Adopt-a-Watershed, Birds

Contact Information

Reservations/Ordering Info: call, fax or on-line ordering

Main Contact: Angela Green, Office Administrator

Phone: 530-628-5334

Email: aaw@adopt-a-watershed.org

Mailing Address: PO Box 1850

Street Address:
Hayfork, California 96041

Last Updated: 03-21-2006

Compendium Resource

Reviewer Comments

General Content
"Makes good use of local areas - the watershed concept."

"Great original material."

Pedagogy
"Authentic assessment is designed within."

"Excellent development of observation skills."

Teacher Usability
Community action projects and field investigations are excellent.

"The use of several different books and curriculum material requires that a teacher refer back and forth between the contents of the binder and the supplemental material."

"Need access to a local natural area to really use this material."

Focus on Communities
"A good blend of human and natural communities."

"This is an excellent example of studying a specific topic that leads the learner toward a global point of view."

"Strong links to the human impact."

EE Program/Resource ss Details

Provided by: Adopt-A-Watershed Adopt-A-Watershed, National Headquarters

Description: Adopt-a-Watershed is an integrated K-12 science curriculum that uses a local watershed as the focal point for learning. Each grade-specific watershed unit offers classroom activities and resources, field studies, restoration projects, and community action projects. Resource lists, equipment information, and supplemental lesson plans from other sources are also provided. At the 4-6 level and for the purpose of this compendium, two units were reviewed.

In Birds (1997 revised, 189 p., $81.00) 17 lessons invite students to participate in bird watching and bird feeding, understanding diversity and adaptations, conduct bird population studies, explore endangered species of birds, and become involved in action projects and field studies. This unit is accompanied by A Home for Pearl video and Instruction Guide, and NatureScope: Birds. Student worksheets are available in Spanish.

Web Address: http://adopt-a-watershed.org

Program/Resource Type: Curriculum

Audience Served: 4, 5, 6

Cost: $81 per book

EE Focus: Endangered Species, Plants & Animals, Population

Academic Focus: History/Social Sciences, Science, Interdisciplinary

Counties Served: Statewide

Additional Languages: Spanish

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Report Card

Overall Grade
General Content
Presentation
Pedagogy
Teacher Usability
Community

A-
A-
A
A
A
A

Discipline Emphasis

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