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This interdisciplinary, four-lesson module uses project- and problem-based learning to help students act as explorers of climates, plants, and animals locally and around the world, to develop an action plan that encourages preservation of an endangered species.
List of contents
Part I: The STEM Road Map: Background, Theory, and Practice 1. Overview of the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series 2. Strategies Used in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series Part II: Habitats: Local and Far Away: STEM Road Map Module 3. Habitats: Local and Far Away Module Overview 4. Habitats: Local and Far Away Lesson Plans • Lesson Plan 1: Earth’s Amazing Endangered Species • Lesson Plan 2: Our Local Endangered Species • Lesson Plan 3: Endangered Species Throughout the World • Lesson Plan 4: The Save the Species Challenge 5. Transforming Learning with Habitats: Local and Far Away and the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series
About the author
Carla C. Johnson is a Professor of Science Education and Office of Research and Innovation Faculty Research Fellow at North Carolina State University, North Carolina, USA.
Janet B. Walton is a Senior Research Scholar at North Carolina State’s College of Education in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Erin E. Peters-Burton is the Donna R. and David E. Sterling Endowed Professor in Science Education at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
Summary
This interdisciplinary, four-lesson module uses project- and problem-based learning to help students act as explorers of climates, plants, and animals locally and around the world, to develop an action plan that encourages preservation of an endangered species.
