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• This printable site report is designed to help students easily note a field site’s important topographical details. The one-page PDF form asks for the following information:

  • area,
  • longitude and latitude,
  • average elevation,
  • biome,
  • topography, and
  • human-made topography.

• Completion Time

  Less than 1 period

• Teacher Tip

  Supplement a study of biodiversity with an activity drawn from this site report template.

  1. Ask students which topographical details they think are important to record at a field site.
  2. Hand out copies of the site report.
  3. Discuss each piece of information asked for, reviewing as a class how students can supply the requested data.
  4. Have students take home the site report template and complete it for a location in their neighborhood.
  5. Review the site reports, clarifying or correcting any problems students encountered so they’ll be able to accurately complete their site reports out in the field.

• Topic

  Biology

• Subtopic

  Tools and Methods