We have a field protocol for Vernal Pool studies that is fairly simple -free download at:
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/water-landscape-vernal-pools
Best wishes,
Pam
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From: vernalpool@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vernalpool@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of David Alexander
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 7:42 PM
To: vernalpool@yahoogroups.com; Batchfam@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [vernalpool] 5th-8th grade curricula?
Check out the resource list on the vernal pool page:
http://vernalpool.org/resc_1.htm
-Childs, Nancy and Elizabeth Colburn. 1993. Vernal Pool Lessons and
Activities. Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, MA.
-Hands-On Herpetology: Exploring Ecology and Conservation (Grades
5-12) From NSTA Press
-Hop Into Action, The Amphibian Curriculum for Grades K-4 From NSTA Press
Includes worksheets appropriate for older grade levels.
-Background Information: EPA, An Introduction to Mid Atlantic Seasonal Pools
-Include readings from a Swamp Walkers Journal by David Carroll
David Alexander
West Orange, NJ
www.NatureIntoAction.com
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Mary Batcheller <Batchfam@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
> I am teaching a field ecology class to ten 5th-8th grade homeschool
> students in the tri-state NY-VT-MA area. In the next 10 weeks we will be
> doing a herp and vernal pool unit, with lots of field experience. I will
> be developing a curriculum for this class, but wondered if any of you can
> point me to pre-existing materials so that I don't need to reinvent the
> wheel. We will be starting, appropriately enough, on Leap Day!
> Mary Batcheller
> Petersburgh, NY
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