Wildlife Science Education for Grades 3-12.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carroll, Natalie J.

Contributor:

Leuenberger, Theodore.

Leuenberger, Katherine.

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

2025.

West Lafayette, IN : Purdue University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Wildlife Science Education for Grades 3-12 guides and encourages youth to learn about the wildlife around them.The first section introduces the basic wildlife groups to youth in upper elementary school using hands-on and other activity-based learning techniques.

Contents:

Cover

WILDLIFE SCIENCE EDUCATION FOR GRADES 3-12

Title

Copyright

CONTENTS

WILDLIFE SCIENCE 1 EDUCATION FOR GRADES 3-5

1. Introduction to Wildlife Science

Animal Needs

Vertebrate Classes

Read About Wildlife

2. Mammals

Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

Squirrel Feeder Watch

3. Birds

Beaks, Legs, and Feet

Bird Feeder Watch

Birdbath Watch

Feeding Hummingbirds

4. Fish

Adapt Your Fish

5. Herptiles: Reptiles and Amphibians

Three Indiana Reptiles

Egg to Tadpole to Frog

How Amphibians Survive

WILDLIFE SCIENCE 2: EDUCATION FOR GRADES 6-8

6. Wildlife

Signs of Wildlife

Impact of Climate Change

Wildlife Careers

Wildlife Real Estate

Talk to a Professional

We Don't Live Here Anymore

7. Mammals

To Hibernate, or Not to Hibernate?

Squirrel Habitat Game

8. Birds

To Migrate, or Not to Migrate?

9. Fish

Living in a Lake

10. Herptiles

How Herptiles Survive

Amphibian Habitat

Reptile Habitat

WILDLIFE SCIENCE 3: EDUCATION FOR GRADES 9-12

11. You Are a Homeowner

Creating Wildlife Habitat

Wildlife Information Online

City Dwellers, Country Dwellers

Wildlife Pests

12. You Live in a Wildlife Habitat

Manage Wildlife

13. You Are a Food and Fiber Producer

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)

14. You Are the Mayor

Impact of Human Activity

Wildlife in Built Environments

15. You Are a Teacher

Lights, Camera, Learn by Doing

Mentor a 4-H Member

Share Your Knowledge

16. You Are a Legislator

Know the Law

Current Events

17. Follow a Path

Follow a Well-Traveled Path

Follow an Educational Path

WILDLIFE SCIENCE EDUCATION FACILITATOR'S GUIDE, GRADES 3-12

Note to Project Facilitators

The Experiential Learning Model

Evaluating Youth Learning

Next Generation Science Standards.

Science Standards Summary

Life Science Performance Expectations

Youth Manual Level 1: Suggestions and Answers

Sounds Fishy to Me

Three Midwest Reptiles

Youth Manual Level 2: Suggestions and Answers

Youth Manual Level 3: Suggestions and Answers

Follow an Education Path

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-62671-197-6

OCLC:

1525633349

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access