ERIC Number: ED412127
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1994
Reference Count: N/A
Wild Horses: Stories and Activities. The Wonder Series.
Moorehead, Carol Ann
This curriculum guide is all about wild horses and provides information through the telling of stories about these animals and their history and folklore. The activities contained in this guide employ an interdisciplinary approach and use mazes, puzzles, model-building, and board games to interest and inform students. Topics covered include the Adopt-a-Horse program, wild horses of the world and North America, ancient history of horses, the role of natural selection in the history of horses, communication among horses, making a pop-up wild horse herd, and the wild horse controversy. A bibliography, a glossary, and an answer key to the activities are provided. Contains 13 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Animals, Biology, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Endangered Species, Environmental Education, Habitats, Horses, Interdisciplinary Approach, Science Activities, Science and Society, Science Curriculum, Student Motivation, Teaching Guides
Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 5455 Spine Road, Boulder, CO 80301 ($7.95; Canada, $9.95).
Publication Type: Books; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Parents; Practitioners; Teachers
Authoring Institution: Denver Museum of Natural History, CO.
Note: Illustrated by Kay Herndon and Gail Kohler Opsahl.