LPS Big Backyard Program - Training Videos

Training Videos

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

TBD

🎥 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

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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