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Outdoor Environmental Science Curriculum
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Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
Activity 1: Solar Oven
Activity 2: Resources Sort
Activity 3: Tragedy of the Commons Simulation
Ecosystems and Habitat Destruction
Activity 1: Ecosystem Jenga
Activity 2: Soil Erosion Lab
Activity 3: Biodiversity Hunt
Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
Activity 1: Ocean Acidification Lab
Activity 2: Climate Change Lab
Activity 3: Melting Ice and Sea Level Rise Lab
Pollution
Activity 1: Plastic Pollution Game
Activity 2: Runoff and Water Pollution Model
Activity 3: Air Pollution Model
Ways to Utilize the Curriculum
Outdoor Environmental Science Curriculum
Ecosystems and Habitat Destruction
Objectives for Topic 2: Ecosystems and Habitat Destruction
The learning objectives for the three outdoor activities for topic two are...
understand how species in an ecosystem are interconnected
understand how humans can alter an ecosystem causing it to collapse
understand the effects of deforestation
understand soil erosion
understand the importance of biodiversity
Guiding Questions to Promote Action
Some Guiding Questions to help kids generate ideas about how to protect the environment based on what they learned during the activities are...
How can we minimize our contribution to habitat destruction globally?
Why is it important to protect ecosystems and biodiversity?
What practices would help protect or restore habitats and ecosystems locally? (e.g. planting trees, not littering, only planting native plants, etc.)
Activities for Topic 2: Ecosystems and Habitat Destruction
Activity 1: Ecosystem Jenga
Activity 2: Soil Erosion Lab
Activity 3: Biodiversity Hunt
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