Programs - correlated to the Ohio Science Standards

2nd grade

• Landscape Model -Using a 3-dimensional watershed model, students can easily see the relationships between humans, animals, and the environment. They will learn about the ways living things impact the environment, and how this impacts living things.

• Water Cycle - Through this adapted Project WET game, students will become a molecule of water and travel through their own water cycle. Along the way, they will understand the concepts of evaporation, condensation, precipitation and transpiration.

• Worms, Composting - A worm bin will be brought into the classroom so participants can have a hands-on experience with the worms and investigate why the underground world is so important to us.

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3rd Grade

• Soils - After discussing the importance of soil, students will then participate in activities and experiments looking at soil properties

• Soils trailer - This award winning trailer designed to look like you are underground can be brought to your school for students to explore. Typically works best with half a class at once, so while some students are exploring the other students can be conducting experiments outside.

• Soil Formation Stations - In this activity five hands-on science stations will explore weathering, erosion and deposition!

• Worms - A worm bin will be brought into the classroom so participants can have a hands-on experience with the worms and investigate why the underground world is so important to us.

• Bird Beak Buffet - Not all beaks are the same, which means not every bird has the same diet! In this adaptation activity children will use different "beaks" to try and pick up a variety of food to see what sticks. Participants will learn what an adaptation is and how important and unique they are to their survival.

• Adaptations - In this lesson students will be introduced to beavers; learn about their life cycle, and find out how they are adapted to their environment.

 

4th Grade

• Streams Table - Using this hands-on model, students will explore erosion, deporistion, landforms and more. Table uses sand and water and so can be messy. Cannot be moved once set up.

• Ohio Fossils - We’ll talk about fossils and what makes our area so unique, including the geology and the types of fossils found here. We will discuss extinction and ancient organism’s connections to things living today! After the discussion, students will be given time to ID the fossils.

• Topographic Maps- Students will learn how a 2D map can show landforms in a 3D world. Students will work in small teams to make their own top map from a model landform.

• Augmented Reality Sandtable - Through this interactive model, students will learn ways in which water shapes the land, and will gain an understanding of topographic maps. This program also includes a discussion on careers.

 

5th Grade

• Black Bears - After learning about Ohio's Black Bears, students will become bears in an activity that involes math.

• Creek Critters - Two fake streams will be set up in the classroom for students to compare. Then students will identify a variety of stream organisms while exploring their roles in the stream ecosystem.

• Beavers - Students will learn about these amazing aquatic mammals and the important role they play changing their ecosystem.

• Food Webs - What is the difference between a food chain and a food web? Who are the producers and consumers in Ohio? This lesson includes an activity called Energy Pipeline from Project WILD that looks at energy moving through the food chain.

• Invasive Species - Students will learn about invasive species in Ohio, characteristics that make species good invaders, factors that can influence plant community assembly, and the role that people play in causing and proliferating invasions.

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6th Grade

• Rock Cycle - After discussing rocks and minerals, students will participate in an activity where they are a rock travelling through a rock cycle.

• Mineral Mayhem - after learning about the differences between rocks and minerals, students will test mineral properties and ID the minerals by using a dichotomous key.

• Soils - Students will learn all about soils, including its importance, properties and more. This discussion will end with a few demonstrations looking at texture, color, composition and more.

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7th Grade

• Where does water run? - This math lesson looks at the amount of water that falls in a given area and the problems that this stormwater can cause.

• There is no point to this pollution - This activity from Healthy Water, Healthy People has students attempt to solve a fictitious water quality problem within their watershed using maps and analyzing data.

• Topographic Maps - Students will learn how a 2D map can show landforms in a 3D world. Students will work in small teams to make their own top map from a model landform.

• Groundwater - through the use of a model, students will learn about the connection between surface and groundwater and the way that contamination can move through the system.

• Water Cycle- Through this activity, students will learn about the flow of water through the spheres while being intrduced to the flow of contamination

• Energy Pipeline - This interactive game from Project Wild illustrates how energy moves through a food chain.

• Sustainable Water - In this lesson students will be learn about direct and indirect water use and determine food choices that lower their water footprint.

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8th Grade

• Augmented Reality Sandtable - Through this interactive model, students will learn ways in which water shapes the land, and will gain an understanding of topographic maps. This program also includes a discussion on careers.

• Earthquakes - Students plot recent earthquakes on maps and examine how various process change the earth's surface.

• Bottleneck Genes - through a lesson on Black Footed Ferrets, students will examine how traits can influence the survival of creatures.

• Fossils & Geologic Time - we will discuss geoogic time and the various methods used for dating. Students will participate in two relative dating activities. The program ends with students examining fossils while comparing them to present day relatives.

 

9-12 Grade

Please contact Lynn directly to discuss specific needs.