Special Habitats of Tennessee - Tools for Teachers

Teachers, this page will provide you with links to curriculum materials and interesting websites, as well as provide supporting information about project activities.

Announcements:

September, 2007 - The Fall Conference of the Tennessee Environmental Education Association will be held September 28-30 at the Blue Bank Resort on scenic Reelfoot Lake. Register ahead of time to guarantee a room and to reserve your place in particular sessions and field trips.

August, 2007 - Now is the time to register for Journey North and get ready to participate in the Symbolic Monarch Migration Project.

December, 2005 - If you have images to share, please send them to me, along with poems your students have written or whatever. Toni Peterson shared a wonderful "diamante" poem some of her students wrote. These diamond-shaped poems follow the following pattern of parts of speech:

noun

adjective, adjective

participle, participle, participle

noun, noun, noun, noun

participle, participle, participle

adjective, adjective

noun

Other Websites of Interest:

The Electronic Naturalist is a free, weekly educational series on animals, plants, and environmental issues. The Electronic Naturalist "helps bring the natural world to you", and to your students. Each free "unit" has a full-color printable poster for classroom use, background information, and suggestions for activities. A program of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, the site also has an "Ask a Naturalist" feature.

Science News for Kids is a new Web site devoted to science news for children of ages 9 to 13. According to the website, "Our goal is to offer timely items of interest to kids, accompanied by suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles, Web resources, and other useful materials. Our emphasis is on making the Web site appealing by offering kids opportunities to comment on the subject matter, ask questions of scientists featured in articles, try out mathematical puzzles, and submit their own work for possible Web publication. At the same time, we are interested in offering teachers creative ways of using science news in their classrooms."

References Related to Website Contents:

On the homepage is a link to Ecosytem News from the Environmental News Network Website. You may want to read the Education World Review of this website.

Materials Related to Project Activities:

Read what Blount County teacher Colleen Mattison has to say about the Symbolic Monarch Migration Project.

Last updated on Augus 7, 2007