From Local to Global: A Birds-Eye View of Changing Landscapes

Autor/inn/en	Wilson, Courtney R.; Murphy, James; Trautmann, Nancy M.; Makinster, James G.
Titel	From Local to Global: A Birds-Eye View of Changing Landscapes
Quelle	In: American Biology Teacher, 71 (2009) 7, S.412-416 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-7685
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Curriculum Development; Change Agents; Biodiversity; Science Teachers; Middle School Students; Inquiry; Active Learning; Ecology; Environmental Education; Foreign Countries; Biology; Science Instruction; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Land Use; Computer Software + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Biodiversität; Science; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Aktives Lernen; Ökologie; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Ausland; Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Bodennutzung
Abstract	As part of a curriculum development project entitled Crossing Boundaries, these authors designed an inquiry-based activity that introduces students to landscape change and potential impacts on associated biological communities. Using pairs of current and historical satellite images, students explore landscape change in a variety of U.S. and international settings. Rather than engaging in a quantitative study of biodiversity, this exercise frames student thinking about a variety of landscape change agents and their potential effects on associated plant and animal communities. Students use Google Earth, a free software program, to fly from one location to the next on a virtual globe, exploring change over the past couple of decades at a variety of sites. This article presents the dual perspectives of the curriculum developers and an 8th grade science teacher (James Murphy) in field-testing the activity with his middle school classes. Together the authors worked with five classes that included a total of 98 students. Overall, the students' presentations indicated that they had accurately interpreted the images and identified plausible impacts of change on biological communities. Implications of this activity for teaching are discussed. (Contains 3 figures and 1 table.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10