SEEK - 3rd & 4th Grade Curriculum
2023 - 2024 class is offered 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:
- Forest Ecology
- Ecosystems
- Watersheds/Wetlands
- Mammals
- Predator/Prey
- Habitats
- Birds
3-4 Grade Curriculum Outline
Week 1
Get to know you games. Journaling activities - The Shape of Things, Favorites
Week 2, 3, 4
Ranger Rick Trees are Terrific, The Grandpa Tree, Life Cycle of a tree, Ecosystem Chorus, Reading tree rings
Personal tree cookie, Tree Factory, Adopt a Tree, Toothpick star, Guest Speaker – Tree samples, Every tree for itself
Leaf Margins and Keying out trees, Native Foods / Edible Plants, Native American Tool Chest
Did it come from a tree, The Lorax
Week 5, 6, 7
Surf and Turf, A Drop in the Bucket, A River Runs Through it / The Sum of the Parts( point and non-point pollution)
Incredible Journey / The Water Cycle (Water cycle boogie), Enviroscape, Watershed – mostly hiking
Kicking & Picking, Macroinvertebrate Mayhem, Aquatic Food Web, Bill Nye Wetlands video, Wetlands Metaphor
Just Passing Through, Tour of the Water facilities
Week 8, 9, 10, 11
Bill Nye Mammals video, Skins, skull, tracks, Predator / Prey – Quick Frozen Critters / Fox & Rabbit / Thicket Game
Deadly Links, Habitat / Habitracks / Habitat Arrangement/ Succession models/ Food Web
Birds / Build a Bird / skin study with Neil Curry/ What makes a bird a bird, Owl pellets
