Guide 10B Science Literacy
Resources
Additional activities, a behind-the-scenes gallery, recommended books, and more.
About this Guide
Home Stretch
I hope everyone is hanging in there, we are in our final week of course content and it has been a wild ride! I can’t remember working this hard and having so much fun at the same time. We are going to have to count up the number of videos, photos, web pages, and road miles. I have learned a lot and hope you have too, and that this is just the start of our animal adventures.
Lesley
More Bees
With declines in local bee populations, beekeepers are often called in to establish and maintain hives. Mark is assisting in checking and cleaning a hive in New York.
Amateur, or hobby, beekeeping has a long history and is gaining popularity as bee declines are in the news. Our local nursery has as much area dedicated to beekeeping supplies as garden tools.
Children’s books and posters provide about as much information as most of us will need to understand and appreciate bees.
Additional Activities
Close Up
An inexpensive microscope that magnifies up to 100x can reveal amazing details of all types of organisms. This is a dog tick at 40x, no stain added. Even the “pests” are exciting the first time you see them up close and personal.
Vector Friends
In the summer when it gets over 100 degrees Fahrenheit outdoors for two or more consecutive days, the flea populations explode in the Willamette Valley. Since the cats have a kennel, its possible for them to be exposed to fleas from animals that get to close to the fencing. Uschi is “putting up with” flea combing, the best chance of getting a flea population under control.
Behind-the-Scenes
Seed Dreams
Winter is the perfect time for garden planning. The variety of true-breeding seeds is greater than ever: grown all over the world and sold online and local nurseries. It is possible to plant host plants for a variety of beneficial insects.
Outdoors, Indoors
Winter months in Oregon can be overcast and rainy for days, even weeks, at a time. We set up garden displays to boost moods, and they get plenty of visitors who miss the outdoors.
Wishing you many science adventures into the future.
Recommended Books
We have a lot of hitchhikers in our bodies, its an eye-opener.
There are few books that offer a roadmap to science literacy; these authors have written an introductory textbook.
A DK book on bees is worth adding to your collection.
Build a Library
Whether its digital or print, collect resources that assist in exploring, describing, and explaining the natural world.
Science Literacy Product Page
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Back to the Future
Module 10 Overview
