GreenSTEM Inspiration

Patterning minds through experiences

Translating experiences to recorded observations

Creating pictures from numbers

bluebrowngreenhazelred

Eye Color table 1 table 2 table 3 table 4 table 5 table 6 table 7

blue 9 1 2 2 2 2

brown 9 1 1 1 1 2 1 2

green 3 2 1

hazel 5 1 1 2 1

red 0

Pacific Education Institute

The NatureMapping Program

1. Map the LAND COVER of the dominant ecological systems

2. Map and model SPECIES ranges and distributions

3. Conduct an ANALYSIS to determine the percentage of a species’ distribution that occurs on conservation lands.

pre – NatureMapping Program

Each State….

Land Cover Map

EcoRegions

Map RANGE and DISTRIBUTION (640 terrestrial species)

WDFWEducation Division

UWCooperative Research Unit

The NatureMapping Program

The NatureMapping Program

WDFWEducation Division

UWCooperative Research Unit

Margaret Tudor

Karen Dvornich

Pacific Education Institute

UWCooperative Research Unit

Margaret Tudor

Karen Dvornich

1. Go outside2. Explore3. Repeat

1. Journal Observations2. Record Habitat 3. Create a Map

Sit Spot

2. Record Observations (monitor) 3. Create Pictures from Numbers

1. Ask Essential Questions

Chum 2008  Date Females Males Totals

8/18 1 0 1

+ State Standards for Science

+ Incentive to Create Monitoring Experiences

Chum Salmon Return to the Union River - 2008  Date Females Males Totals8/15 0 1 18/16 1 4 58/17 0 8 88/18 1 0 18/19 3 3 68/20 12 17 298/21 5 13 188/22 4 4 88/23 11 10 218/24 11 11 228/25 11 4 158/26 9 8 178/27 9 5 148/28 9 9 188/29 14 15 298/30 17 17 348/31 11 16 279/1 14 14 289/2 11 16 27

10/5 3 2 510/6 1 1 210/7 2 0 210/8 0 0 010/9 0 0 0

10/10 0 0 010/11 0 0 010/12 3 4 710/13 0 1 110/14 1 4 510/15 1 0 1

552 592 1144

August

October

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Males

Rescue

1. Go outside2. Explore3. Repeat