Ecology projects middle school

Need some Earth Day projects for teens? Earth Day is a great opportunity to bring relevant environmental issues into the middle school or high school

Check out this problem-based teaching strategy to engage middle and high school students in their ecology unit and assess their understanding of ecology concepts. Students investigate clues to answer the question, "Where have all the tree frogs gone?" and construct an argument based on evidence. Learn how you can design a similar activity yourself in this post.

With Fall on it's way for my friends in the northern hemisphere and spring down here I thought I would share this easy experiment any one can do any time of the year. Earlier this year Sir N and I spent a delightful day out at Barwon Waste Management Education Centre where we helped in an experiment called Compost in a Bottle. This is a wonderful experiment you can do at home and watch over the year to see what happens. You will Need Strips of news paper Blood & Bone (garden fertilizer)…

How Solar Cells Work Students will be able to: Describe energy as the ability to cause motion or create change. Describe how the parts of a photovoltaic cell work and how photovoltaic cells can convert the sun’s rays into electricity. Generate a graphic representation of a photovoltaic cell to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of its parts and processes. This is a Middle School, Science lesson to learn about energy's ability to cause motion..Green Education Foundation (GEF) is a…

In this multi-day activity, students explore environments, ecosystems, energy flow and organism interactions by creating a scale model biodome through applying the engineering design process. The Procedure section provides activity instructions for Biodomes unit, lessons 2-6, as students work through Parts 1-6 to develop their model biodome. Subjects include energy flow and food chains, basic needs of plants and animals, and the importance of decomposers. Students consider why a solid…

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Don't let the title, DIY 2-Liter Bottle Ecosystem Project scare you. This activity is fun and intriguing for the home or a science project!

Last spring Elijah and I started discussing some options for summer learning. Ecology was at the top of his list, but options for a homeschool ecology class for a high school student didn’t really exist. After a bit of searching, I found a multi-age textbook I determined could be a spine. I started pulling resources …