Field Journal Journey

Explore the complexity and biodiversity of the natural world through observation and data collection using field journals.

**Capacity may be limited in compliance with public health guidelines in effect on the day of your visit.

 

Subjects: The Arts, Life Science
Program Type: Guided Cumming Nature Center Experience
NYS Standards:

NGSS & NYSP-12SLS Standards

• 4-LS1-1.  Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction

• 5-ESS3-1.  Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect Earth’s resources and environment.

• 5-LS2-1 Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants (producers), animals (consumers), and decomposers, and the environment.

• MS-LS2-2 Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms in a variety of ecosystems.

• HS-LS2-3 Construct and revise an explanation based on evidence for the cycling of matter and flow of energy in ecosystems.

NYS Next Generation ELA Learning Standards

• 5W3d: Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.

• 6W3d: Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.

   

• 6W6: Conduct research to answer questions, including self-generated questions, drawing on multiple sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate

   

• 7W3d: Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events

   

• 7W6: Conduct research to answer questions, including self-generated questions, drawing on multiple sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate. Generate additional related questions for further research and investigation.

   

• 8W3d: Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events

   

• 8W6: Conduct research to answer questions, including self-generated questions, drawing on multiple sources, refocusing the inquiry when appropriate. Generate additional related questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.

   

• 9-10W6: Conduct research to answer questions, including self-generated questions, or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate. Synthesize multiple sources, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

   

• 11-12W6: Conduct research through self-generated question, or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate. Synthesize multiple sources, demonstrating understanding and analysis of the subject under investigation.

NGSS Keywords: Life Science, Ecosystems. Structure, Function & Information Processing, Organism, Plants & Animals

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