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Temperate Forest : Pacific Spirit Field Trip

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine nurse logs with hand lenses and identify animals.  In this ecosystem lesson, students gain understanding of the rainforest by studying nurse logs.  Students become familiar with vocabulary through their study of nurse logs.
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Under Our Feet

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate the forest ecosystem to learn of the living and non-living elements of the soil. In this ecosystem lesson, students examine soil for twigs, moss, fungi, leaves, roots and other matter.   Students complete a...
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Forest Ecosystem

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students become familiar with the temperate rainforest.  In this forest ecosystem instructional activity, students identify the producers, consumers and decomposers in the forest ecosystem.  Students sort cards and identify the trophic...
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Case of the Missing Pumpkin

For Teachers K - 8th
Students explore the process of decomposition. In this science instructional activity, students carve a pumpkin and observe as it decomposes. Students compare the changes to an uncarved pumpkin. Students write about the disappearing...
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Is It Alive?

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore living things and their habitats. They create an original It's Alive! book to demonstrate what they have learned.
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Agriculture is a Cycle

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
What do a bicycle and the life cycle have in common? Cover this and more with the series of cross-curricular activities included in this plan. Learners do everything from making bracelets that represent the life cycle to checking out the...
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Watering Soil

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this watering soil worksheet, students complete a simple activity, following directions to use a watering can to sprinkle, pour slowly, then pour "faster" onto soil and write about what they notice. Teacher guide is on page 2.
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Life in a Log

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify insects living in rotting logs. In this decomposition lesson, students observe pieces of a rotting log, they look at the insects that have inhabited the log and create a chart that shows their findings.
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Worms in a Bottle

For Teachers K - 12th
Students gain a better understanding of the worm and its role in the recycling of organic materials into simpler forms by constructing worm bottles and observing for 60 to 90 days.
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"Habitats"

For Teachers K - 5th
Students complete a unit of lessons on animals and animal conservation. They observe a square meter of ground outside the school, set up a model environment, analyze an owl pellet, grow bread mold, and explore various websites.
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Animals at Night

For Students K - 2nd
In this nocturnal animals worksheet, students study a fact page with lists of mammals, insects, birds and amphibians that they may see on the school grounds at night. There are no questions to answer.

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