Students will gain new perspective on their home community as a place worthy of exploration and curiosity. Educators learn about the students’ community from their point of view.
Rockity Rock Rock begins as a simple game, with elements added continuously until students can act out and name the various rock types as part of the game.
In this activity, the educator begins to equip their students with the tools to become better observers. Use this exercise to help make your students aware of how they see and how to use their peripheral vision effectively.
In this version of tag game “Everybody's It,” students are blindfolded so that every player becomes predator and prey. The object is to tag (eat) other players and be the last to remain.
After learning how animals move when making their tracks, students will have a chance to “write their own tracking mystery” for a partner to solve in snow.
After an introduction to the sense of smell as an adaptation, students will participate in scent tracking by following a scent trail to find their “pack leader.”