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Discuss different types of poems including stanzas, rhyme, etc. Students can review these poem examples to solidify content or prepare for their own writing efforts.
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Discuss food webs, producers, consumers (primary and secondary), decomposers and examples and evidence of each that we can find outside. Students search for the organisms on the worksheet and describe what they find. Wrap-up: share findings and summarize the food web at work in the natural area.
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Check out Progressive Agriculture’s Daily Learning Drops that offer various safety and health-related activities and demonstrations using a fun, unique and hands-on approach. As the children are home, now is the perfect time to think about adopting safer practices and healthier lifestyles.
Curriculum and activities are designed for students ages 4 to 13.
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Review Alberta’s provincial bird (great horned owl), tree (lodgepole pine), and flower (wild rose). Visit the wild rose shrub and the lodgepole pine and discuss their characteristics. Discuss the great horned owl and adaptations for winter. At each stop, students fill out the worksheet with their drawings. Record the temperature. Wrap-up: share cool facts discovered about Alberta.
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Calgary, AB students have the ability to learn about local plant life and habitat conditions near the Elbow River through this Riverine Forest study/activity sheet.
