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Taking a visit to the garden? Be like a scientist (and gardener and farmer!) and document your observations. What do you observe? What is not on the field journal that you do? Perhaps measure something's distance, weight, temperature, or...
English Language Learners use a custom plant species field guide to identify various plants in The South Bronx Schoolyard Garden and Outdoor Classroom. They are even making their own field guides for the garden. Watch as these students become botanists!
Have a GPS watch? Use it for field trips or walking trips. This is a template for a Field Experience Data Gathering Sheet.
Field Experience Data Gathering Sheet.pdfThe students of PS 48 begin collecting data for a long term tree census of trees in the school garden and Drake Park. See sample lesson ideas connecting to PS 48's Hunts Point Slave Burial Ground Project
Includes activities with trees, compasses, and another Nature Observation Sheet for student exploration. This observation sheet serves as a template that allows students to utilize scientific tools, including thermometers, compasses, and hand lens to observe and write about the natural world.
drake_park_nature_observation_guide.pdfThis is useful for geology and geography in order to develop observational and analytical skills while developing social studies and science content and vocabulary. Here is a list of useful materials to utilize while at Drake Park: magnifying lens, tablets such as iPads (optional), compass, paper and pencil, spare pencils (they will break or get lost!), the investigation sheet, archival white gloves, clipboards, and white paper to do rubbings of interesting objects and texts.
Drake Park Cemetery FINAL.pdfWalking Trip Slip Example
Walking Trip Slip Example
Based on school guidelines, this one includes permission for recording audio, photos, and video of (and by) students. It also grants permission for contacting the parents via school messaging (i.e. Remind app).
Internet Walking Trip Permission Slip SY1718.pdfQuickly get outside during the snowy season. Use measuring tools, like thermometers and rules. Compare data collected by different student groups. Or measure on a continued basis to develop graphs and data analysis and interpretation.
Bringing the Outdoors Indoors
Bringing the Outdoors Indoors
Geology- create rock collections on neighborhood walks, or have students bring in their owns rocks. Or walk around the school for building materials.
Use Videos- to develop observation skills, inquiry and so on. Choose from your school community to readily connect to the students.
Record quick videos of animal(s) that can then be viewed and observe with an observation sheet.
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