Students should use their notebooks to help study for multiple choice quizzes and short essay tests that will be given periodically. Notebooks will also be collected and evaluated on occasion. Come explore the ecosystems of your school s forest and wetlands. Investigate its plant and animal life and the relationships that exist between the two. We will be spending a great deal of time outdoors, so students should dress for the weather.
Students can expect to get dirty and wet as they learn life science in a hands on setting.
The class will help improve your critical thinking skills as well as your techniques of observation, consisting of large and small group discussions, hands on lab activities, careful outdoor exploration, making an informational pamphlet, writing at least one report, and perhaps a few short reading assignments. Students will be required to keep an organized science notebook in which all notes and student work will go. The notebook is extremely important, as it will serve as the students text. Students should use their notebooks to help study for multiple choice quizzes and short essay tests that will be given periodically. Notebooks will also be collected and evaluated on occasion.