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Students explore the schoolyard to find and compare objects listed. Students then solve basic math equations. Wrap up: Review answers. Would the numbers change with the different seasons?
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Discuss crime scene investigation: observations, evidence, reports. Students investigate a “crime” in the natural area and complete the CSI Report. Wrap-up: share solutions and evidence to support.
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Discuss plant parts and their functions: roots, leaves, stem, and flower. Students will dig up a dandelion to observe and fill in the activity sheet. Wrap up: discuss the students’ answers, review the plant parts and functions.
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Choose a tree or a shrub and collect measurements including: height, circumference, and length or buds/leaves. Students tally plants of the same species found in the garden and graph their results. Wrap up: compare students’ answers and discuss the different types of plants found in the garden.
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Students explore the schoolyard to find tallys of different types of plants. Students must then convert the tallys into decimals. Wrap up: Discuss findings, conversions from tallys to decimals, the relationship between decimals and fractions, etc.
