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Welcome Section

Introduction

Glossary

FACTivity

Common Core FACTivity

Crossword Puzzle

Nature-Oriented Parenting 

• Discover the Forest

  For more information visit http://www.discovertheforest.org/where-to-go

• International Union the the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Protected Lands Catego

  For more information visit http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_quality/gpap_pacategories/

• Locate Protected Areas Worldwide

  For more information visit http://www.protectedplanet.net

• Natural Inquirer Wilderness Benefits Edition

  For more information visit https://www.naturalinquirer.org/Wilderness-Benefits-Edition-i-11.html

• The Wild Foundation

  For more information visit http://www.wild.org/

• Tips for Taking Kids to the Backcountry

  For more information visit http://www.trails.com/list_1145_tips-taking-kids-backcountry.html

• Using Natural Inquirer to Interpret Real-World Data

  For more information visit https://www.naturalinquirer.org/

• Wilderness

  For more information visit http://wilderness.net

• Wilderness Investigations

  For more information visit http://www.wilderness.net/NWPS/k12

• Dr. Michael Bowker
• Dr. Ken Cordell

• Scientific Topics
• Uses and Benefits of Science

• Ecosystem Services
• Human impact on natural resources
• Importance of Forests
• Outdoor Time
• Sustainability
• Value of natural environments

• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry (A)
• Diversity and adaptations of organisms (C)
• Nature of science (G)
• Populations and ecosystems (C)
• Populations, resources and environments (F)
• Regulation and behavior (C)
• Risks and benefits (F)
• Science as a human endeavor (G)
• Understandings about scientific inquiry (A)