Program: Classroom Openers - Nature-Based Navigator

Equations Worksheet

Let students create their own, or provide ‘prompts’ as a morning message challenge.

See/Think/Wonder

This thinking routine from Harvard’s Project Zero teaches observation, interpretation, and inquiry.

Winter Scavenger Walk & Shape Poetry

An outdoor adventure provides vocabulary scaffolding that becomes a foundation for expressive writing. The slides introduce the worksheets.

Winter Scavenger Walk WS

This WS supports the scavenger walk.

Winter Shape Poetry WS

This WS supports a culminating activity after the scavenger walk.

Zoom In/Zoom Out

A thinking routine adaptation of See, Think, Wonder that encourages observation, inference, and most importantly that new information can change our understanding.

Earth Day Colors WS for Writers

A simple question can inspire deep thinking and writing.

Analogies

Analogies facilitate problem solving, knowledge across subjects, and innovative thinking.

Analogies Worksheet

After the group slides lesson, students can create their own analogies. Scan them into slides for a digital ‘gallery walk.’

Equations

A new take on equations gives students exploration in divergent thinking, part/whole exploration, and encapsulation.