LPS Big Backyard Program - Training Videos

Training Videos

Inclement Weather and School Policy

Families are notified by their teachers and/or big backyard team of upcoming walks and instructed on what children should wear and how to prepare for a walk. Proper clothing as well as sunblock and insect repellent is suggested depending on the season.

Students go on walks as long as it is not raining, the temperature is at or above 19 degrees Fahrenheit with the wind chill factor. Check with your school when there is a heat advisor in effect.

Postponements or Cancellations: Volunteers and families are notified via email, before a walk takes place. If you still have questions the day of the walk please contact your school's office.

Guiding Strategies for Outdoor Child Exploration

🎥 Basics Orientation Part 1

🎥 Basics Orientation Part 2

🎥 I notice, I wonder, It reminds me of...

🎥 Modeling a Respect for Nature

🎥 Fostering Student Inquiry

🎥 Beware of Poison Ivy

School Walk Training Videos

🎥 These videos are short introductions of what to expect on your specific walk, where to go and what each activity entails.

Please note: These training videos may not cover all material in the walk. Read the walk guide for an understanding of the entire content.

Kindergarten

Fall

Plant Parts and Seasonal Changes

🎥 Plant Parts and Seasonal Changes - Part 1

🎥 Plant Parts and Seasonal Changes - Part 2

🎥 Plant Parts and Seasonal Changes - Part 3

Winter

Plant Parts and Seasonal Changes

🎥 Plants in Winter

🎥 Animal Tracks and Tales in Winter

Spring

Plant Parts and Seasonal Changes

🎥 Plant Parts and Seasonal Changes (video made available upon volunteering)

Grade 1

Fall

Animals and What They Need to Survive

🎥 No videos are available at this time.

Winter

Animals in Winter

🎥 Animals in Winter

(video made available upon volunteering)

🎥 Animal Tracks and Tales in Winter

Spring

What Animals Need to Survive in Spring

🎥 Animals in Spring

Get a sense of activities and questions to ask students.

Grade 2

Fall

soil

🎥 Soil

Winter

Water in Winter

🎥 States of Matter - Part 1

🎥 States of Matter - Part 2

🎥 States of Matter - Part 3

Spring

Insect Detective

🎥 Insect Detective (video made available upon volunteering)

Grade 3

Fall

The Needs of Indigenous People in New England

No videos are available at this time.

Winter

No walk is scheduled at this time

🎥 No videos are available at this time.

Spring

Wetland Habitat field Trip

🎥 No videos are available at this time.

Grade 4

Fall

What Scientists Do

🎥 Doing what scientists Do

(video made available upon volunteering)

Winter

Animal Adaptation - Survival in Winter

🎥 Animals - Coping with the Cold

(video made available upon volunteering)

Spring

Animal Communications

🎥 Animal Communication

(video made available upon volunteering)

Grade 5

Fall

Ecosystems through the Seasons

🎥 Ecosystems - Part 1

🎥 Ecosystems - Part 2

🎥 Ecosystems - Part 3

Winter

Ecosystems through the Seasons

🎥 Ecosystems - Trees in Winter

Spring

Ecosystems through the Seasons

🎥 Spring Ecosystems

(video made available upon volunteering)

Archival Videos

These videos supported walks that have been retired.

Grade 4: 🎥 Tree Detective in Winter, 🎥 Geology 101 for Adults, Whipple Hill Walk

Estabrook Station Walk Videos

These videos were short introductions to station walks throughout the Estabrook school yard.

Kindergarten: 🎥 Winter Stations Walk , 🎥 Spring Stations Walk

Grade 1: 🎥 Winter Station Walk, 🎥 Spring Station Walk

Grade 2: 🎥 Winter Stations Walk

For questions or further details, please contact Karen McCarthy, Science Curriculum Coordinator K-5, or Pamela Cohen, District Big Backyard Coordinator.

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