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General Overview

Sample Schedule

Unit Overview

1. Introductional Purpose of National Parks

2. Background Skills and Techniques

3. Setting up the Study Plot/Collecting Data

4. Analyzing the Data

5. Graphing Techniques and Final Report

Activities

Resources

Alien Plant Invasion: A Field Study project at Saguaro National Park

Activities

I. Introduction to Problem

• WORKSHEET: National Park Video Worksheet
• WORKSHEET: Alien Invasion Reading
• KEY: Alien Invasion Reading
  

II. Background Skills and Techniques for Field Work

• ACTIVITY: Plant Identification Activity
• ACTIVITY: How to Make a Plant Collection
• ACTIVITY: Sample Study Plots on the Football Field
  

III. Setting Up the Study Plot / Collecting the Data

• FIELD STUDY: Study Plots at Saguaro National Park
  

IV. Analyzing the Data

• ACTIVITY: Computer Spreadsheet for Individual Plot
• ACTIVITY: Computer Spreadsheet for Class Data and Graph

V. Graphing Techniques and Final Report

• HANDOUT: Lab Report Format
• ASSESSMENT: Field Study Unit Test

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