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Students participate in outdoor, hands-on activities
that lead to enhanced environmental awareness and appreciation. They
use technology to create web pages, science projects, posters and
books which help communicate the value of protecting our natural resources
for future generations. |
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Details
Biology, Environmental Science,
Language Arts, Technology
Grades 10-12 |
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Highlights
Open-air field studies are successfully
conducted in both urban and rural settings
where students:
- Gather, press, and identify local plants.
- Compare seed growth from native and non-native
plants.
- Capture, tag, release, and recapture small
animals for wild population estimates.
- Back in the classroom, they prepare to
share findings by illustrating and writing field guides and interviewing
relatives about useful plants from their own cultures. Images
from computer scanned plant illustrations and pressings appear
on web pages, in student made books, posters, and HyperStudio
presentations. The resulting multimedia materials educate younger
children and community members about preserving the environment.
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Teacher Profile
Gabriell, Returning Peace Corps
Volunteer, teaches Biology, Environmental Science and Horticulture
at West Roxbury High School. She also coordinates the Plants/Ethnobotany
web site for EnviroNet at Simmons College. MetroLINC Technology Pioneer
and author for Holt Rinehart and Winston and The New York Botanical
Garden, Gabriell has received an Access Excellence Fellowship and
Global TeachNet Grant.
gdebearpaye@boston.k12.ma.us
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Books and Materials
Field Guides, Environmental Science 2000,
2000: Holt Rinehart and Winston; insect trapping nets, plant
press, camera, Wite-out, drawing equipment |
Technology Tools
Computers, digital camera, scanner,
Claris Homepage, HyperStudio, PhotoShop, Internet |
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Gabriell
DeBear Paye
