Animals and Their Environment

Resources

Lesson plan material
•    (Poster board, old magazines with pictures, scissors, glue, markers) one per pair
•    Dip net with a fine mesh (1 per class)
•    Collecting jars (1 per pair)
•    4 White-bottomed collecting pans per class
•    4 Magnifying glasses per class
•    5 Microscopes per class
•    10-15 Natural History magazines,
•    Balance, meter stick, small plastic bag
•    Construction paper, colored pencils,
•    Prepared slides of Lichen,
•    20-25 Slides per class
•    20-25 cover slips,
•    10 droppers,
•    10-15 prepared slides of nodule bacteria.
•    3 mortars and pestles per class
•    3 Spotter brushes per class
•    3 Hot plates per class
•    3 Beakers per class
•    4 Salinity gauges per class
•    4 rolls of pH paper per class
•    8 Petri dishes per class

Lesson plan related-websites (for the students)
•    Discover a Pond Food Web
        http://www.teachervision.fen.com/food-web/lesson-plan/8720.html
•    Ecology and the conservation of natural resources
        http://www.utm.edu/departments/cece/ecology/B1.shtml
•    Troy High School: Biology Online : Ecology
        http://www.troy.k12.ny.us/thsbiology/skinny/skinny_ecology.html
•    Exploring the environment
        http://www.cotf.edu/ete/teacher/teacher.html
•    Austin City Connection : Balcones Canyonlands Preserve
        http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/preserves/bcp.htm

Background information websites (for the teacher)
•    Travis County : Transportation and Natural Resources : Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Program
          http://www.co.travis.tx.us/tnr/bccp/species.asp
•    Austin City Connection : Balcones Canyonlands Preserve : Administration and Management
          http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/preserves/whatis.htm
•    Texas Parks and Wild Life : Endangered and Threatened Species
          http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/endang/index.phtml
•    Texas Parks and Wild Life : Endangered and Threatened Species found in Texas
          http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/?c=endangered
•    Save our springs alliance: Endangered species litigation
          http://www.sosalliance.org/endangered_species.shtml