Science 2.0: Soaring in a Digital Ecosystem

Journal Article | June 2016

This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue discusses how students can use digital technology to its maximum benefit.

Citizen Science: Ecosystems and Eagle Populations

Journal Article | December 2016

This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. Soar into systems thinking with the Mid-Winter Bald Eagle Survey.

Taking an Ecosystem Approach to STEM Learning

Journal Article | February 2016

Explore the Synergies project, a case study for how to comprehensively integrate three exemplary teaching practices into a STEM-learning ecosystem.   The nature of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and…

Beavers Building Ecosystems Classroom Manual

eBook | December 2020

Tried and True: Investigating ecosystems in a biobottle

Journal Article | February 2008

Biobottles are miniature ecosystems made from 2-liter plastic soda bottles. They allow students to explore how organisms in an ecosystem are connected to each other, examine how biotic and abiotic factors influence…

Mountains Majesty: Ecosystems of the Rocky Mountains

Journal Article | October 2004

Traveling from the East, one can see the towering snow-covered peaks of the Rocky Mountains long before reaching foothills. But to fully appreciate these mountains, one must venture into them and experience up close…

Science 2.0: Organizing a Bit of the Google Ecosystem

Journal Article | February 2018

This column shares web tools that support learning. This issue shares a list of tips to help optimize some of the most common Google interactions students have throughout the day.

The Early Years: Ecosystems, Up Close and Personal

Journal Article | February 2014

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses children observing and documenting the growth of a plant from a seed to seed-production and animal…

Teaching Through Trade Books: Exploring Ecosystems

Journal Article | March 2004

This month’s Teaching Through Trade Books column explores the complex relationships of living things to their natural environment and to each other. Investigations for grades K-3 and 4-6 are included.

Developing an Interdisciplinary Curriculum Framework for Aquatic-Ecosystem Modeling

Journal Article | October 2007

This paper presents results from a July 2005 workshop and course aimed at developing an interdisciplinary course on modeling aquatic ecosystems that will provide the next generation of practitioners with critical skills…