Educator Workshop Resources

Resources From Schoolyard Habitat Institute 2014

DAY 1 RESOURCES:

Math Icebreakers:

• Geometry Scavenger Hunt (pdf, 60 KB)

Benefits of Teaching Outdoors:

• Resources for Schoolyard Habitat Institute (pdf, 138 KB)
• Download the Natural Teachers Network eGuide and explore other resources offered by the Children and Nature Network.
• Ideas for a Basic Schoolyard Backpack (pdf, 45 KB)
• Dress_to_Repel (pdf, 3 MB)

Citizen Science Projects to do with your students:

• Project Budburst
• Project Feederwatch

Project WILD:

• Activities correlated to schoolyard features (pdf, 74 KB)
• Additional resources for Hazardous Links, Possible Solutions (pdf, 98KB)
• Student copy pages and other resources available from Project WILD can be found here.

Nature-Literacy Connections:

• Animal Poetry Worksheet for Animal Cinquain (pdf, 112 KB)
• Nature Connect Worksheets for weather watching, sound mapping etc.
• Poet-tree activity from Project Learning Tree

Common Species Cards:

These are the cards for activities you did with Mike Adriaansen. Images were collected from Wikipedia.

• common schoolyard species (pdf, 1.59 MB)
• Aquatic food chain cards (pdf, 162 KB)
• Animal and plant cards (pdf, 2.07 MB)

Field Guides and Dichotomous Keys:

• Candy Classification dichotomous key exercise

Enhancing Your Schoolyard:

• Enhancing Your Schoolyard Habitat (pdf, 43KB)
• Books, Videos and Websites on Schoolyard Enhancement (pdf, 25 KB)
• Schoolyard Survey map and human use worksheets (pdf, 12 KB)
• Schoolyard Survey objects team worksheet (pdf, 14 KB)
• Plant and animal survey worksheets (pdf, 12 KB)
• Schoolyard biodiversity survey worksheets (pdf, 19 KB)

DAY 2 RESOURCES:

Links to Gardening Resources:

• Suggested book list for Project WILD Seed Need and worm composting
• The Cold Frame Handbook
• Cornell Garden-Based Learning website has lots of lesson plans
• Kidsgardening.org offers lesson plans, tips on starting a garden and more.
• Summer in the School Garden: A resource for Working with Volunteers to Maintain Your School Garden (via the website growing-gardens.org, which also has other great resources)
• Whole Kids Foundation School Garden Guide
• Monarchwatch.org

Grants for School Gardens:

• National Gardening Association Youth Garden Grants
• Project Learning Tree GreenWorks grants
• Advice on applying for grants for native plant gardens at schools from Betsey Landis,
  Head of Education and Horticulture for Los Angeles / Santa Monica Mountains Chapter, California Native Plant Society
• Whole Kids Foundation School Garden Grants

 Worm Composting Presentation:

• Worm composting (pdf, 1.2 MB)

Site Survey:

• Teacher’s preliminary Schoolyard Site Survey (pdf, 108KB) including info on poison ivy

Insect Activities:

• Project WILD activities that involve Insects and Spiders (pdf, 9 KB)