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Oak Grove will be celebrating outdoor learning with our first
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Research on Outdoor Education shows:
-School performance increases when children learn outdoors
-Learning outdoors is healthy
-Learning outdoors supports child development
-Teaching and learning outdoors is fun
-Learning outdoors helps develop a sense of place and civic attitudes and behaviors
-Outdoor education engages families and the community
Ideas for #OptOutsideOakGrove include:
- Nature Walk
- Scavenger Hunt
- Hand Lens Walk
- Journaling
- Reading
- Measurement
- Mapping
- Observation
- Collecting Data
- Estimation
- Making letters and numbers with natural objects
- Level Up Challenge
- Leaf sorting
- Living / Non-Living
- Shadows/Sundial/Human Clock
- Habitats
- STEM Challenge
The ABC Walk on the Birdsong Nature Trail
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Leif and the Fall is the current StoryWalk located on The Beat and there are connections for students at the end.
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#optoutside for writing prompts, creating poetry, or vocabulary
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Keva challenges in nature where students design trees, insects, birds and even trails.
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13 Outdoor Classroom Activities for Anywhere, Anytime
Jane Goodall's Roots and Shoots Outdoor Resources
UGA Standard Based lessons for School Gardens
Project Learning Tree Creativity Boosters
The Globe Program
EcologyProject.org
OGE Scavenger Hunts
Students can count gnomes in the garden, then answer the question "What makes a good gnome habitat" through creative writing or drawing.
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Level Up challenges keep all students engaged while allowing different levels of comfort and creativity.
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Click on the image for the Leaf Hunt file. Can be printed in black and white and students color before searching for leaves. There's also a printable Birdsong Nature Trail Scavenger hunt.
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