Natural History and Ecology
of Homo Sapiens
What We Did and Why We Did It
Quotes and Participants
- A Study of Your Domestic Water Supply
- Students will follow a raindrop from its source into the water supply for their houses and then back to the environment. The students will draw and/or understand a diagram of a water treatment plant and a sewage treatment plant.
- An Enzyme - Substrate Model
- Examining reaction rates of an enzyme-mediated reaction, the effects of environmental variables on enzyme function and analysis of data relating to the reaction.
- Anatomy and Physiology "Quickies"
- Demonstrations to illustrate comprehension of body organ structure
- Are You Being Poisoned by Your Dishes?
- Discover if any of your ceramic ware is leaching lead which might cause lead poisoning
- Biome Exchange - Send the "Stuff" Not The Kids
- Students from different geographic biomes exchange ecological information
- Biomes in a Box
- Students construct a model of a biome which will illustrate the various biotic and abiotic factors unique to that biome
- Black Death- A Biological Perspective
- Activity to describe the symptoms, treatments, and control measures of Black Death
- Building an Ecologically Balanced Living Space
- Students design and build an ecologically balanced living space based on the principles of an old-growth forest
- Careers in Science
- Student research to learn the trends in the current job market for scientists
- Celebrating Earth Day With Students
- Student activities for Earth Day
- Charles Darwin's Hardware Shop
- A simple model of Darwinian evolution: create an evolutionary tree
- City Animals
- Identification of the most important native and introduced species of animals in the United Statesand describe how animal populations of cities have changed over time
- Cooperative Learning - Role Playing Activity
- The Compounds of Life: A Biological Farce in Four Acts!
- Creature of the Week
- Survey of wildlife in one's habitat and understanding man's impact on the environment
- Cricket Dissection
- ..and a simple system to test the effects of various chemicals on breathing and heartbeat rate!
- DNA Extraction
- Procedure to isolate DNA from E. coli
- Demonstration of Cheese-Making Enzyme Magic
- A "magic show" with rennet
- Down, Dung and Dirty
- Dung cultures can serve as models for the observation of succession stages. In a short time students can observe the changes seen in succession and the biodiversity of a community through its species richness and evenness.
- Down the Drain
- Decomposition studies based on measuring rates of oxidation
- Dusty Air
- Examining particulates in the air
- E. coli and Their Human Environment
- Using F-tests to study the effect of antibiotics on bacteria
- Earth: The Apple of our Eye
- "Dissecting" an apple to emphasize the scarcity of land resources
- Ecology of the Dump
- Three activities concerning solid waste management
- Enzyme Grabbers
- Apple Juice from Apple Sauce....The Papaya Puzzle!
- Enzyme Labs Using Jello
- Testing the presence and specificity of enzymes in fruit and demonstrations of the susceptibility of enzymes to certain environmental factors
- Establishing a Baseline Ecology of a Creek Ecosystem
- Students will investigate the physical, chemical and biological parameters necessary to establish an ecological baseline
- "FOOD TYPE = ? CALORIES / SQUARE METER"
- Why is eating plant products is more efficient than eating animal
products?
- Gaia: The Wisdom of the Earth
- Introduction to a controversial new theory that offers an explanation for the organization and function of the Earth
- "Getting to Know All About You"
- Students to learn each other's name and at the same time get them familiar with some common endangered species
- Green Space in the City
- Understanding the impact of society on an urban green space
- How Much Land Does It Take To Produce Your Food?
- Calculating the amount of land required to produce the food eaten by an individual for one year and comparing it to the amount of land required to produce animal versus plant products
- Human Populations Studies
- "The Ghost of Populations Past".....
- Introduction to Measurement
- About the history and procedure of measurement: English and metric
- Investigating the Biosphere with Planetary Models
- Using computers to model living systems
- Just Say No To Risky AIDS Behaviors
- A card game to study the spread of AIDS
- Lotic Environment Lesson Plans
- Test and experiment with a natural environment inside the classroom
- Making The Geologic Time Scale Real
- Translating geologic time periods into physical measurements
- Population Dynamics of Growth of Drosophila
- Flies...flies.....everywhere!
- Rainforests of Madagascar: Role Playing and Decision Making
- Solve global environmental problems by modeling roles of individuals involved in the exploitation, destruction and protection of the threatened rainforests of the island of Madagascar
- Raising an Animal
- Observe reproduction and behavior in several types of animals
- Signal Transmission in the Nervous System
- Students determine the speed of nervous transmission in an integrated nervous system and learn the differences between signal transmission in a single neuron and in a nervous system
- Subsurface Contamination of Groudwater
- Students determine how difficult it is to study subsurface contaminants contained in underground storage tanks
- Surface Tension Grabbers
- A few quick activities that allow students to comprehend what surface tension is
- Teaching Controversial Science Issues Through Law Related Education
- Understanding evolution and creation science theories using law related education as a vehicle
- Teaching about the Rainforest - Classroom Ideas
- A variety of activities to explore the ecology of rainforests
- The Consequences of Extinction
- Designed to help students to understand and appreciate the reasons why each type of organism, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant, can be important in the functioning of an ecosystem
- The Effect of Math Anxiety on Cardiovascular Homeostasis
- Measuring and analyzing heart rates when stressed or at rest
- The Opposable Thumb
- Provide students with various opportunities to understand the physical importance of the opposable thumb among primates
- The Predator-Prey Simulation
- Student simulate the interactions between a predator population of lynx and a prey population of rabbits in a meadow
- The Right to Die - A Role Playing Activity
- Students consider the problems inherent in this dilemma through role play
- Trophic Ecology of Humans
- Students will analyze the place of humans among the trophic levels by observing what we eat
- Turkeys in the Cell -- The Meiosis Square Dance
- An activity to demonstrate that synapsis as the key event in meiosis and explain how synapsis leads to the formation of haploid gametes!
- Using A Winogradsky Column to Analyze Microbial Communities
- Using easily obtained materials to study ecological succession in a microbiological community
- Waste Management
- The purpose of this unit is to make students aware of the amount of trash they generate, the problems that result, and possible solutions
- Water Taste Test
- A rating system used to judge the quality of the water sampled reinforces the concept that water is not just H2O
- What Does Your "Homunculus" Look Like?
- Determining the density of touch receptors in various parts of the body on the right hand side
- What Is The Concept?
- Students systemically determine the concept that the waste items placed in a "yes" category are biodegradable and those in the "no" category are not
- Wilderness Survival: A Field Practicum
- The survival practicum places students in a position of total immersion within a local wilderness area
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