BLM Learning Landscapes Teachers--Standards of Learning

STANDARDS OF LEARNING

Recently, BLM has begun to correlate each of its classroom activities to National Science Education Standards (http://bob.nap.edu/html/nses/html/) and National Geography Standards (http://www.ncge.org/publications/tutorial/standards/). Check the list below to find activities that are correlated to specific standards, and check back often since this is part of an ongoing project.

For the complete list of activities, select this link.

National Science Education Standard C: Life Science–Characteristics of organisms

A Class Act
Classroom activity from Science & Children
In this activity students classify animals and try to determine close relatives of horses and burros.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/wild_bunch/wildbunch3.html

National Science Education Standard C: Life Science–Organisms and environments

Please Pass the Wheatgrass
Posterback activity from Science & Children
In this activity students demonstrate importance of monitoring populations, food, and water on the range.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/wild_bunch/wildbunch7a.html

National Science Education Standard C: Life Science–Populations and ecosystems

A Problem of Numbers
Classroom activity from Science & Children
In this activity students investigate growth in population of wild horses and burros and consider factors that might reduce that growth.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/wild_bunch/wildbunch3.html

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

Mixing it Up
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, Feb 2001 poster back
In this activity students examine the composition of soil and make their own soil mixtures to understand the process of soil formation and how soils contribute to plant growth.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/mojave/mojaveposterback2.html

National Science Education Standard C: Life Science–Diversity and adaptations of organisms

Keeping Cool
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, Feb 2001 poster back
In this activity, students test the effectiveness of various ways animals keep cool in desert environments.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/mojave/mojaveposterback2.html - Anchor-3936

Mane Assortment
Classroom activity from Science & Children
In this activity students research different breeds of horses.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/wild_bunch/wildbunch3.html

Weed Invaders
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, February 2000 p. 33 - 34
Students set up plant competitions in the classroom to illustrate how weeds can threaten native plants.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/mojave/mojave02a.html - Anchor-30184

National Science Education Standard C: Life Science–Biological Evolution

National Science Education Standard D: Earth and Space Science–Structure of the earth system

Earthshaking Events
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, Feb. 2001 p. 33
Students create their own version of a seismograph to understand how scientists use this tool to measure earthquake vibrations.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/mojave/mojave02a.html

National Science Education Standard F: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives–Populations, resources, and environments

National Science Education Standard F: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives–Science and technology in society

National Geography Standard 8: The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on earth's surface.

Mapping Deserts
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, Feb. 2001, p. 33
In this activity, students research, map and report on the world’s deserts, including subtropical, coastal, interior, and rain shadow deserts. Correlated to National Geography Standard
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/mojave/mojave02a.html