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My Habitat
Learners explore the environment they live in. In this habitats instructional activity, students define habitat and create a web in kidspiration. Learners take a walk outside and record what they see and hear and may take pictures as...
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Nature Art
In this nature art lesson, students take a nature walk and collect items with different sizes, textures and colors. Students use the items they collect to make a collage.
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Living vs. Non-living
Students go on a nature walk and observe and discuss the living and non living things they see in the ecosystem. In this living and non living lesson plan, students complete a connecting string activity to simulate an ecosystem.
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Wild, Wild Wetland Wildlife
Students investigate biology by participating in a science experiment. In this dissection lesson, students conduct a nature field trip around their school grounds and identify animals, plants, tracks and waste. Students dissect an owl...
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Western Red Cedar
Students explore the First Nations uses of the Western Cedar tree. For this nature lesson students compare and identify four conifer species. The students go on a nature walk.
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Plants vs. Animals
Students discuss the differences they can see between examples of animals and plants. For this science lesson, students draw or write what they have discussed about the examples. Students go on a nature walk to look for more...
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Fall Wristbands
Students place masking take around their wrist with the sticky side up. In this fall lesson, students take a nature walk to find things that have to do with fall and stick them on their masking tape.
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Leaf Rubbing
Students take a nature walk. In this fall lesson, students take a nature walk and choose leaves for an activity. Students place thier paper on laminated leaves and rub crayons over the paper, the leaves show up on the paper.
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I Went Walking
Young scholars take pictures. In this nature walk lesson plan, students read I Went Walking and brainstorm a list of things they might see on a nature trail. Young scholars take pictures of things they see on the nature trail, write a...
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Spring Lesson Plans
Students complete activities for spring such as counting petals, tracing spring words, and going on nature walks. In this spring lesson plan, students also read spring stories.
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Leaf People
Students use fall leaves for art projects. In this art activity, students use leaves to create leaf people. Students take a nature walk in fall and collect leaves. Students make arms and legs and paste them to the leaf.
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Autumn's Palette
In this Ranger Rick activity, students participate in a nature walk, observe the leaves, and sketch some of the leaf shapes they encounter. Students also respond to a question regarding the range of leaf colors they observe.
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Teaching with Nature
Students participate in a nature walk to learn about their natural environments. For this nature study lesson, students brainstorm a list of things to look for on their nature walk. Students go on the nature walk and locate objects they...
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Forest Stewardship
Students go on a nature walk. In this forest stewardship lesson, students brainstorm a list of things found in the forest, go on a nature walk and discuss forest stewardship.
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Spring Nature Walk
Students go on a nature walk and look for specific plants and animals. They check off items they find and determine if they were a plant or an animal.