Project/Problem Based Learning

Project/Problem Based Learning

Tools for all PBLs:

• ZoteroBib – zbib.org – for citing websites, books, images, etc.
• online databases – directions for accessing at home using MackinVIA are at the top of this page

What to Plant in Arlington – 7th gr Science

Carbon Sequestration and the role of plants and trees

• Forests can capture more carbon to ease climate change
• Forests as a Climate Solution? Yes, Naturally
• Sustainable Agriculture in Action: Carbon Sequestration Explained
• What is carbon sequestration?
• Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies at MIT

Native Plants

• What are Native Plants? – VA Dept. of Conservation and Recreation
• Native Plants for Northern Virginia – a PDF guide
• Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
• Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping Chesapeake Bay Watershed – US Fish & Wildlife PDF

Arlington County Resources

• Projects & Planning – Environment
• Environment
• Parks & Open Space – a part of Projects & Planning
• Arlington County, Virginia Parks and Open Space – a pdf map
• A globally rare ecosystem lay under it: how collaborative conservation helped restore Arlington, Virginia’s Magnolia Bog – This article is in a database. Click on the link while at school, or from home log into MackinVIA to access databases and search for article title in the Gale database.