Appendices

Adapted Curricula

Teach About Geese:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Office of Public Use and Information
Environmental Education
1011 Tudor Road
Anchorage, Alaska 99503

Project WILD and Aquatic Project Wild
Western Regional Environmental Education Council
P.O. Box 18960
Boulder, CO 80308-8060

Alaska Wetlands, and Wildlife
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Division of Wildlife Conservation
P.O. Box 3-2000
Juneau, Alaska 99802-2000

Issue Pac
"Hunting and Wildlife Management"
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Shorebirds of the Pacific Flyway
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Homer, AK

Estuary Study Program
South Slough NERR
P.O. Box 5417
Charleston, OR 97420

Common Curriculum Goals for the Brant Project:

Taken from the Oregon Department of Education’s Content and Performance Standards from the science section, August, 1996.

The following is a list of several of the benchmark goals outlined by the State of Oregon’s Department of Education and are from sections in "Life Science", "Science and Technology", and "Science in Personal and Social Perspectives". These items are applicable to this curriculum and represent only some of the goals contained in the complete "Common Curriculum Goals" document for the State of Oregon.

Grades 4 and 5:

a-Describe how adaptations help an organism survive in its environment.

b-Describe characteristics of specific habitats and the organisms that live there.

c-Identify the factors that influence or change the balance of populations in their environment.

d-Describe a variety of approaches scientists employ in investigations, observations and methodology.

e-Understand the relationship that exists between science and technology.

f-Apply the processes of technological design to solve new problems and meet new needs.

g-Summarize the characteristics and interaction of populations, resources and environments.

h-Describe the role of science and technology in local, national and global issues.

i-Describe how the daily choices of individuals, taken together, affect global resource cycles, ecosystems and natural resource supplies.

j-Relate how scientists participate in public affairs both as specialists and public citizens.

k-Ask questions and make predictions that are based on observations and can be explored through simple investigations.

l-Analyze, interpret and summarize data from investigations.

m-Report results through speaking, writing, graphs and charts.

Grades 6 through 8:

A- Apply knowledge of specific cycles in the environment and within organisms.

B- Apply knowledge of the effects of environmental changes on populations.

C- Describe ways scientists differ in the phenomena they study and how they go about their investigations.

D- Understand the relationship that exists between science and technology.

E- Summarize the characteristics and interactions of populations, resources and environments.

F- Describe the role of science and technology in local, national and global issues.

G- Describe how the daily choices of individuals, taken together, affect global resource cycles, ecosystems and natural resource supplies.

H- Relate how scientists participate in public affairs both as specialists and public citizens.

Alphabetical Listing of Activities

(Next to the name of each of the activities are the letters that correspond to the Oregon Common Curriculum Goals on the previous pages)

Adaptations (a)
A Day In My Life As A Brant (m)
Brant Poetry (m)
Brant Interrelationships (g, i, A, E, G)
Brant Video (h, i, j, F, G)
Map and Care Package
Migration Headache (c, B)
Migratory Mapping (d)
Mock Birding and Equipment Usage (d, e)
Oh, Brant! (c, B)
Other Ideas (m, H)
Report Writing (l, m, E, G, H)
Student Focus Activity Sheets (field trip) (j, k, l, C, H) Teacher’s Field Trip Guide
Telecommunications in the Classroom (e, f, D)
Wetland Metaphors (b)
Wetland Reporting (b)

Activities By Subject

Science:
The Brant Video
Wetland Metaphors
Wetland Reporting
Adaptations
Brant Interrelationships
Oh, Brant!
Migration Headache
Migratory Mapping
Mock Birding and Equipment Usage
Field Trip
Report Writing

Language Arts:
Telecommunications in the Classroom
Wetland Metaphors
Wetland Reporting
Report Writing
A Day In My Life As A Brant
Brant Poetry
Brant Journal


Computer Science:
Telecommunications in the Classroom

Mathematics:
Oh, Brant!
Migration Headache

Social Studies:
Brant Interrelationships
Oh, Brant!
Migration Headache
Migratory Mapping

Physical Education:
Oh, Brant!
Migration Headache

Physics:
Mock Birding and Equipment Usage