SEEK - 1st & 2nd Grade Curriculum
2024-25 Offered on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
Note: This course rotates curriculum every year so students can take the course more than once.
The main topics covered this year are:
- Getting to know and appreciate each other
- Forest
- Bears
- Wetlands
- Praries
- Caves & Creatures of the Night
- Care of the Land
Week 1: Introduction Activities
Get to know you games, classroom rules, introduction to habitats, Journals
Week 2 & 3: Habitats - Forest
Study trees including lifecycle, parts of a tree, animals found in the forest, creative arts activity, Journals
Week 4: Bears and Other Animals in the Forest
Introduce different kinds of bears, Arkansas bears, Tracks In the Forest, bear game, Journals
Week 5 & 6: Habitats - Wetlands
Explore wetlands at the center, types of plants and animals that live in the wetlands, wetlands as filters, Little Green Monsters, Journals, creative arts activities
Week 5: Animal-Mania
Review mammal characteristics, Circles of Life, Animal Charades, Compare dogs, foxes, wolves and coyotes, guest speaker, Mystery Mammals, Journals
Week 7: Habitats – Prairies
Identifying the characteristics of a prairie, grasses and birds found in prairies, Grandview Prairie
Week 8, 9: Habitats – Caves & Creatures of the Night
Cave formation, creatures that live in caves, nocturnal features, Arkansas bats, creative arts activity, Journal
Week 10 and 11: Care of the Land
Recycle, reuse, water conversation, landfills and composting, make paper, Journal
Week 12: Graduation!
Review, games and hiking, graduation ceremony
