Teachers often note that limited access to supplies and materials poses a barrier to students conducting field-based investigations. To address this need BES has equipped kits with consumable and permanent supplies for several of the Investigating Urban Ecosystems Units. Kits are currently available for the Investigations in Urban Soils: Earthworms in the City and Schoolyard Hydro-Ecology.
You can also borrow our Groundwater Flow Model, an interactive classroom tool that is designed to show the flow of water and toxins though differing gradients. It can be used in front of the classroom and is easily used by students themselves. It may demonstrate flowage through confined and unconfined aquifers as well as the effects of pumping on these aquifers.
Finally, a GPS/GIS Field Study Kit is available, with 15 GPS/GIS units suitable for student use, along with a manual and an instructional video. With these units your students can get hands-on experience with state-of-the-art technology and gain valuable mapping skills, for example, geo-referencing trees or invasive species in an urban forest or on the schoolyard.
To borrow a Teaching Kit and/or the Groundwater Model, contact:
Bess Caplan - BES Education Coordinator
Parks and People Foundation
800 Wyman Park Drive, Suite 010
Baltimore, Maryland 21211
Telephone: 410-448-5663 ext. 125
Fax: 410-448-5895
Email: bess.caplan@parksandpeople.org
