in Science http://www.wcrl.ars.usda.gov/cec/science.htm
The websites listed here were recently published in Scinece magazine.
Missouri Botanical Garden http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/otherwww.html
National Resources Conservation Service http://www.vt.nrcs.usda.gov/
Welcome to the NRCS Vermont state website! ... The Natural Resources
Conservation Service provides leadership in a partnership effort to
help people ...
Scirus: Scientific Information Only
http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/
Most comprehensive science search engine on the Web.
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources http://www.anr.state.vt.us/
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources: includes Dept. of Environmental
Conservation, Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Dept. of Forests, Parks
and Recreation.
Yahoo Science Links http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/
Recommended Books
Mr. Hennemuth's
Environmental Unit
380.14159
Virtual Florist. Virtual Florist. Virtual Florist, [2001-].
500 LAW
Lawrence, Gale. The beginning naturalist : weekly encounters with
the natural
world. Shelburne, Vt: New England Press, [1979].
500.974 TAN
Tanner, Ogden. New England wilds. New York: Time-Life Books, [1974].
508 NAT
Curtis, Will. Will Curtis, and this is the Nature of things. Woodstock,
Vt:
Countryman Press, [1984].
508.32 LEV
Levin, Ted. Backtracking : the way of a naturalist. Chelsea, Vt: Chelsea
Green
Pub. Co, [1987].
508.74 SLA
Slack, Nancy G. Field guide to the New England alpine summits. Boston,
Mass:
Appalachian Mountain Club Books, [1995].
508.743 AMS
Amsel, Sheri. The Vermont nature guide. [Mt. Kisco, NY]: Pinto Press,
[1998].
508.743 JOH
Johnson, Charles W. The nature of Vermont : introduction and guide
to a New
England environment. New and expanded. Hanover, NH: University Press
of New
England, [1998].
508.743 ROO
Rood, Ronald. Ron Rood's Vermont : A nature guide / by Ronald Rood;
illustrations by Reed A. Prescott III, -- 1st ed. Shelburne, Vermont:
The
New England Press, [1988].
574 DUR
Durrell, Gerald Malcolm and Durrell, Lee. The amateur naturalist.
New York:
Knopf, [1983, 1982].
574 HEA
Headstrom, Richard. Nature in miniature. [1st ed.]. New York: Knopf,
[1968].
574.5 MIL
Milne, Lorus Johnson and Milne, Margery Joan Greene. The nature of
life : earth,
plants, animals, man and their effect on each other. New York: Crown
Publishers, [1970].
574.97 REA
Wernert, Susan J. Reader's Digest North American wildlife. Pleasantville,
N.Y:
Reader's Digest Association, [1982].
577.8/2
Ludwig, Kelly. Building a biome. New Lenox, Ill: Lincoln-Way High
School, [2001].
581
United States. U.S. Department of Agriculture : NRCS : Natural Resources
Conservation Service : PLANTS database. Natural Resources Conservation
Service, [2002-].
581 ELL
Elliott, John H. Botany (Teach Yourself Books) Dover, [1958].
581 KLE
Klein, Richard M and Klein, Deana T. Discovering plants : a Nature
and science
book of experiments. [1st ed.]. Garden City, N.Y: Published for the
American
Museum of Natural History [by] the Natural History Press, [1968].
581 TRE
Trelease, William. Winter botany. 3d rev. ed. New York: Dover Publications,
[1967, 1931].
581 WEN
Went, Frits Warmolt. The plants. New York: Time, inc, [1963].
581 WIL
Wilson, Carl L and Loomis, Walter E. Botany. 4th ed. New York: Holt,
Rinehart
and Winston, [1967].
581.03
MyPrimeTime. About : biology : botany. About.com, Inc, [2001-].
581.1334
Carter, J. Stein. Photosynthesis. J. Carter, [2001-].
581.5 MCM
McCormick, Jack. The living forest. Harper & Bros, [1959].
582 MIL
Milne, Lorus Johnson and Milne, Margery Joan Greene. Living plants
of the world.
New York: Random House, [1967].
582.13 DWE
Dwelley, Marilyn. Spring wildflowers of New England. Down East Enterprize,
[1973].
582.13 HYL
Hylander, Clarence J. The Macmillan wild flower book. Macmillan, [1980].
582.13 RIC
Wild flowers of America. Crown, [1953].
582.13 WHE
Wherry, Edgar T. Wildflower guide: northeastern and midland U. S.
Doubleday,
[1948].
587 FRA
Frankel, Edward and Paulton, Edgar M. Ferns, a natural history. 1st
ed.
Brattleboro, Vt: S. Greene Press, [1981].
587 PAR
Parsons, Frances Theodora. How to know the ferns : a guide to the
names, haunts,
and habits of our common ferns. 2d ed. New York: Dover Publications,
[1961].
587 SHA
Shaver, Jesse M. Ferns of the eastern central states. Dover, [1954].
587 WHE
Wherry, Edgar Theodore. The fern guide : Northeastern and Midland
United States
and adjacent Canada. [1st ed.]. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, [1961].
589 KAV
Kavaler, Lucy and Ott, Richard. The wonders of algae. New York: John
Day Co,
[1961].
589 SHU
Shuttleworth, Floyd. Non-flowering plants. Golden Press, [1967].
589 TOS
Color treasury of mushrooms and toadstools. Crown, [1972].
595.7 FRO
Frost, S. W. Insect life and insect natural history. Dover, [1959].
595.7 SNO
Snodgrass, Robert Evans. Insects: their ways and means of living.
Dover, [1967].
598.2 FAR
Farrar, Richard B., Jr. Birds of east-central Vermont. VINS, [1973].
599.4 ALL
Allen, Glover Morrill. Bats. Dover, [1967].
635.1 WIL
Wilson, Charles Morrow. Roots: miracles below. [1st ed.]. Garden City,
N.Y:
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Bailey, Jill. The Facts On File dictionary of botany. New York: Facts
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N.E. Regional Library Books
(on shelf in library)
| TITLE |
AUTHOR |
CALL # |
COPYRIGHT |
PUBLISHER |
| Moses and liverworts |
Greenaway, Theresa |
588 |
1992 |
Steck-Vaughn |
| Ferns |
Greenaway, Theresa |
587 |
1992 |
Steck-Vaughn |
| Oak Tree |
Fleisher, Paul |
583 |
1998 |
Benchmark Books |
| The Northern Forest |
Breining, Greg |
577.3 |
2000 |
Benchmark Books |
| Woods, Ponds, & Fields |
Doris, Ellen |
574.5 |
1994 |
Thames & Hudson |
| The Gift of the Tree |
Tresselt, Alvin |
574.5 |
1992 |
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books |
| The Curious Naturalist |
Mitchell, John, et. al. |
574.974 |
1980 |
Prentice Hall |
| Into the Woods |
Krupinski, Loretta |
574.909 |
1997 |
Harper Collins |
| Nature's Great Balancing Act |
Norsgaard, Jaediker |
574.5 |
1990 |
Cobblehill Books |
| In the Woods |
Hickman, Pamela |
577 |
1998 |
Formac Publishing |
| Watching Nature |
Russo, Monica |
508 |
1998 |
Sterling Publishing Co. |
