Alan R. Berkowitz
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Eco-Inquiry is a grade 5-8 ecology curriculum developed by former Cary Institute educator Kathleen Hogan in collaboration with myself and a host of scientists and educators at Cary Institute and elsewhere, and published in 1994. Eco-Inquiry shows how instruction can be integrated and sequenced to embrace much of what we know children need in order to learn ecology. It now serves as an invaluable model for the work we do with teachers.

Worm Worlds is an activity guide developed by Drs. Berkowitz and Patrick Bohlen (a Cary Institute post doc at the time) for the North American Association for Environmental Education. It was used throughout the country in the Volunteer-Led Investigations of Neighborhood Ecology (VINE) program.

Small Watershed Ecology Assessment Project (SWEAP) handbooks were produced with Program Specialist Ana Ruesink to guide local teachers in comparing three small watersheds, all easily accessible to their school. Four school district received handbooks and an accompanying set of maps and airphotos unique to their watersheds.

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