Time
Required: Three 45-minute sessions
Objectives
Students will
- identify
the effects of loss and fragmentation of forest habitat on migratory
songbirds
- evaluate
the benefits of forests to wildlife and watershed resources
- compare
the percentage of forested land in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
of the 17th century to
the percentage forested today
- research
succession of a forest over a 200-year time span and construct a
timeline that charts
the plants, animals, and key historic events occurring during
the growth
of the forest
- compare
the amount of time it takes to cut down a forest to the time it takes
for one to grow to maturity
- collect
data on trees in the schoolyard and use the information to
predict how many birds will be found in the schoolyard
- devise
a plan to improve habitat for migratory songbirds in the
schoolyard.
Related
Standards of Learning
| Science |
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3.1.a;
3.1.g; 3.1.j; 3.6.b; 3.6.c; 3.8.b; 3.10.a; 3.10.b; 3.10.d;
4.1.a;
4.1.b; 4.5.d; 4.5.e; 4.5.f; 4.8.a; 4.8.d;
5.1.a; 5.1.f; 5.7.e;
5.7.f;
6.1; 6.2.d; 6.7.a
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| Mathematics |
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3.5;
3.7; 3.14;
4.2; 4.6; 4.10; 4.11;
5.2; 5.3; 5.9;
6.9; 6.10 |
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| English |
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3.1;
3.3; 3.4; 3.6; 3.7; 3.10; 3.11;
4.1; 4.3; 4.5; 4.6; 4.7.a; 4.7.b;
4.7.c; 4.7.d; 4.7.e; 4.8;
5.1; 5.4; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; 5.9;
6.1; 6.2;
6.3; 6.5; 6.6; 6.7 |
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| History & Social
Science |
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VS.1.b;
VS.1.d; VS.1.h;
USI.1.a; USI.1.b; USI.1.c; USI.1.d; USI.1.e;
USII.1.a;
USII.1.b; USII.1.c; USII.1.f; USII.2.b |
Materials
- Flute’s
Journey, by Lynne Cherry (see Resources)
- history
books
- 1
or more cameras
- paper
and crayons
- string
and index cards
- measuring
tapes and meter sticks
- Internet
access or tree identification guides
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each student: |
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| For
each group: |
- several
large sheets of poster paper
- drawing
and writing materials
- sections
of How the Forest Grew, by William Jaspersohn
(see Resources)
- clipboard
(optional)
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