Nature Nibble #7 – May 18th
Get out in your own backyard and see what's going on! Open up the Nature Nibble curriculum document to take a look at what is going on outside your window. Use the Nature Nibble Links supporting file to open up a YouTube video from our SPECIAL GUEST HOST to watch before you go outside. Be sure to look around for other things happening outside your window and either write them down or draw them on your Nature Nibble sheet or in your journal. Get out there and have fun!
Nature Nibble #8 – May 25th
Get out in your own backyard and see what's going on! Open up the Nature Nibble curriculum document to take a look at what is going on outside your window. Use the Nature Nibble Links supporting file to open up a YouTube video from Ms. Deanna to watch before you go outside. Be sure to look around for other things happening outside your window and either write them down or draw them on your Nature Nibble sheet or in your journal. Get out there and have fun!
Online Resources for Data, Kits, Information and More!
The curriculum attached is actually a list of websites you can find useful for you and your students. Some of the websites will give you access to data that you can give to your students, other websites (like the WI DNR EEK!! website) provides information that your students can use (and is age appropriate for elementary/middle school). Other websites provide great kits or other resources.
Outdoor Activities
The curriculum contains great outdoor activities for students of all ages.
Phenology Fun
Students will participate in a hike around their local nature space/place and make observations about what is happening in that natural place. They will try to answer questions like, ‘What is new?’ ‘What is different?’ ‘What has changed?’
Question of the Day for Early Childhood -Winter
Continue the classroom discussions about Phenology and the Lake Superior Watershed with these questions relating to Winter
Question of the Day for Early Childhood Classes – Fall
Use these questions relating to Phenology and the Lake Superior Watershed to get young learners to think about their "Neighborhood".
Question of the day for Early Childhood-Spring
Spring has arrived! Here are some questions to get the discussion going about what is happening right outside the classroom!
Saltwater vs. Freshwater
Students will learn about the differences between saltwater and freshwater, where they are found, what water is in Lake Superior and the animals of both types of water.
Satellite Photo of the St. Louis River Estuary
This is a current satellite photo of the St. Louis River Estuary. This is a great tool to aid your students in finding their place in the watershed.