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We hope that "racerocks.com" can provide the content for a variety of educational and research experiences for students of all ages.
This index provides links to specific objectives of a number of curricula using the resources of racerocks.com. It also includes specific assignments, with objectives and procedures to carry out investigations in the classroom or for other forms of distance education.
We always encourage contributions from other educators with further ideas for activities associated with this web site. If you can suggest ideas for this site to target specific objectives, we would welcome your input. If we can make this a useful resource for distance education then our goal is achieved.
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OceanQuest
With the support of Open Schools BC, this curriculum guide to activities at Race Rocks provides curriculum related activities at Junior and high school level which feature the topics highlighted below: |
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Labs Using the Race Rocks Resources: |
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The Race Rocks Taxonomy:
This lab presents a template to encourage other schools to use a similar approach for recognition and conservation of biodiversity in their own local ecosystems. |
Coastal Ecosystems of Southern Vancouver Island.
The contiguous Ecosystems in the District of Metchosin are highlighted along with the anthropogenic effects on habitat.
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Investigation on Solar: Energy
Ideas with objectives and procedures on how to use the solar energy data from Race Rocks as an educational investigation.
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This file has a set of Kite diagrams drawn using EXCEL representing the distribution of organisms in the intertidal zone |
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The Tidal Cycle at Race Rocks and Tidal Level Changes as an Abiotic Factor
Tidal Graphs and suggested investigations.
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Doing a Transect Study of Environmental Gradients |
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Curriculum Resources on the Apple Learning Interchange . |
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| Additional Educational Resources and Archives |
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| International Baccalaureate and Other Curricula |
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Biology Higher Level-ecology Topic 4 and Option G: The objectives of the IB program for secondary students are linked to appropriate activities and resources in this file.
http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/education/curricula/ibbiology/bioecol.htm
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Biology- Taxonomy : The objectives for the IB Biology Classification Unit are linked here:
http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/education/curricula/ibbiology/classification.htm
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Environmental Systems: The objectives of the IB Environmental Systems program for secondary students are linked to appropriate activities and resources in this file :
http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/Envsystem/c_env/ensysyllabus.htm |
| British Columbia Education |
BC Biology Grade 11 curriculum references
Selected Biology Prescribed Learning Outcomes are taken from the B.C.Ministry of Education K-12 Curriculum and Learning . The Outcomes which are related to Race Rocks are presented on this page with racerocks.com links
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| FOOTNOTE: |
Lester Pearson College is a non-profit educational institution, one of the United World Colleges, with students on scholarship from over 80 countries. It operates and manages the Race Rocks Ecological Reserve and Marine Protected Area for the Environment Ministry of BC Parks as a community outreach program. Students involved in our science and activities programs get the opportunity to participate in contributing to a website devoted to providing an educational resource for this unique environment.
racerocks.com was conceived as a project to utilize technology and the internet to bring to the educational community access to a sensitive ecosystem with an interactive website. Our goal was to do that without being part of a negative human environmental impact. Through the generous support of sponsors and partners, in March 2000, the website http://www.racerocks.com/ went live on the internet. Since that time multiple fixed and remote control cameras have sent live images continuously and the students and faculty of Lester Pearson College, as part of the ongoing stewardship of this area, have produced a large resource of supportive background materials and archived video. From the outset we have maintained a commitment to present a non-commercialized educational site.
Garry Fletcher
Educational director, racerocks.com
G.Fletcher, Marine Education Consulting
Victoria, B.C. Canada
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