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Appendix J: Activities by Topic

The following is a list of topics included in Bosque Education Guide activities. This is not a comprehensive listing; it does not list every possible topic. It does, however, include topics that might be included in elementary and secondary courses of study in a variety of subject areas and skills that are used. See the alphabetical listing of activities on the last page of this guide to find the activity.

Agriculture

The Spirit of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo (background essay)

14. Cottonwood Creation

17. Working Water

34. Water Budget Activity

Acequia Culture (background essay)

36. Change Is All Around Us

Birds

4. Naturalist Notebooks

15. Who Lives Where?

22. Mapping Species Richness

23. Crane Migration

Bosque Field Trip Activities

Planning a Bosque Field Trip: Things to Bring (background information)

1. Bosque Search Bingo

2. Bosque Discovery Booklet

3. Field Explorations Booklet

4. Naturalist Notebooks

5. Scavenger Hunt

6. Wildlife Detectives

7. Crawly Creatures

8. Pitfall Trapping

9. Kick-net Kritters

10. A Rose by Any Other Name

11. Reading the Bosque

12. Winter Bud Activity

Service Learning

44. Naturalist Notebooks: Fire

Cottonwood Trees

Middle Rio Grande Bosque (background essay)

4. Naturalist Notebooks

11. Reading the Bosque

12. Winter Bud Activity

13. Changing River

14. Cottonwood Creation

21. Cottonwood Quiz

Fire in the Bosque (background essay)

42. A Spectrum of Fires

43. Post-fire Survival of Bosque Trees

45. Changing Fire

Ecology

13. Changing River

15. Who Lives Where?

16. Who Grows Where?

18. Bosque Chaos

20. Bosque Leaf Hunt Relay

22. Mapping Species Richness

24. WebQuest: Invasive Species

37. Aldo Leopold

40. If You Owned a Bosque Ecosystem

Fire in the Bosque (background essay)

42. A Spectrum of Fires

43. Post-fire Survival of Bosque Trees

45. Changing Fire

Fire

13. Changing River

Fire in the Bosque (background essay)

41. Fire Vocabulary Match-up

42. A Spectrum of Fires

43. Post-fire Survival of Bosque Fires

44. Naturalist Notebooks: Fire

45. Changing Fire

Geography

22. Mapping Species Richness

31. Watersheds in New Mexico

36. Change Is All Around Us

37. Aldo Leopold

Geology

Geologic History of the Rio Grande Rift (background information)

25. Time Line Activity

26. What is the Rio Grande Rift?

28. Porosity and Permeability

32. Rio Grande Stream Table

Graphing

23. Crane Migration (extension)

33. How Deep is the Water Table?

35. Interpreting a Hydrograph

36. Change Is All Around Us

43. Post-fire Survival of Bosque Trees

Human History

5. Scavenger Hunt

13. Changing River

34. Water Budget Activity

Acequia Culture (background information)

36. Change Is All Around Us

37. Aldo Leopold

38. River Stories

39. Bosque Songs

Fire in the Bosque (background essay)

Insects

1. Bosque Search Bingo

3. Field Explorations Booklet

7. Crawly Creatures

8. Pitfall Trapping

9. Kick-net Kritters

11. Reading the Bosque

20. Bosque Leaf Hunt Relay

Appendix E: Arthropods

Internet Skills

24. WebQuest: Invasive Species

27. WebQuest: Geologic History

33. How Deep is the Water Table? (extension)

35. Interpreting a Hydrograph

Journaling

2. Bosque Discovery Booklet

3. Field Explorations Booklet

4. Naturalist Notebooks

44. Naturalist Notebooks: Fire

Service Learning

Kinesthetic Activities

20. Bosque Leaf Hunt Relay

23. Crane Migration

29. Rio Grande Bosque Water Cycle

Mapping

22. Mapping Species Richness

30. Surface Water Demonstration (Mapping Fun extension)

31. Watersheds in New Mexico

36. Change Is All Around Us

Plants

1. Bosque Search Bingo

2. Bosque Discovery Booklet

3. Field Explorations Booklet

4. &nnbsp; Naturalist Notebooks

10. A Rose by Any Other Name

11. Reading the Bosque

12. Winter Bud Activity

13. Changing River

14. Cottonwood Creation

16. Who Grows Where?

20. Bosque Leaf Hunt Relay

24. WebQuest: Invasive Species

40. If You Owned a Bosque Ecosystem

Fire in the Bosque (background essay)

42. A Spectrum of Fires

43. Post-fire Survival of Bosque Trees

44. Naturalist Notebooks: Fire

Appendix H: Dichotomous Plant Key

Reading

13. Changing River (information cards)

15. Who Lives Where?

16. Who Grows Where?

Geologic History of the Rio Grande Rift (background)

Acequia Culture (background)

37. Aldo Leopold

45. Changing Fire (information cards)

Schoolyard Activities

6. Wildlife Detectives

7. Crawly Creatures

12. Winter Bud Activity

20. Bosque Leaf Hunt Relay

23. Crane Migration

29. Rio Grande Bosque Water Cycle

30. Surface Water Demonstration

32. Rio Grande Stream Table

Trees

1. Bosque Search Bingo

2. Bosque Discovery Booklet

3. Field Explorations Booklet

4. Naturalist Notebooks

11. Reading the Bosque

12. Winter Bud Activity

14. Cottonwood Creation

18. Bosque Chaos

21. Cottonwood Quiz

42. A Spectrum of Fires

43. Post-fire Survival of Bosque Trees

44. Naturalist Notebooks: Fire

Appendix H: Dichotomous Plant Key

Upper Watershed/ Statewide Perspective

1. Bosque Search Bingo

13. Changing River

15. Who Lives Where?

22. Mapping Species Richness

29. Rio Grande Bosque Water Cycle

30. Surface Water Demonstration

31. Watersheds of New Mexico

42. A Spectrum of Fires

Water

9. Kick-net Kritters

13. Changing River

17. Working Water

18. Bosque Chaos

26. What is the Rio Grande Rift?

28. Porosity and Permeability

29. Rio Grande Bosque Water Cycle

30. Surface Water Demonstration

31. Watersheds in New Mexico

32. Rio Grande Stream Table

33. How Deep is the Water Table?

34. Water Budget Activity

35. Interpreting a Hydrograph

Acequia Culture

37. Aldo Leopold

Wildlife

1. Bosque Search Bingo

2. Bosque Discovery Booklet

3. Field Explorations Booklet

4. Naturalist Notebooks

6. Wildlife Detectives

11. Reading the Bosque

15. Who Lives Where?

The Web

22. Mapping Species Richness

23. Crane Migration

40. If You Owned a Bosque Ecosystem

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