Outdoor Explorations
Explorations in your own backyard
Fall Activities
During the fall school year kindergarteners explore plant parts and Seasonal Changes, first graders explore animals and what they need to survive and second graders explore what makes up soil. Below are activities grouped by age and topic. However these activities are fun for the whole family!
Helpful tools before you go outside
Kindergarten: Becoming a Big Backyard scientist
Grade 1: Looking for animals
Grade 2: All about soil
Grade 3: Plant scavenger hunt
Grade 4: How to make a science notebook
Grade 5: Exploring ecosystems
Fall Virtual Explorations
Join Ms. McCarthy on a trip to a wetland habitat
What animals need to survive
Take a hike through the Whipple Hill Conservation Area. Join Fran as she takes you on a family friendly tour through Whipple hill and shows you how rocks tell us their story.
Stop 1 - The rock wall
Stop 2 - Trail to the top
Stop 3 - Top of Whipple Hill
Stop 4 - Mystery boulder
Stop 5 - Rocky hillside
The indigenous people who lived here 500 years ago survived on what was around them.
Winter Activities
Spring Activities
Kindergarten: Explore spring
Grade 1: Birds and animals
Grade 2: Become an insect detective
Grade 3: Spring Wetland Exploration
Grade 4: Nature is always changing
Grade 5: Consumer Scavenger Hunt, Producer Scavenger Hunt, Decomposer Scavenger Hunt
