MEDIA
Title......................Project
MECCA curriculum resources for science topics.
Description..........Curriculum
materials for grade-based themes:
Grade 2
– Dinosaurs (fossils, diet, locomotion, defense, extinction).
Grade 3 – Vertebrate Animals
(vertebrate traits, predator/prey, locomotion,
reproduction,
endangered species, plan for San Antonio Zoo tour).
Grade 4 -- Ecology (balanced
ecosystems, ethnobotany, population dynamics,
water quality, resource conservation,
wildlife signs, plan for tour of San
Antonio Botanical
Center and Witte’s Texas Wild ecology exhibit.
Grade 5 -- Flowering Plants (seeds,
roots, stems, leaves, flowers and a plan
for touring San
Antonio Botanical Center.
Target
Audience..............Educators,
grades 2-5.
Cost......................$7
per teaching unit plus $2.50 postage.
Location...............By
mail to teachers.
Dates/Times.........On
request.
Special
requirements.......Call to
get on mailing list.
Sponsor/POC......Witte
Museum, Division of Public Programs, ATTN: Education Resources,
3801 Broadway,
San Antonio 78209-6396 Tel. (210) 357-1901.
Other
Notes.........Each
unit offers a variety of teaching strategies. Also available is "Parent
Source Book:
Family Activities in Science" with science activities to be done
at home ($4 plus
$2.50 postage).