Hi David has covered much. My children at school loved it when they planted beans/pea seeds that were randomly assigned to: no light, some light, more light, full light, / dry conditions, small water amounts and large water amounts (and combinations of light, water content). In other words just general measured conditions were used, not too specific. They then were so excited after the weekend to see the plants. They measured the growth of the plants and drew pictures showing the growth. All great fun. It seems one of my children even has a green thumb.
I was always interested in this idea of playing music to plants. That would be fun for children (singing, playing music, talking to the plants etc. - just a thought). Best wishes, Ling Ling Huang Sacramento City College --- On Fri, 10/5/12, David L. McNeely <[email protected]> wrote: From: David L. McNeely <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Teaching kids about abiotic factors To: [email protected] Date: Friday, October 5, 2012, 8:02 AM Voltini, Day length, light intensity, humidity, temperature, light wavelength, soil moisture, soil nutrient concentration, soil composition, nutrient composition in water, are all fairly easily manipulated. Effects on plant growth; seed germination; fruiting response; seed production; leaf size, number, and chlorophyl content; activity schedule of animals; nutritional content of plant parts; depths to which roots grow and animals burrow in soil all can be measured as responses. Good luck. David McNeely ---- VOLTOLINI <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > I am preparing a course about teaching ecology for kids. The students in the > course are teachers from public shools and one of the topics is about abiotic > factors. I would like to suggest and develope simple experiments about the > effect of abiotic factors on plant and animals. In general I am using > experiments about seed germination and ant behaviour but.... I would like to > hear about other ideas too! Thanks for any help! > > > Voltolini > > > Prof. Dr. J. C. VOLTOLINI > Grupo de Pesquisa e Ensino em Biologia da Conservação - ECOTROP > Universidade de Taubaté, Departamento de Biologia Taubaté, SP. 12030-010. > E-Mail: [email protected] > * Grupo de pesquisa ECOTROP CNPq: > http://dgp.cnpq.br/buscaoperacional/detalhepesq.jsp?pesq=8137155809735635 > * Currículo Lattes: > http://lattes.cnpq.br/8137155809735635 > * Fotos de Cursos e Projetos no Orkut e Facebook: > http://www.orkut.com.br/Main#Profile?uid=17608429643840608483 > http://www.facebook.com/VoltoliniJC?v=info > > "Siamo tutti angeli con un'ala e possiamo volare soltanto se ciabbracciamo" -- David McNeely
