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Citizen Science: Phenology at Lower Yosemite Fall

Activity Plan
November 14, 2014

Students learn how to observe, classify, and record the phenological status of a California black oak.

 

Observation Square

Activity Plan
November 14, 2014

Students will use observation skills to memorize objects in a finite area. Later, when their area is “accidentally” destroyed, they will question what it means to feel ownership and how that changes the way people care for someone or something.

Instructions for Letter to Self

Cards and Visuals
November 14, 2014

Print and use these instructions to give to your students when doing letters to self with your students. Instructions can help guide students as they write their letter and address their envelope.

We All Have an Effect

Theme
November 14, 2014

This lesson explores the ripple effect of humans on Yosemite Valley by visiting many sites where evidence remains and concludes with a stewardship project.

Our Community

Theme
November 14, 2014

Students will focus on team-building and working as a community in on their NatureBridge program in Yosemite.

This is Day One of a Five Day Plan (Our Community, Our Planet, Our Challenge, Our Ecology, Our World Our Responsibility).

Our World, Our Responsibility

Theme
November 14, 2014

Students conclude their NatureBridge program by doing the Lorax debate and pledging ways that they can make a difference and care for our world.

Our Challenge

Theme
November 14, 2014

Students get to be leaders on this challenge hike up the 4-mile trail. Students learn about leadership and the leadership compass as well as how to successfully complete a difficult hike as a team.

Our Ecology

Theme
November 14, 2014

Students learn about trophic levels, the energy pyramid, and examples of mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism before considering their own relationship with the natural world.

GeoSleuths: Thinking Like a Geologist

Theme
November 14, 2014

Students are great observers; this day will allow them to use their innate desire to explore and focus them through the lens of a geologist.

Our Planet

Theme
November 14, 2014

Students learn about and experience Yosemite’s geology as they hike from Yosemite Lodge to the recessional moraine by El Capitan Meadow. Specific topics include the rock cycle, plate tectonics, the formation of Yosemite Valley, and earth history.

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