Students can choose an ecosystem and research information, construct their own writing based on the information they have researched, and illustrate their own pictures.

Students can choose an ecosystem and research information, construct their own writing based on the information they have researched, and illustrate their own pictures.
Plant research report, exploring ecosystems lesson.
Purpose: To appreciate the difference in the amount of precipitation between rainforest regions and students’ location.
Invertebrate animal research report, exploring ecosystems lesson.
Animal research report, exploring ecosystems lesson.
Students will engage in sorting biotic and abiotic things.
Learn what an ecosystem is and why ecosystems are important.
Purpose: To solidify the stages of the water cycle by creating colorful mobiles that can be showcased in the classroom.
Learn what the water cycle is and how water cycles differ between rainforest regions and areas around the USA.
This scientific inquiry is geared at students that live along the Central California Coast, but the idea can be modified to work with a local environmental issue.
To show students how an artist such as Monet was inspired by nature to create masterpieces.
Purpose: To understand metaphors and how to construct them.