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Build a Park

Activity Plan
January 29, 2015

Inner Outer Circle

Activity Plan
January 29, 2015

In this experience, a “double circle” with an outer circle facing “inside” and an inner circle facing “outside” provides an interactive space for NatureBridge students to briefly exchange answers to a range of questions about each other’s preferences...

Geology Inquiry

Activity Plan
January 29, 2015

Students will make observations of a chert outcrop and make inferences (based on their prior knowledge) about how the outcrop was formed and moved.

Nest Raiders

Activity Plan
January 29, 2015

Students will try strategies to safeguard their “nests” from predators and learn the importance food, water, shelter, and space in this active game. This activity is very similar to Jays and Juncos, but debriefed differently.

How Fast Is That Moving

Activity Plan
January 29, 2015

Students will practice measuring length, time, and speed by engaging in various outdoor activities.

Kiwi Ball

Activity Plan
January 29, 2015

Students become predator and prey in a habitat that changes according to humans’ actual choices that have affected the national park site.  

Acorns, Deer, Mountain Lions

Activity Plan
January 29, 2015

Students will be involved in an active simulation of populations in this activity. By becoming part of the “ecosystem,” students can see how populations of different organisms change over time, and in relation to each other.

Jays and Juncos

Activity Plan
January 29, 2015

This activity shows the relationship between a predator (jay) and prey (junco) as students play a fun active game. The students will understand how one population affects another.

Shadow Mapping

Activity Plan
January 29, 2015

This guided inquiry allows students to hypothesize and collect data on the movement of their shadows throughout the day. Students can infer the path of the sun and discuss the earth’s rotation and orbit.

Yosemite Grant in the Senate

Activity Plan
November 14, 2014

Students reenact the passing of the Yosemite Grant Act when it was in the Senate. The script is taken directly from the dialogue that occurred in May 1864.

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