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Woodsy Owl Teacher's Guide At-A-Glance
Teacher's Guide At-A-Glance
Use this guide to incorporate Woodsy's activities into your curriculum.
Activity 1. Woodsy's World
Scavenger Hunt
Objective: By taking a nature scavenger hunt, children develop a basic awareness of
the world around them, including the sun, air, water, and living things. This initial
exploration forms a foundation upon which children build a relationship of respect and
appreciation from their environment.
Skills: Categorizing, Observing, Recognizing Relationships
Subjects: Science, Art
Activity 2. Meet the Trees
Objective: Children "meet" and investigate trees in their neighborhood.
They develop awareness and appreciation of the many roles trees play in their environment.
Skills: Observing, Measuring, Inferring, Recognizing Relationships, Organizing
Information
Subjects: Science, Math, Art
Activity Extension: Radical Roots
Objective: Children explore the concept of erosion, and, through a hands-on
demonstration, observe how trees can help prevent erosion.
Skills: Observing, Inferring, Recognizing Relationships
Subject: Science
Activity 3. Water, Water, Water
Objective: Children experience how a rain shower can change their environment, and
they begin to understand how all living things depend on water to survive.
Skills: Observing, Comparing and Contrasting, Inferring, Recognizing Relationships
Subjects: Science, Art
Activity Extension: Create a Mini-Water Cycle
Objective: Children learn about the water cycle through a hands-on experiment.
Skills: Observing, Inferring, Recognizing Relationships
Subject: Science
Activity 4. A Single Patch of Earth
Objective: Children realize how a small patch of earth can support a diversity of
life. They compare what they find in several patches of earth and consider what conditions
encourage life to flourish.
Skills: Observing, Organizing Information, Comparing and Contrasting, Counting
Subjects: Science, Math, Art
Activity 5. Catch the Wind
Objective: Children explore the power of the wind and discuss how people might use
the wind as a natural resource.
Skills: Observing, Predicting, Comparing and Contrasting
Subjects: Science, Art, Social Studies
Activity Extension: Make a Wind Gauge
Objective: Children construct a simple instrument to gauge the speed of wind.
Skills: Predicting, Observing, Inferring
Subjects: Science, Math
Activity 6. Explore Woodsy's Food Connections
Objective: Children explore the ways in which all living things - including
themselves - depend on one another for food.
Skills: Recognizing Relationships, Ordering, Organizing Information
Subjects: Science, Art
Activity 7. Water Watching
Objective: Children develop an appreciation of water as a limited natural resource.
They estimate how much water they use in a single day to wash their hands, consider why it
is important to conserve water, and suggest ways to save water.
Skills: Predicting, Estimating, Recognizing Relationships
Subjects: Math, Social Studies
Activity 8. Woodsy's Paper Caper
Objective: Children recognize the relationship between paper and trees, and realize
why it is important to wisely manage the forest's resources. They find out how much paper
they use in a single week and explore ways of reusing the paper.
Skills: Predicting, Solving Problems, Recognizing Relationships, Estimating
Subjects: Math, Social Studies, Science, Art
Activity 9. A Great Recipe for Garbage
Objective: Children realize that reducing the amount of garbage they throw away is
one way to care for the land. They find out how to reuse garbage by creating compost.
Skills: Predicting, Observing, Inferring, Recognizing Relationships
Subjects: Science, Social Studies
Activity Extension: Watch it Rot
Objective: Children observe what happens to unpreserved food after a week. They
predict what will happen to the food and learn what causes food to rot.
Skills: Solving Problems, Recognizing Relationships, Experimenting
Subjects: Art, Social Studies
Activity 10. Team Trash Crafts
Objective: Children develop an understanding of what it means to reuse, reduce, and
recycle. They learn why doing these things helps protect the environment.
Skills: Solving Problems, Recognizing Relationships, Experimenting
Subjects: Art, Social Studies
Activity 11. Deliver Woodsy's Message
Objective: Children explore ways of spreading Woodsy's message, "Lend a Hand -
Care for the Land!" to friends, family members, and members of the community.
Skills: Organizing Information, Communication, Recognizing Relationships
Subjects: Social Studies, Art, Language, Arts, Science
Activity 12. Fly, Woodsy, Fly!
Objective: Children use what they've learned about caring for the land by playing a
Woodsy Owl board game.
Skills: Recognizing Relationships, Solving Problems, Organizing Information
Subjects: Science, Social Studies
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