By Annette Dubreuil | Marketing, Communications and Development
Easy to implement activities designed to take the learning outdoors
R4R’s database now features a section on outdoor learning activities. The inventory has been created to strengthen our Step Outside series by connecting teachers and students to engaging outdoor activities that explore themes described in each of the nature guides.
The majority of the resources are downloadable, easy to implement and highly engaging. In addition to enhancing Step Outside, these activities will provide meaningful opportunities for teachers from all grade levels and subject areas to take the learning outdoors.
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A selection of these activities include:
This simple activity serves as an excellent companion to the Late February Nature Guide and offers teachers an easy and enjoyable means of getting students outside in winter. It provides suggestions for organizing a successful search for snowfleas/springtails...
This engaging outdoor activity will allow students to experience first hand the stress that winter places on many of our iconic animal species. Building on the Late February Nature Guide's example of white-tailed deer this simulation allows students...
Developed to support a class excursion to the sugar bush, this resource offers specific suggestions to help link the experience to the curriculum. Prior to the field trip students chart temperatures and predict when the sap will start running. At...
This resource provides students and teachers with simple plans for constructing a 'nesting shelf'. The Early March Nature Guide draws attention to the first of our 'returning birds'. Among those mentioned is the American Robin. A great way...
This resource was in developed in support of School Nest Watch, a monitoring program designed to give students first-hand experience with many of our local birds. The Mid and Late March nature guides draw attention to a number of interesting bird...
For teachers interested in a habitat conservation project that will provide students with a wide range of outdoor learning opportunities, butterfly gardening is definitely something to consider. In addition to being among our most beautiful and...
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By Pam Schwartzberg | Executive Director
By Annette Dubreuil | Marketing, Communications and Development
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