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Sensory Discovery Walk: Connecting With Your Place ActivitySensory Discovery Walk: Connecting With Your Place Activity
Publisher
National Wildlife Federation
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Grade
K - 6th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Activities & Projects
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategy
Collaborative Learning
Year
2005
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Sensory Discovery Walk: Connecting With Your Place

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Take a blinded tour. Pairs take turns leading each other on a blindfolded exploration of the natural world and take stock of their surroundings using their remaining senses. After the tour, pupils try to map their paths and follow them without the blindfold. The class finishes with a discussion on how well they created their paths and share their favorite impressions along the way.

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Concepts

sensory details, nature, trust

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • If a park is not nearby, use the playground to explore
  • Create a planned path that every pair should follow and compare the paths the pairs thought they traveled

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires access to an outdoor area, such as a park

Pros

  • Provides suggestions for alternatives for different ages or locations
  • Includes assessment ideas

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  • None

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