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Why do birds fly, fish swim, and crabs crawl? Discover, through up-close animal encounters, what structures help saltmarsh organisms survive. Students will take a hike and observe wildlife found right here on this south bay wetland! They will be challenged by both familiar and unfamiliar structures.
PROGRAM LENGTH: 4 hours, 9:30am- 1:30pm
PLEASE PREPARE YOUR STUDENTS
We have chosen one lesson for you to do with your students before you come, titled ANIMAL SURVIVAL LESSON so they will have the optimal experience when they are here. Please use it to prepare your students. Please teach the second lesson, titled SUITED FOR SURVIVAL, within a week of completing your Coastal Education Program to expand on the material learned during Survivor in the Saltmarsh. There are many more resources for you and your students listed below as well!
PLAN OF THE DAY:
Your students will be able to participate in the Survivor in the Saltmarsh Lesson, a Docent-led Tour around the Living Coast to see birds, turtles and touch stingrays, complete a scavenger hunt and go for a hike or listen to a Read Aloud. Half of the day you will be with a Teacher or Docent and the other half of the day you will be leading your class through provided activities.
EXAMPLE SCHEDULE - Actual schedule may vary
Additional Resources
Below are other optional activities and resources related to the Survivor in the Saltmarsh Program
Student Information:
Teacher Background:
Survivor in the Saltmarsh Outline
Activities and Lessons:
Communication Sights and Sounds
How is Color Used by Living Things
Games, Songs and Crafts:
Standards:
NGSS
4-LS1-1. Costruct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction
4-LS1-2. Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.
Common Core
ELA-Literacy.
SL.4.1B&C. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles. Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information, and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of others.
SL.4.2. Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
L.4.6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being and that are basic to a particular topic.
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