october blog entries
"What we see depends mainly on what we look for." - John Lubbock
10/27/2020 MAP YOUR GROCERIES
Our groceries come from many different places around the world. Not only does it use natural resources to make our food, it takes a lot to move it too! This activity has students map where the food and other groceries in their house came from. Click on the image to the left to link to the full lesson!
10/21/2020 Project learning tree family activities
Check out these activities that students can do at home to learn more about the environment and sustainability. Modify the activities as an assignment for class or share with students as an opportunity for the whole family to engage with nature. Click the image to the left to see all the activities!
10/19/2020 Youth Explorer Button Series
Venture Outdoors offers a set of activities for students age 5-11. Students can work at home to complete each component and then earn a virtual button. Each component includes a discussion, handouts, and an activity. Work through the entire series to explore topics like leave no trace, animal camouflage, and outdoor yoga!
10/14/2020 H.O.M.E.School
Help your students learn about the Great Lakes through many different topics. Use these 8 lessons created by the Alliance for the Great Lakes to enrich the environmental learning experience.
10/9/2020 earthworks - shaping nature and nature shaping you.
Express your artistic side! Follow this StoryMap Presentation from Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center to bring out the creative side of your students by creating art made out of the natural materials found all around them - their colors, shapes, and textures. Students can fill out the included Google Doc to record their observations.
10/6/2020 Live Animal Cams
While it may be hard to take an in person field trip during this time. You can still virtually visit many zoos! Check out the San Diego Zoo's website to see what all the animals are up to in real time. Have your students tune in to make observations, behavior charts, and more! Click to the left for the link and full list of cams including animals from the great apes to the penguins!
10/1/2020 Animal migration
From the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), this activity is full of fun ways to learn about animal migrations in the US. These activities encourage kids to use STEM skills to explore the topic - whether they are using math to plot the coordinates of monarch migration paths, engineering to design their birdfeeder, science to understand the phenomenon of animal migration, or technology to get involved with online citizen science. Click on the butterflies to the left to open the activity.