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PerformanceScience
:
anexplorationoflocalecologyandtheperformancearts!
Overview
InBiology/EnvironmentalScienceclass,studentswillspend12weeksconductingecologyfield
researchusingobservationsandiNaturalist(
www.inaturalist.org/
)tobetterunderstand
interactionsbetweenorganismsandtheirenvironment.InHumanities,studentswillactively
learnthroughmovementandperformance.Combiningourresearchandperformance,wehave
beeninvitedtotheLivingCoastDiscoveryCenter(LCDC,
http://www.thelivingcoast.org/
)touse
theirexhibitsasbackdropsforour
PerformanceScience
piecestocelebrateandshareour
learning!
Essentialquestions
1. Howdoeslocalfieldresearchpromoteecologicalandenvironmentalstewardship?
2. Whataretheinteractionsthattakeplacebetweenorganisms(bioticfactors),these
organismsandtheirenvironment(abioticfactors),andtheseorganismsandpeople?
3. Howcanwecommunicatescientificresearchfindingsbeyondpeerreviewedjournal
articlesinordertocaptureawideraudience?
WeeklyRoutines
Mondays
WeeklyPersonalReflection(WPR)shareout,inclassecologyreading,and
fieldresearchpreparation.
Tuesdays
Fieldresearch(onepodatatime,switchtimeofdayeachweek).
Wednesdays
Fieldresearch(wholeteam,8:30am11:25am).
Thursdays
iNaturalistdataentry/analysisandfinalperformancepreparation.
Fridays
WPRtotakehomeandpresenttoparents/guardians,iNaturalistdata
entry/analysis,andfinalperformancepreparation.
CurriculumTopics
Ecology
Taxonomy
Finalproducts
PerformancesattheLivingCoastDiscoveryCenter(LCDC)!Studentswillstudyandchoosean
ecologicalinteractionofinterest(e.g.windandcacti)andcreateaperformance(e.g.poetry,
spokenword,song,dance,art,play,etc.)tocommunicatetheirresearchfindings.Studentswill
alsochooseasettingfortheirperformanceattheLCDCthattheyfeelwillenhancetheir
audiencesunderstandingoftheirinteractionofinterest.Forexample,astudentwhoresearched
windandcactimaychoosetodotheirperformancewithinthe
NativePlantGardens
ofthe
LCDC.
DueDate
ProjectBenchmarks
9/4/15
IdentifyusingiNaturalist:
1stUniquePlant(ScientificName:______________________________)
1stUniqueAnimal(ScientificName:______________________________)
9/11/15
IdentifyusingiNaturalist:
2ndUniquePlant(ScientificName:______________________________)
2ndUniqueAnimal(ScientificName:______________________________)
9/18/15
IdentifyusingiNaturalist:
3rdUniquePlant(ScientificName:______________________________)
3rdUniqueAnimal(ScientificName:______________________________)
9/25/15
IdentifyusingiNaturalist:
4thUniquePlant(ScientificName:______________________________)
4thUniqueAnimal(ScientificName:______________________________)
10/2/15
IdentifyusingiNaturalist:
5thUniquePlant(ScientificName:______________________________)
5thUniqueAnimal(ScientificName:______________________________)
10/8/15
IdentifyusingiNaturalist:
6thUniquePlant(ScientificName:______________________________)
6thUniqueAnimal(ScientificName:______________________________)
Interactions:
Threeobservedinteractionsofinterest
10/23/15
LivingCoastDiscoveryCenterfieldtrip#1(10/20/15)
IdentifyusingiNaturalist:
7thUniquePlant(ScientificName:______________________________)
7thUniqueAnimal(ScientificName:______________________________)
10/30/15
IdentifyusingiNaturalist:
8thUniquePlant(ScientificName:______________________________)
8thUniqueAnimal(ScientificName:______________________________)
Interactions:
Numberoneinteractionofinterest
11/6/15
Fieldresearchdaysarededicatedtoobserving/recordingyourinteractionofinterest
11/13/15
IdentifyusingiNaturalist:
9thUniquePlant(ScientificName:______________________________)
9thUniqueAnimal(ScientificName:______________________________)
11/18/15
Fieldresearchdaysarededicatedtoobserving/recordingyourinteractionofinterest
LCDCfieldtrip#2(11/19/15chooseperformancelocations)
12/4/15
IdentifyusingiNaturalist:
10thUniquePlant(ScientificName:______________________________)
10thUniqueAnimal(ScientificName:______________________________)
12/10/15
LCDCfieldtrip#3(rehearsal)
Saturday12/12/15
PerformanceScience
ExhibitionattheLCDC!!!