Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Determining Interrelationships: Vegetation Type and Small Mammal Activity
Students design proper field techniques to determine variation in plant distribution within a habitat, and then interpret data, write logical conclusions, while understanding the limitations of field data.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Through the Years With a Tree
Students explore, observe, and record the life and nature in their adopted "one small square" throughout the school year. As they collect data, they make predictions and inquiries in regards to weather, temperature, and phenology.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Two Types of Journaling Before Pond Study
During the lab, students investigate the interaction of living and nonliving environmental factors affecting a run off pond near the school.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: The Microenvironment Project: Featuring Phenology
A field lab for biology that focuses students on the study of nature and its changes over time. Students are asked to observe and acquire knowledge of trees and the interdependence that a tree shares with other organisms.