|
RESOURCE DECISION MAKING
(Land Use Planning)
Listed below are selected teaching resources from BLM national, state, and field offices, listed alphabetically by title.
- To find items for more general audiences, see our Surveying and Mapping listing under Students and Explorers.
- To find listings organized by states, visit Programs in Your Area.
- To search the full text of the Learning Landscapes website, visit the search page.
- To return to the Teaching Resources subject list, select this link.
Demands on the Land
Posterback activity from Science & Children
In this role-playing activity students research and debate viewpoints of different groups regarding removal of wild horses from the range.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/wild_bunch/wildbunch7a.html
Energy for the Future
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, May 2002
In this activity, students explore how a fictional community will meet its future energy needs.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/energy/energy6.html
Energy: Fuel for Thought
Science & Children, May 2002
Outlines energy resources currently in use and explores resources that may power our future, with a focus on public land resources; includes poster and classroom activities.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/energy/index.html
GIS and Data Activities
Classroom Activities from Science & Children, January 2000 p. 40
Students create and discuss data sets to use in decision making and create their own grid systems in these three activities.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/gis/index.html
Planning a Campground in Utah
Classroom Activities from Science & Children, January 2000 poster back
Students analyze map layers provided to make decisions on placement of a campground on public lands in Utah.
http://www.blm.gov/education/gisactivity/index2.html
Planning a Conservation Community
Science & Children, March 1997, 35
Students create a desert community that protects important desert resources; a set of questions guides their design.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/some_like_it_hot/classroom.html
Restoring the System
Science & Children, May 1995, poster back
Students study ecosystem concepts, apply problem solving skills by designing a restoration project on Marys River, Nevada.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/the_big_empty/posterback.html-Restoring
Share the Care
State page
An interactive website in which students see the effects of their decisions to "leave it" or "shape it" in a series of choices similar to those made by natural resource professionals.
http://www.or.blm.gov/roseburg/Whatwedo/Utryit/utryit.htm
The Great Debate in Midasville
Science & Children, Feb. 1993, posterback
Science-technology-and society role-play; students debate reopening an old mining district that is prospering as a tourist attraction.
http://www.blm.gov/education/going_4_the_gold/debate.html
The Grizzly Bear: A Debate
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, March 1998 poster back
In this activity, students debate the proposed reintroduction of the grizzly bear into some of its former habitat.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/Columbia_river_basin/posterback.html
The Question in Brookdale
Science & Children, March 1997, posterback
By role-playing, students learn the complexities of accommodating competing demands of desert land use while protecting resources.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/some_like_it_hot/posterback.html
The Question in Smithdale
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, November/December 1994 poster back
Students simulate a public meeting to resolve concerns about a proposed land exchange involving public lands and the town of Smithdale. Includes background and position cards.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/understanding_ecosystem_management/posterback.html
The Question of Ferret Reintroduction on the Public Lands
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, September 1996 poster back
Role-playing activity in which students present the positions of various interest groups to a mock town council on the topic of reintroduction of the endangered black footed ferret. Includes background, interest group "position cards" and extensions.
http://www.blm.gov/education/high_plains/ferretintro.html
Understanding Ecosystem Management
Based on Science & Children article, November/December 1994
Article includes concepts such as biodiversity, balance, scale, and connections and discusses how managers apply ecosystem principles in managing natural resources on public lands; includes poster and classroom activities.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/understanding_ecosystem_management/index.html