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Grade:
K-2
3-5
6-8
9-12
Information
for Teachers
Keeping Our Heritage Alive
The
program is part of a complete curriculum unit. The unit is available
for download and is to be used for educational purposes only. Georgia
Southern Botanical Garden provides professional training workshops and
teacher support for the curriculum units. Please contact the Garden for more
information.
This unit consists of a two- to three-week in-classroom study that is
paired with a trip to the Garden. Teachers wanting to participate in this
program are required to go through an orientation with Garden staff.
In this unit students will investigate the effects of large-scale natural
disasters and human activities on the environment. As students investigate
the ways their local environment has changed as a result of development,
they will begin to recognize that humans make choices every day that effect
this natural heritage. Some choices protect natural heritage, others
knowingly damage it, and still others cause unforeseen harm. Students will
use videos, computes, books and people, and a visit to the Garden, to seek
information on the effects of change.
Longleaf Legends
Students explore the interesting ecosystem that once covered most of our
vast coastal plain region and how the longleaf pine has shaped life in south
Georgia for hundreds of years.
Longleaf forests:
http://www.longleafalliance.org
http://www.jonesctr.org/index.html
http://ttrs.org
Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers
http://rcwrecovery.fws.gov/rcw.htm
http://www.nwf.org/wildlife/redcockadedwoodpecker/
Pitcher Plants
http://www.uga.edu/gpca/
http://www.sarracenia.com/faq.html
Gopher Tortoises
http://www.gophertortoisecouncil.org/
Beginning August 2006, there is a $2 per
participant fee in Garden educational programs to cover
programming costs. In case of limited resources, please
contact Carolyn Altman at 912.486.7816.
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