Get to Know Your Wild Neighbours

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General Assessment

Question	Response
What skills does this resource explicitly teach?	Students record their observations of a plant or animal on a naturalist’s notebook page. Learn to use digital cameras to take creative and descriptive images of natural subjects. Use "viewfinders" as aids to selecting images and subjects for photography or art in nature
What important, related ideas/issues are not addressed in this resource?	Students of the technology age have become increasingly alienated from the natural world. Virtual experiences take place of outdoor experiences.
What important ideas are implied by the resource, but not taught explicitly?	Young Canadians need to spend more time outdoors. This is particularly important in this day and age as children continue to abandon outdoor experiences for those they can participate in from within the home.
To enhance this resource the following changes are strongly recommended:	Include an authentic action experience in which students can work to make positive change in their communities. Include some explicitly taught skills for students to take effective action. Include some information about what is going on in the present community of the learners and the vision for the future. Provide some extension and enrichment activities for the students. Provide opportunities for consensus building around habitat preservation and endangered wildlife. Discussions about the problems/solutions surrounding the mammal habitats/local environments.

Sustainability Education Principles

Principle	Rating	Explanation
Bias Minimization	Good	The self-discovery/investigative approach taken in the lesson plans allows students to draw their own conclusions based on the information they gather outdoors. Students are not influenced to any particular point of view. Robert Bateman openly shares his beliefs and philosophy on the website.
Multiple Dimensions of Problems & Solutions	Poor/Not considered	Not considered in this resource.
Respects Complexity	Poor/Not considered	Not considered in this resource.
Action Experience	Mediocre	The resource suggests a tree planting project or schoolyard naturalization as an extension activity
Action Skills	Poor/Not considered	No action skills are explicitly taught.
Empathy & Respect for Humans	Poor/Not considered	Not considered in this resource
Personal Affinity with Earth	Very Good	The lesson plans are designed to help students develop a personal connection with organisms that live in their local ecosystems. All activities take place outdoors.
Locally-Focused	Very Good	Having students learn local species’ names and characteristics will create increased awareness and understanding for wildlife that live in their communities. The resource is designed to help students develop a personal connection with organisms that live in their local ecosystems.
Past, Present & Future	Poor/Not considered	Not considered in this resource.

Pedagogical Approaches

Principle	Rating	Explanation
Open-Ended Instruction	Good	Students participate in a variety of outdoor field activities which allow them to acquire their own knowledge and skills outside of the classroom.
Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Learning	Good	Science Art Technology Social Studies
Discovery Learning	Good	Students interact with their local environment by observing, exploring and manipulating objects.
Values Clarification	Poor/Not considered	Students are not explicitly given an opportunity to clarify their own values.
Differentiated Instruction	Mediocre	The lesson plans offer a combination of visual, auditory, sensory and tactile activities. No adaptations are suggested.
Experiential Learning	Good	The resource provides authentic, hand-on experiences for the students such as nature walks.
Cooperative Learning	Mediocre	For some of the activities students work in groups.
Assessment & Evaluation	Mediocre	Some assessment rubrics/ suggestions are provided.
Peer Teaching	Good	Students share and highlight some of their findings
Case Studies	Poor/Not considered	No case studies are provided.
Locus of Control	Poor/Not considered	Extension and enrichment ideas are provided for the teacher.

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