Don't just do it, teach it!: Nature Hike Scavenger Hunt

Monday, June 4, 2012

Nature Hike Scavenger Hunt

After a couple of weeks of report cards, assessments, and packing up, I'm finally back to blogging! I have so many new things to share, it may take a couple of weeks to get it all posted!
This is our last week of school, and each day has a theme. Tomorrow is Camping Day. We are going to make s'mores in the sun, read about camping in our state, and go on a nature hike. To make the hike more engaging, I just created a scavenger hunt worksheet. This year, our science units were Air and Weather, Plants and Animals, and Balance and Motion. For the hunt, I asked questions that would encourage the kids to think about topics we studied. After the nature hike, the students will use the items they found to create an acrostic poem, and a short essay about everything the saw, heard and felt. It should be a good time, and a great way to help them stay on task when they are so excited for vacation to begin.