Middle School (~ages 11-13) and High School(~ages 14-18)Teachers

Educators, grades 6-12 Register NOW for the
SPRING 2010 "PlantingScience" session!!

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Source: botany.org. Accessed 12-24-09

Building Observation Skills

Watch this clip, then, write about what you see.

What did you write? Share with others.

Did you write about the animals?
Did you write about the plants?
Did you write about the earth and water, and sky?
What did you see?

Watch the video again and see if you see more this time. Don't forget animals need plants. Plants re-cycle the oxygen we need to breathe. Was the water clean? What did you see the second time?

Reflect on your observation skills. Did they change from the first viewing to the second?

Using "EOL" and...being Part of the Global Effort to Add Plant Species to the Encyclopedia of Life

People all over the world are adding plant species to the Encyclopedia of Life. If you know of someone with a database of plant species, encourage them to add their database of plant species
http://www.eol.org/

If you are from Bolivia, or Morocco, or South Africa, or, the USA or, Canada, or the UK, or Japan, or Iraq, or Australia, or, Eritrea, or Somalia, or, anywhere in the world, contact botanists where you live and see if they have added their data to the EOL. Or, perhaps you know a plant that hasn't been added. You can add it.

It is exciting to be a part of this world wide peaceful effort.

You can also use the Encyclopedia of Life.