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Discuss patterns, and demonstrate basic counting skills using plants. Students search for plants based on a short description, and draw the plant or count where applicable. Wrap-up: common patterns and numbers, predict seasonal differences, etc.
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Draw the object. Then draw tally marks beside the object that you find in your schoolyard. Wrap up: Discuss student findings. Were there any objects that weren’t found? Why?
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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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Students measure each object found in the natural area and record their results. Wrap up: Discuss student results. Discuss using appropriate units of measurement. Could you use different units to measure the objects on the list?
