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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: The American Red Squirrel an Outdoor Inquiry Lesson

For Teachers K - 1st
For this activity, young scholars are presented with red pine cones that have been partly eaten by the American Red Squirrel, a fact that is not divulged to them at this stage. After a discussion of the possibilities, the class takes a...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Ecology/geography Classification

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This outdoor lesson helps students better understand ecological and geographical classifications by teaching it simultaneously in science and geography class. Presenting the two classifications together will help reinforce the idea of...
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Primary Resources

Primary Resources: Pe

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Primary Resources provide pdf and html documents for lessons that include: warm-up activities, dance & gymnastics, invasion games, striking & fielding games, net/wall games, fitness & athletics, outdoor & adventurous...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: I've Gotta Get Some Air

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students identify types and sources of indoor air pollutants in their school and home environments. They evaluate actions that can be taken to reduce and prevent poor indoor air quality. In an associated literacy activity, students...
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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Positive Weather Reports

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After reviewing local weather reports, students will think about whether the presentation of the reports is driving folks to not participate in outdoor activities. The class will create new weather reports that will turn negative weather...
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Michigan Reach Out

Reach Out! Michigan: Animal or Plant

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides a basic lesson plan from Reach Out! Michigan comparing plants to animals.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Bird Characteristics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this instructional activity, students will learn bird characteristics through observation and classifying activities. Indoors they will be introduced to bird study through learning about John James Audubon, followed by a basic drawing...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Adventures in Abc and 1,2,3

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this outdoor/indoor lesson plan, the young scholars will study Antler, Bear, Canoe by Betsy Bowen and make their own ABC book based on their observation skills used in the school forest.
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Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy: Introduction to Sustainable Forestry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson students use an interactive with Google Earth to identify forests that have been logged selectively with those that have not. For an outdoor activity students create acomprehensive list of all the tree species in their...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Recreation in Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson plan, they investigate the features of different state parks, learn why state parks...
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National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Nagt.org: A Kinesthetic Demonstration for Locating Earthquake Epicenters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A kinesthetic activity for students to understand the technique for locating the epicenter of an earthquake. It is performed indoors and outdoors in three lessons.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Is It Really That Big?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Just how tall is that object? In this lesson, students will participate in an outdoor group activity using shadows to extend their knowledge of proportions to solve problems dealing with similarity. The cooperative learning groups will...
Interactive
Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Environmental Education for Kids!

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site is an electronic magazine that features information concerning the great outdoors. This site includes information on animals, nature, earth, careers, activities, teacher lessons, and media.