Add nature-based STEAM activities to your subject
Urban Outdoor Education for school yards and community parks. Practical teaching resources and professional development tools to implement experiential learning opportunities with your students.
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Free PreK Fall Resource
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Lesson 3 of the Student Safety Training for Outdoor Learning Unit
Prek-Grade 6 students build on what they practiced in Lesson 1 & 2. Students identify when they are lost and demonstrate best practices to be found. Students identify why it is important to follow this lost protocol.
Lesson 3 Includes:
Lesson Plan with cumulative activities
Bridge Lesson Plan to bring the practice outdoors
Visual aids: Tracking Sheets, How to call 9-1-1
Lesson 5 of the Student Safety Training for Outdoor Learning Unit.
Grade 3-6 students use clues, observations and reasoning, to learn strategies of risk assessment. In this culminating lesson students are guided through critical thinking tasks ultimately applied to outdoor scenarios.
Lesson 5 includes:
Lesson Plan with cumulative learning activities
Lesson Plan to apply practical learning outdoors
Discussion Questions (Teachables)
Rubric
Student Skills Assessment Tracker
Student Certificate
4 Learning Centers
Prompt posters for learning centers
Clue Cards and Resources for learning centers
Worksheets
Additional Resources: Student Site Risk Assessment Forms, Tick Awareness, Thunder/Lightning Protocol, Service Animal Awareness & Etiquette, Poison Ivy Identification, Evaluating Harmful Plants Guide, and Bees Verses Wasps Awareness Guide.
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Why We Teach
We believe children who feel connected to their community and eco-system, develop an attunement to self, others and the natural world around them. We provide the tools and resources necessary for STEAM teachers to include nature-based learning across subjects in their own school yard. Place-based learning connects students to the land they are on, allowing them to…
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