Understanding Human Impact: Second Graders Explore Watershed Dynamics

Autor/inn/en	Magruder, Robin; Rosenauer, Julia
Titel	Understanding Human Impact: Second Graders Explore Watershed Dynamics
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 53 (2016) 7, S.57-63 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	Science Education; Enrichment Activities; Grade 2; Units of Study; Ecology; Conservation (Environment); Environmental Education; Investigations; Student Projects; Water; Earth Science; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Bereicherungsprogramm; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; Lerneinheit; Ökologie; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Untersuchung; Schulprojekt; Wasser; Earth sciences; Geowissenschaften; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	This article describes a second grade science enrichment unit with a focus on human impact, both positive and negative, on the living and nonliving components of the local watershed. Investigating the local watershed gave the unit a personal and pragmatic connection to students' lives because they depend on the local watershed for what they need to live and grow. By investigating creatures living in the watershed and how they are affected by positive and negative habitat impacts, students realized that they can make a difference by making simple choices. Additionally, students realized that their decisions affect their lives because they are members of the local watershed as well. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01