Scientific Observation

Taught by: Larry Osburn
Middle School
Class Meets: Thursdays, 12:30-1:30pm
First Semester

In this course, students will be observing and collecting data on the life cycle of a specific organism, a milkweed bug, as well as looking at the life cycles and the biotic and abiotic interaction in an ecosystem. Students will collect data and learn how to create a hypotheses based on the data.
These are the eco-systems that will be studied:

• Yellowstone
• Saguaro National Park
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
• Monongahela National Park
• Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve
• Florida Keys National Park
• El Yunque Caribbean National Forest
• Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area
• Cimarron National Grassland
• Olympic National Park

This course is best for students aged 11-14 Lab fee: $20
Textbook may be purchased from HomeLink for $22 or you may rent it for $10.