Investigating the Oak Community (4-6)

Contact Information

Phone: 510-763-0282

Street Address: 1212 Broadway, Suite 810
Oakland, California 94612

Last Updated: 11-21-2004

Compendium Resource

Reviewer Comments

General Content
"Focuses on oaks and the oak community"

Presentation
"Clear layout."

Pedagogy
"Good connection to project-based learning."

"Moves from awareness to action."

"Easily integrated into a fourth grade social science unit."

Teacher Usability
Would help to have time commitments identified for each lesson.

"Need access to an oak woodland."

"I would absolutely use this material in my classroom—it's so well done."

Focus on Communities
Nice blend of content appropriate for both suburban and natural communities.

EE Program/Resource ss Details

Provided by: California Oak Foundation

Description: Investigating the Oak Community (2000, 120 p.) is a project-based learning curriculum guide for students in grades 4—8. Focusing entirely on the oak woodlands of California, 17 activities explore and identify oak species, oak-dependent wildlife, ecological processes occurring in oak communities, the significance of oak communities to Californians, and steps necessary to engage in action projects (e.g., surveying the school grounds for oaks, raising funds for a local oak community conservation effort, or developing a long-term oak community monitoring project). Appendices include tips for tree planting ceremonies, student journals and portfolios, tools for measuring oaks, soil studies, additional resources, and glossary.

Program/Resource Type: Curriculum

Audience Served: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Cost: $14.95

EE Focus: Ecosystems-General, Ecosystems-Forest, Natural Resources/Res. Mgmt., Nature Awareness, Plants & Animals

Academic Focus: History/Social Sciences, Language Arts, Science, Interdisciplinary

Counties Served: Statewide

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Report Card

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General Content
Presentation
Pedagogy
Teacher Usability
Community

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Science
History/Social Science
Health
Mathematics
Visual/Performing Arts
Language Arts
Industrial/Vocational Ed.
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