If this is not practical, then put the data on the board or an overhead transparency and have the students copy it on their own paper. Additional guides to plants, insects, birds, mammals and binoculars are also helpful. Look to see where good study sites could be located. A site needs to have an area where a 10 x 10 m square can be marked off and there be vegetation present, but not so much vegetation that it is impenetrable. Students carry out an outdoor land study of a 10x10 m area in which they identify organisms living in the soil, plants, insects, and any other animals living within the site.
Groups also examine abiotic factors in the same study site.
Students work in teams, share data, then respond to a series of questions concerning their data in a paper. Select a study site close by. Assign students to the following groups or let them volunteer. All tasks need to be accomplished. Using the measuring rope, students will mark a 10 m x 10 m square.