This activity is meant as an introduction to phenology, the study of recurring plant and animal life cycle stages. Students make scientific observations of plants and record their observations and record them for Nature's Notebook.
This lesson can be used as an introduction to the concept of observation. Observations skills are critical to the field of science among other things! Knowing how to pay attention to what's is going on around you is an important life skill. Taking the time to make observations is beneficial to health and wellness too. It also introduces the concept of phenology through the observation of plants and animals in a habitat garden.
This activity can be used as an introduction to the concept of phenology. It demonstrates the life cycle of a corn plant, a plant familiar to many, putting this plant into a new perspective.
Create your own lesson for K-12 or Higher Education using Nature's Notebook as a framework for your lesson. Utilize the 5E Lesson Planning methodology to enhance student learning. Use the template to create your own activity.
This curriculum series supports student engagement in ecology-based citizen science and science practices: asking questions and defining problems, planning and carrying out investigations, and communicating findings
This activity explores the question: which species will be most affected by temperature changes, and how will changes in the phenology of one species affect its interaction with others as the climate warms. Created by Beatriz Villar, Northampton CC
This activity will introduce phenology to students and will serve as a warm up to conducting more complex observations to be submitted to Natures Notebook. Students will observe one specimen on their own and practice making simple observations. This activity was submitted by Amie Cox from the Red Butte Garden for partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Local Phenology Leader Certification Program in the Spring of 2018.
This lesson helps students become familiar with plant and animal species present in an oak tree ecosystem.
This lesson can be used as a supplement in a course designed to demonstrate climate change impacts on biotic species or a course designed to study the natural history of species in a given range.