| Geography Standards |
Introduce the Theme | Postcard
Contest |
| T-Shirt
Day | GIS Day | Stewardship
| Other Resources |
The Hawaii Geographic Alliance and the National
Geographic Society invite you to join us in celebrating Geography Awareness
Week.
HawaiiÌs geography standard that best fits the Geography
Action theme is:
"ENVIRONMENT
AND SOCIETY": Geography
Content Standard 5: Students demonstrate stewardship of Earth's resources
through the understanding of society and the physical environment. To read the grade cluster benchmarks
and performance indicators, go to:
http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/HIstandards.html
Scroll down
to Environment and Society.
Other geography standards that can be applied to the study
on habitats are
- "WORLD IN SPATIAL
TERMS": Geography
Content Standard 1: Students use geographic representations to organize,
analyze, and present information on people, places, and environments.
- "PLACES AND
REGIONS": Geography
Content Standard 2: Students understand how distinct physical and human
characteristics shape places and regions.
- "PHYSICAL
SYSTEMS": Geography
Content Standard 3: Students understand how physical processes shape
Earth's surface and create, sustain, and modify the ecosystems. (No
longer part of the state geography standards).
- "HUMAN SYSTEMS": Geography Content Standard 4:
Students analyze how people organize their activities on Earth through
their analysis of human populations, cultural mosaics, economic
interdependence, settlement, and conflict and cooperation.
Geography
Action! Habitats: Home Sweet Home
For
background information and lesson plans refer to the NGS website.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/index.html
Habitats are the natural environments of plants and
animals. What makes a habitat
unique? How can we protect the
plants and animals? What can we do
to take care of our aina?
"Geography Action! Habitats:
Home Sweet Home" provides opportunities for us to understand and
explore the different habitats in Hawaii - marine ecosystems such as coral
reefs or seagrass beds; aquatic ecosystems such as freshwater streams and
lakes; and land ecosystems such as lowland dry forest, grasslands, rainforests,
upland dry forests, and alpine deserts.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/basics.html#anchor1
This section talks about the four basic habitat
requirements.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/basics.html#anchor2
Where did Hawaii's native plants and animals come
from? Use your resources to find
out about Hawaii's migration of native plants and animals, like the tree
snails, hala, ohia, ohelo, and iiwi.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/basics.html#anchor3
This section gives a short description on biodiversity and
extinct or endangered species.
http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/endangered/endangbirds.html
Gives the common name, Hawaiian name, and scientific name of
Hawaii's Endangered Bird Species.
Enchanted Lakes Elementary School students' Web page
dedicated to endangered species.
The students gave reasons why Hawaii's species are endangered, listed
endangered species, and listed ways to save our endangered species.
Enchanted Lakes Elementary School students composed a list
and wrote a short description of some of the endangered species in Hawaii.
Land managers in Hawaii,
including the U.S. Army, are now working together in an "ecosystem
management" approach to conserve endangered species and protect cultural
sites.
Through the use of databases, the Bishop Museum compiled
information on the species' biology, habits, and habitats. The status of each species is
recognized by the background color of the page: Orange for Endangered and
Threatened species, green for Candidate and Proposed species, etc.
Hawaiian endangered animals coloring book.
A Web hunt on Hawaii's endangered species for students.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/basics.html#anchor4
Lesson on alien species http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/gaw00/alien3.html
Information on alien species in Hawaii http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/cw_smith/aliens.htm
Downloadable lessons of the "Silent Invasion"
http://www.mgfhawaii.com/HTML/Resources/resources.htm
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/basics.html#anchor5
This section gives a brief description about wildlife
managers' work.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/basics.html#anchor6
This section gives a description on how habitats are changed
through natural means and by humans.
Description of what the acronym HIPPO means.
In this lesson, the students will use HIPPO to discover
biodiversity and the major threats to biodiversity.
Using HIPPO concepts and the Conservation Triangle, the
students will discover how conservation affects the destiny of cheetahs.
Participate in HGA Annual GAW Postcard Contest.
Postcards must be postmarked by December 6, 2003.
See Postcard Contest Rules for
information. To see postcards from
the past years, go to: http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/GAW.html
III. T-SHIRT DAY
Encourage your students to wear a T-shirt that relates to
the theme of habitats. Have the
students explain why they selected that particular T-shirt and how it relates
to the GAW theme.
For a lesson, go to http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/GAW97/tshirt.html
Explore Geographic Information Systems (GIS). What do the GIS users do with the data
they collect? How do the agencies
use the data for public lands?
Celebrate GIS DAY. Check to see
who is using GIS near your school.
The GIS users are everywhere.
You will find them in private businesses, federal, state, and city
agencies, or in many non-profit organizations.
To see past GIS Day events, go to
http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/GeoMatters/gis00/gisindex00.html
http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/GeoMatters/gisday2001/gisday2001.html
http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/GeoMatters/gisday2002/gisday2002.htm
Take Action!
Protect our habitats. Become a steward of the land for Hawaii's
habitats.
Community Outreach - Have students create GAW related posters and have them displayed at shopping centers, libraries, school newsletters, etc. Encourage students to be a steward in the community by planning, organizing, and carrying through a plan of action.
As an extension students can create additional questions and exchange these with classmates.
http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/GAW2003/scavengerhunt.htm
Invite speakers to share about habitats near you.
ARTICLES
Collect articles on habitats from the daily newspapers and/or magazines. Discuss.
CHILDREN'S
LITERATURE
See the HGA website for a list of books that can be used
with students.
http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/GAW96/HabLit.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/basics.html#anchor7
GAW SONGS - Includes GAW songs from 1996.
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