Helpful downloads for teachers:
- Activity Guide* - This guide details out the six steps for completing a Project BudBurst phenological investigation.
- K-6 Facilitator Guide* - This guide provides complete instructions on engaging your K-6 students in the Project BudBurst activity.
- K-12 Teacher Guide* - This guide gives complete instructions for incorporating Project BudBurst into your classroom. It is separated by grades K-2, 3-6, and 7-12. There are three activities for each grade band; 1) Connecting Plants and Climate; 2) Plant Observation and Data Collection; and 3) Plant Phenology and Climate Change.
- Student Data Collection Sheet* - Print this sheet off for each of your students.
- Draft Teacher's Guide* - This guide includes the AAAS Benchmarks for Science Literacy addressed in Project BudBurst, tips for success, and extension ideas after your students make their phenology observations.
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Other resources on phenology and climate change:
- Climate Discovery Teacher' Guide - This teacher's guide was produced by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) as a companion to the Climate Discovery exhibit at our Boulder, Colorado laboratory. Each unit contains lessons appropriate for grades 5-9 on a variety of Earth system science topics that facilitate student learning about our planet's climate system.
- Blooming Thermometers* - A Climate Discovery activity from the NCAR's Climate Discovery Teacher's Guide.
- Climate and Global Change resources from Windows to the Universe.
- UCSB Phenology Stewardship Program Official Handbook - A guide for the Phenology Stewardship Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, a growing network of professional & citizen scientists, outdoor enthusiasts, and educators & students who are dedicated to observing seasonal biological events.
- Kid's Crossing in the Classroom - This guide outlines strategies to build literacy and science skills by combining online science learning, the Kids' Crossing Web site, and some favorite hands-on classroom activities!
- Using the Carbon Cycle Interactive Game in the Classroom - A Windows to the Universe Activity. Through an online game, students learn how carbon cycles through Earth system.
- The Carbon Cycle Game - online interactive game.
- Traveling Nitrogen - A Windows to the Universe Activity. Students play the role of nitrogen atoms traveling through the nitrogen cycle to gain understanding of the varied pathways through the cycle and the relevance of nitrogen to living things.
- Carbon Dioxide - Sources and Sinks - A Windows to the Universe Activity. Students will use a chemical indicator (BTB) to detect the presence of carbon dioxide.
*All downloadable materials require the free Adobe Reader.