Cal Alive! Classroom Guide (4-6)

Contact Information

Reservations/Ordering Info: Call for order form

Main Contact: Jill Reyman

Phone: 510-336-0084 or 888-325-3288
Fax: 510-482-2960

Email: info@calalive.org

Street Address: 4100-10 Redwood Road #325
Oakland, California 94619

Last Updated: 07-14-2006

Compendium Resource

Reviewer Comments

General Content
"One of the main purposes of Cal Alive! is to explore the reasons why California has such diverse habitats, plants, and animals. This has been accomplished on a grand scale. An admirable work."

Presentation
"Excellent graphics."

Pedagogy
"Student directed activities allow for an individualized pace of learning."

Teacher Usability
"This is definitely not for the technologically timid."

Requires a computer to fully use the curriculum.

"Material could be tabbed for easier access."

"Clear correlations to standards."

Focus on Communities
"Covers geology, climate, biology, and human history."

EE Program/Resource ss Details

Provided by: California Institute for Biodiversity

Description: Cal Alive! celebrates the rich biological heritage of California, offering thorough background information on the geology, climate and water, ecology, and human history that characterize the diverse habitats of the state. Designed for use in grades 4—8 , the Cal Alive! Classroom Guide (2001, 378 p.) is the companion tool for the Professional Edition Cal Alive! CD-ROMs. It stands alone as a curriculum resource, offering overviews, activities, projects, and resources for studying California's biomes, habitats, plants and animals. Masters for Cal Alive student passports, Diversity Detective Animal Cards, Discovery Mission Cards, regional maps of California, color poster map, and glossary are also provided. Activities are correlated to the California Content Standards for Science, English-Language Arts, and History-Social Science.

Web Address: http://www.calalive.org

Program/Resource Type: Curriculum

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

Cost: $249.95 including the Classroom Guide

EE Focus: Climate Change, Plants & Animals, Water

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

Counties Served: Statewide

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Report Card

Overall Grade
General Content
Presentation
Pedagogy
Teacher Usability
Community

B+
A-
B+
A-
A-
B+

Discipline Emphasis

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