This WS supports the scavenger walk.
This WS supports a culminating activity after the scavenger walk.
This school uses a community approach to creating beautiful learning spacesfor the school. They’ve generously shared their ‘how to’ and it’s truly inspirational!
Let students create their own, or provide ‘prompts’ as a morning message challenge.
An outdoor adventure provides vocabulary scaffolding that becomes a foundation for expressive writing. The slides introduce the worksheets.
Writing prompts provide an open-ended and immediate way to focus. These turn the “great outdoors” into a discovery process full of observational and detailed writing. Give the page for student choice or provide prompts one at a time to teacher direct the writing goal.
Students can explore natural resources, erosion, community environmental health, and writing that deepens understanding of incorporating evidence and persuasion for an audience. The lesson/activity helps students visualize the paths of water and includes links to more teaching slides and a video.
Teaching students documentation skills helps them learn the importance of accuracy plus they’ll feel like real scientists!
Start with a simple question to inspire connection, vocabulary, original thinking, and a beautiful writing product.
A simple question can inspire deep thinking and writing.
