David Alexander

Buzz Into Action (eBook, PDF)

The Insect Curriculum Guide for K-4

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Calling all aspiring entomologists, apiologists, and lepidopteristsas well as kids who just think bugs, bees, and butterflies are cool! Buzz Into Action is a lively insect-education curriculum for teaching about the world's most abundant and accessible group of animals. This cross-disciplinary guide introduces children to the joy of insects through investigations that involve scientific inquiry and knowledge building rather than memorization. You can put the 20 hands-on lessons to work individually or as a curriculum, in the field or in the classroom. Activities range from the basichow to identify an insectto the irresistiblePollinator Party Relay Race, Camouflaged Critters, and Colony Collapse Town Meeting. For ease of use, each lesson plan provides: • A quick-read overview of the activity's requirements • Detailed objectives, materials lists, and background information • Step-by-step procedures and reproducible activity sheets • Assessments and extensions • Reference materials including field guides, websites, and story books that complement lessons and help you hone in on species from your own region In fact, Buzz Into Action provides almost everything you need to get your classroom buzzing. Just add insectsand curious children.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NSTA - National Science Teaching Association
• Seitenzahl: 171
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781936959853
• Artikelnr.: 73745865

Autorenporträt

David Alexander is a talented, energetic, innovative educator and naturalist who has taught students of all ages and ability levels using nature as the classroom. David earned his graduate degree in Environmental Science, Conservation Biology at Green Mountain College in Vermont and bachelor's degree in Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. His enthusiasm and curiosity with respect to the environment is boundless.