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INDIANA PHENOLOGY
Lydia Minton
Sep 17, 20211 min read
Outdoor Observations - Middle School
It's time to go outside and start observing! This unit consists of activities your class can do each week at their observation site...
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Lydia Minton
Sep 16, 20211 min read
Introduction to Phenology - Middle School
This unit is foundational to the Schoolyard Phenology program because it is designed to teach students how to make observations using...
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Lydia Minton
Sep 15, 20211 min read
Student Forum Unit - High School
At Indiana Phenology, this is one of our favorite units for the Schoolyard Program. We love it because this is the chance for students to...
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Lydia Minton
Sep 14, 20211 min read
Climate Change Unit - High School
This unit is designed to teach students how the phenomenon of climate change is affecting nature and society. Students will learn about...
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Lydia Minton
Sep 13, 20211 min read
Outdoor Observation - High School
This is an exciting unit because it gets your students outside! Here, they will begin to make phenological observations. There are 9...
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Lydia Minton
Sep 12, 20211 min read
Introduction to Phenology - High School
This unit is designed for students to learn to make observations through Nature’s Notebook. Learning and becoming comfortable with...
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Lydia Minton
Sep 11, 20211 min read
Driven to Discover - Middle and High School
Driven to Discover is a curriculum series from the University of Minnesota! It is a complete breakdown of citizen science, and it is a...
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Lydia Minton
Sep 10, 20211 min read
Spinach Leaf Challenge - Middle and High School
The idea of this activity is to have students try to insulate a spinach leaf enough that it can survive freezing temperatures (for a...
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Lydia Minton
Sep 9, 20211 min read
Investigating Chemical and Physical Changes in Roots - Middle and High School
This lesson differentiates between chemical changes and physical changes. There is a fun activity where students use a potato and extract...
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Lydia Minton
Sep 8, 20211 min read
Biodiversity Investigation with Moss - Middle and High School
Students will use a moss “scavenger hunt” to learn about sexual versus asexual reproduction. This activity also introduces students to a...
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Lydia Minton
Sep 7, 20211 min read
Maple Syrup Density - Middle and High School
This unit explores the properties of density. Students will discover the density of maple syrup and calculate the mass of sugar in their...
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Lydia Minton
Sep 6, 20211 min read
Transpiration Time - Middle and High School
Students act out transpiration (including evaporation, runoff, and precipitation) as water molecules. The activities are designed as a...
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Lydia Minton
Sep 5, 20211 min read
Cloned Lilac Data Climate Graphing - Middle and High School
Students will research global temperatures over the past century. They will compare and contrast data in relation to the theory of...
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Lydia Minton
Sep 4, 20211 min read
Working with Citizen Science Data - Middle and High School
In this actvity, students will research global temperatures over the past century. They will compare and contrast data in relation to the...
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Lydia Minton
Sep 3, 20211 min read
Waxy Cuticle Demo - Middle and High School
In this unit, students will investigate plant adaptations that prevent water loss by using a simple sponge model. Deciduous leaves are...
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Lydia Minton
Sep 3, 20211 min read
Winter Buds - Middle and High School
This activity is split into three parts. Part one is outdoor collection and observation of buds followed by discussion and generalization...
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Lydia Minton
Sep 1, 20211 min read
Water Cycle - Middle and High School
There are two documents in this posts. One is a review game and one is a scavenger hunt. Both are about the water cycle, which is a very...
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Lydia Minton
Aug 31, 20211 min read
Transpiration Craft - Middle and High School
Students will learn about transpiration by creating a model plant and moving paperclips representing water molecules through the model....
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Indiana Phenology Interns
Aug 29, 20211 min read
Teacher's Post Program Evaluation - Teacher Resource
Please fill out this form after completing the Schoolyard Phenology Program. It is a way for Indiana Phenology to measure how effective...
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