National Parks Jigsaw and is replicated here as part of the SERC
Pedagogic Service. - Learn about a landscape from a scientific
point of view - Develop a limited expertise in a particular
field - Work with other experts in different fields and learn
from them Context for Use This exercise can be scaled from
introductory level to upper-level, and used in a variety of
classes depending on the roles and the parks selected. I would
give the students at least one class period and a week of
outside time for research in their specialty, then another week
to study their park and produce their web page or pamphlet with
their base group. Description and Teaching Materials First, your
decision about what the students need to learn defines which
parks and which roles to assign. - It may be helpful to give
students of each specialty a list of questions that they should
focus on. For example, if one specialty is "geomorphologist",
the student should research: - Topography and surface geology of
the park - Common soil types