http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:09:03 PDT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:09:03 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87742 Tool and parts identification drill for Ag Teacher prep students. Also appropriate for high school students. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=354931 This is a student exercise designed for a Sustainable Farming class in North Carolina. However, the assignment could easily be used in a different environment with some adjustment. Students are required to plan the small fruit and tree fruit plantings for a large estate. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=360279 Quizlet is a site for creating and using flash cards. This is a Web 2.0 site where users enter terms and definitions for a specific topic or course. The web site then automatically generates flash cards for five different learning approaches: "Familiarize" - standard flash card approach where each term is presented, then you show the other side; "Learn" - each term is presented and then the user has to write the correct answer; "Test" - a quiz is generated with written answer questions, a matching question, multiple choice questions, and true-false questions. Users can decide which of the four question types are included in their quiz and how many questions the quiz will have (although it can't be more than the number of terms in the collection). There are also two games, in "Scatter" the user has to move terms onto definitions to make them disappear, while in״space Race" users must type in the terms while the definitions move by on the screen. Sets are organized into broad categories such as Biology, and then divided up into particular topics. In addition to creating and using your own terms and definitions users can use other peoples sets or combine sets. Biology categories range from "Cells" with 257 sets to "Guide" with 45 sets of study guide terms and definitions. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87040 This activity will show students how to make their own topographic maps. This is an activity in which you have a sealed card board box with holes in the top. The holes must be placed as rows and columns in the top of the box. You can make however many holes that you want, the more holes the more accurate the map will be. You have the students try to figure out the topography of the area inside the box. They have use pencils to stick inside the holes, and then measure how far down the pencil goes inside the box. Then they can either write down each measurement or plot the rows and points on a piece of paper and make a topographic map themselves of how the area looks inside the box. I will have another link availible to view the maps and show how to perform the assignment. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=284231 Bird identification game. Includes four Delaware habitats: backyard, grasslands, woodlands and wetlands. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=328943 Lesson Plan Template with help for each field. Lesson plan can be saved in Word or HTML format. Standarized format helps students create complete lesson plans. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=354930 This is a student assignment in which "Students will learn about interactions between plants and herbivores closely observe and record (using illustrations and verbal descriptions) the details of an interaction in nature. analyze observed patterns of plant consumption, and propose and test hypotheses regarding their possible causes." http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=354927 This is an assignment for a research project in an Ecology of Food class. It involves a detailed investigation of the physical attributes and ecology of a particular species that is used for food. Students may approach this from the broadest of ecological perspectives; the food species that they choose to research does not have to be food for humans.