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09. Cultural Heritage Lesson #3: It’S A Dilemma- You Decide, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal
09. Cultural Heritage Lesson #3: It’S A Dilemma- You Decide, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal
Ana K Houseal
This lesson focuses on the difficulty of balancing a natural/cultural management decision while adhering to the National Park Service dual mission statement.
16. Stewardship Lesson #3: Reflection –Transference, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal
16. Stewardship Lesson #3: Reflection –Transference, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal
Ana K Houseal
This lesson allows youth to reflect on what they learned during their YELL-YCC stewardship experience and brainstorm stewardship project possibilities applicable to their home communities.
12. Leadership Lesson #3: Decision Making & Judgment, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal
12. Leadership Lesson #3: Decision Making & Judgment, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal
Ana K Houseal
This lesson provides youth with an understanding of decision making styles and criteria for choosing which style is best for them during different situations.
05. Ecological Relationships Lesson #4: Up In Smoke!, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal
05. Ecological Relationships Lesson #4: Up In Smoke!, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal
Ana K Houseal
This lesson introduces youth to the effects of fire on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem(GYE) using observations and guided inquiry.
13. Leadership Lesson #4: Peer Coaching—Finding Resolution, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal
13. Leadership Lesson #4: Peer Coaching—Finding Resolution, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal
Ana K Houseal
This lesson introduces the practice of peer coaching and develop youth peer coaching skills. Peer coaching can be a great way to bounce ideas off of a trusted thinking partner and avoid unnecessary stress or worry.
Student Experience 05: The Candle, Ana K. Houseal
Student Experience 05: The Candle, Ana K. Houseal
Ana K Houseal
Sometimes objects turn out to be something other than what we think we are observing. Learning to make careful observations provide the basis for students to engage in further observations of objects that are both familiar and unfamiliar. In this lesson, students make observations while the teacher manipulates an object that appears to be a candle. This leads to the exploration of the differences between observations and inferences.
15. Stewardship Lesson #2: Thinking Like A Mountain, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal
15. Stewardship Lesson #2: Thinking Like A Mountain, Kristen Schulte, Ana K. Houseal
Ana K Houseal
This lesson introduces youth to the essay “Thinking like a Mountain” that discusses theneed to respect the natural balance of nature.
Background 5: Student Experience Lesson - Labeling Facies, Ana K. Houseal
Background 5: Student Experience Lesson - Labeling Facies, Ana K. Houseal
Ana K Houseal
Background for Student Experience Lesson: Labeling Facies
Scientific And Engineering Practices (Seps) In The Next Generation Science Standards: Rubrics For Grades 3-5, Tayla M. Fulcher, Ana K. Houseal
Scientific And Engineering Practices (Seps) In The Next Generation Science Standards: Rubrics For Grades 3-5, Tayla M. Fulcher, Ana K. Houseal
Ana K Houseal
It has been nearly twenty years since the last national science standards, the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) Benchmarks for Science Literacy (Benchmarks) (AAAS, 1993) and the National Resource Council’s National Science Education Standards (NSES) (NRC, 1996) were published. In 2013, the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), developed using the latest research in science and science teaching, were released. Unlike previous standards, the NGSS are divided into three dimensions, (a) disciplinary core ideas (DCIs), which is the content, (b) crosscutting concepts (CCCs), which are the connections between science subjects, and (c) scientific and engineering practices (SEPs), the …