Complete Curriculum Guides
Multi-week, standards-aligned curriculum packages that take students on a comprehensive journey through Galápagos wildlife, ecosystems, and conservation. Ready to implement with detailed teacher guides and student materials.
Ready-to-Implement Curriculum
Complete curriculum packages with everything you need to bring Galápagos education to your classroom. Each guide includes detailed lesson plans, student materials, assessments, and extension activities.
Overview:
Students embark on a virtual journey to the Galápagos Islands, meeting amazing animals like Blue-footed Boobies, marine iguanas, and giant tortoises. Through hands-on activities, research projects, and creative assignments, students explore concepts of adaptation, evolution, ecosystems, and conservation. The curriculum culminates in students creating their own conservation action plan.
Curriculum Units:
Unit 1: Meet the Amazing Animals
Introduction to Galápagos wildlife and their unique adaptations
Unit 2: Island Environments & Habitats
Exploring the diverse habitats of the Galápagos Islands
Unit 3: Ecosystem Connections & Food Webs
Understanding relationships between organisms in Galápagos ecosystems
Unit 4: Conservation & Taking Action
Learning about conservation efforts and creating action plans
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Overview:
Students explore the dynamic geological processes that created the Galápagos Islands, from deep mantle hotspots to surface volcanic activity. They trace the journey of HMS Beagle, understand Darwin's groundbreaking observations, and connect geological processes to biological evolution. Through hands-on experiments, data analysis, and research projects, students develop deep understanding of Earth systems, scientific inquiry, and the interplay between geology and life.
Curriculum Units:
Deep Earth Dynamics: Hotspots and Plate Tectonics
Students explore the fundamental geological processes that create volcanic islands, focusing on mantle plumes, hotspot theory, and plate movement.
The Galápagos Hotspot: 20 Million Years of Island Building
Students focus specifically on how the Galápagos Islands formed, examining geological evidence, island ages, and ongoing volcanic processes.
HMS Beagle and Scientific Discovery: Darwin's Revolutionary Journey
Students follow Darwin's voyage, understand his geological and biological observations, and connect his discoveries to modern understanding of evolution and geology.
Where Geology Meets Biology: Island Ecosystems and Evolution
Students explore how geological processes create habitats, influence species distribution, and drive evolutionary processes in island environments.
The Future of the Galápagos: Ongoing Geological and Biological Change
Students examine current geological processes, predict future changes, and develop comprehensive understanding of the dynamic nature of the Galápagos system.
Complete Resource Package:
+ 3 additional resources included
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