Science and a Sense of Place

Photo Gallery One:
Us and the Maps we Shared,
Locating Ourselves in the World

Science and a Sense of Place, 2007

Ecosystems and how they operate!

pictures from http://www.algenta.com/assets/data/ecology.png

http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/science/biology/ecology/

This is an excellent site for teachers, students, and parents to use for creative labs in the ecology/biology classroom! There are free items that you can use for your students grades K-12.

I am trying to find out which animals are native to the City of Philadelphia. From my own experience I know that the ground species are gray squirrels, raccoons, opossums, field rats, field mice, deer, rabbits, garter snakes, groundhogs, and chipmunks.

Online I found that the PA Game Commission has held seminars this summer to discuss animals native to this area. I know the game commission officer who led the workshop, so I plan to contact him for details.  

Understanding Ecosystems: Structure and Function

Make a Legend for this Map.
(one possible legend)
(another possibility)

Some Theory about "Science and a Sense of Place"

Randal Holly, last summer's institute:
"What aspects of their world do our kids care about?
What would it distress them to lose? (Anything made of marble...??)
Can we use that as an incentive to learn?"

Using Our Website

for the Summer Institute on Science and a Sense of Place

http://socialscience.tyler.cc.tx.us/mkho/MEOC/middle_east_book_award.htm

great books-mystery bottle, storytellers, lebenon a-b-c:a middle eastern mosaic, illustrator's notebook, the bread winner

Has pictures of children/parents in middle east

LIST OF RESOURCES

Science and a Sense of Place: Locating Ourselves in the World (July 23-August 3, 2007)