The Topic Is the County Parks [microform] / David Grant and Others.
Designed for use by teachers, students, and bus drivers, this guidebook provides suggestions, background information, and exercises to prepare participants to take part in New Jersey's County Park Program. First, scheduling information, recommendations concerning clothing, checklists of things...
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| Format: | Microfilm Book |
| Language: | English |
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1987.
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| Summary: | Designed for use by teachers, students, and bus drivers, this guidebook provides suggestions, background information, and exercises to prepare participants to take part in New Jersey's County Park Program. First, scheduling information, recommendations concerning clothing, checklists of things to bring, safety tips, and a map are presented. Next, for each outing, the guidebook suggests activities to help students prepare for the trip, offers background information on the site, presents homework assignments to be completed after the trip, and provides readings on related topics. The following activities are included: (1) at Poricy Park, students visit a colonial farmhouse, take a nature hike, and search for fossils; accompanying materials explain what an ecosystem is; (2) at Hartshorne Woods Park, students collect leaves and take rubbings from the bark of different trees; accompanying information is provided on tombstone rubbings; (3) at Sandy Hook Park, students collect sea creatures found along the shore and visit historical fortifications and a lighthouse; instructions are presented for sand casting and goyataku, Japanese fish printing; and (4) at Holmdel Park, students take a canoe trip and make a pond study; learning activities are provided on the water cycle, survival on a desert island, and creating a flotsam and jetsam display board. (EJV) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Note: Light drawing may not reproduce well. ERIC Document Number: ED281605. |
| Physical Description: | 42 p. |
| Audience: | Students. Teachers. Practitioners. |
| Reproduction Note: | Microfiche. |
| Action Note: | committed to retain |