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CONTINUITY
AND CHANGE
Goals: This
unit will introduce students to natural cycles and changes in the environment.
It will develop the concept that environments are created and shaped by
natural forces and that all components of nature are in a constant state
of change. Humans have an impact on nature and can modify their environment.
Objectives: By completing this unit the students will be able to:
- define change.
- identify a cycle,
list the stages, and predict the next stage in a cycle. Discuss why
cycles are important and how a cycle could be disturbed.
- identify natural
changes in the environment and discuss how they might affect wildlife
(floods, drought, tornadoes, diseases).
- describe how cycles
are connected (how does the season affect the amount of water, temperature,
or migration patterns?).
- discuss how the
cave is not isolated from cycles and predict how changes in cycles might
affect the cave.
- discuss ways that
our actions cause change in the natural world (pollution, acid rain,
hunting, dams, roads, farming, greenhouse effect, predator control,
introducing exotic species).
- predict how natural
or human caused changes in the environment could affect cycles.
These objectives
will be achieved in three stages:
- Nametags, pre-visit
activities and information - teacher(s) will complete Nametag Activity
and select at least one Pre-visit Activity to do in the classroom before
visiting Wind Cave National Park. Selection of activities will be communicated
to the ranger leading park program.
- Park activities
- ranger directed with assistance and supervision of the teacher and/or
teacher aide.
- Post-visit activities
- teacher(s) will select at least one Post-visit Activity to do in the
classroom after visiting Wind Cave National Park.
Pre-Visit
Preparations:
Nametags
- Who Am I?
How
Turtle Flew South for the Winter
How
Plants Are Part of the Water Cycle
Cycle-Circle
Game
Post-Visit
Activities:
Water:
Here Today. Where Tomorrow?
Water Survey
What
is Important?
What is Important
Graphics
Vocabulary
List
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you need a PDF reader click
here.
If you are using a
voice web reader and cannot translate PDF files and wish these documents,
contact the park at (605) 745-4600. The park has a TTY.
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