Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities has 50 remote-ready activities, which work for either your classroom or remote teaching.
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Catherine Riihimaki is a post-doc and Kaitlin Friedman '07 is an undergraduate in the Geology Department at Bryn Mawr College. They developed hands on environmental studies activities for grades K-12 for a summer institute for teachers. Serendip is pleased to make these activities available to a wider audience.
A hands-on activity in which students determine the path of raindrops in a small-scale drainage basin. Students learn the definition of drainage basin, how to recognize a small drainage basin in a landscape, and which processes play a role in the water cycle.
Click here to download Lab for Raindrop Rollplay in PDF format or in Word format
Click here to download Lab for Vital Signs in PDF format or in Word format
An indoor activity in which students use topographic maps to look at the regional characteristics of watersheds. Students learn how to read topographic maps, how to recognize drainage basins on maps, a sense of scale of drainage basins, and a sense of the interconnectedness of drainage basins.
Click here to download Lab for Topo Maps in PDF format or in Word format
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Teachers are encouraged to copy and modify these labs for use in their teaching. |