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Lessons & Activities: Grades 3 - 5

Bayshore Center at Bivalve

Science & Sailors
Join our crew of sailors in learning about the Bayshore environment!

Center for Aquatic Sciences at Adventure Aquarium

Back to Nature
It’s time to get outside and explore your local park, trail, your neighborhood, or even your own back yard! Our Back To Nature themed activity sheets will take you through a guided exploration of the outdoors. Topics include: spring flowers, wind, backyard birds, and more.To get started, visit our website and print out or download the activity sheets onto your phone or tablet. Check back often for new adventures.

Lake Hopatcong Foundation

Life Around The Lake
The Lake Hopatcong Foundation is providing our Life Around the Lake activity book for ANJEE Remote EE Hub for students in fourth and fifth grade.  In an effort to save paper, one format is fillable and the other format is for printing for the coloring and non-fillable activities.
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lhf_activity_book_-_fillable_format.pdf
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lhf_activity_book_-_print_format.pdf
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NEW JERSEY audubon

Certified Wildlife Habitat
Create a Certified Wildlife Habitat in any outdoor space by providing food, water, cover, places to raise young, and using sustainable practices. Pollinators and songbirds will enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Living vs. Non-Living in your Neighborhood
Walk around your neighborhood categorizing living and non-living things.
Looking at Opposites
In this "Bridges to the Natural World" activity we will wander the neighborhood looking for the opposites all around us!
Seed Balls!
Can you help wildlife and have fun doing it? YES! Join New Jersey Audubon to get your hands dirty creating seed balls! Learn now to make balls of a special mixture of seeds and soil, find a good spot, and…toss them! Seed balls can be spread in yards, vacant lots, or roadsides.
Squirrel Signs
In this "Bridges to the Natural World" activity we'll walk the yard looking for signs of squirrels.

New jersey sea grant consortium

What is a Mollusk?
Learn about common mollusks found at the Jersey Shore​.

Exploring Beach Dunes
Learn about how beach dunes are formed and why they are important.

The Art of Seining
A "how to" guide for Seining at Sandy Hook.

Resources for Educators

A diverse list of marine science lesson plans for grades K-12

Pinelands Institute at Whitesbog Village

Frog Adventures
Let's go on a Frog Adventure! Loaded with fun frog facts, do a FrogWatch, and learn about the frogs and toads of New Jersey!
Micro Adventures
Join us on a Micro Spring Adventure, where we will explore micro-habitats and minibeasts!

the green cause

Palm Oil
Description of palm oil, issues of palm oil, solutions/alternatives to palm oil.
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Carbon Footprint
Explanation of a carbon footprint, what contributes to a carbon footprint, why carbon emissions are bad (topics include lightbulbs, single use plastic, plastic water bottles), ways to reduce carbon footprint, interactive questions along the way, and an interactive activity to calculate your own carbon footprint.
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Deforestation and Animals
Describes the benefits of rain forests and vegetation, the dangers of deforestation, and the causes of deforestation. Provides solutions and ways that students can help. Talks about the animals affected and how to help them.
Pollution
The presentation describes pollution and it’s impacts on the environment and world.
pollution.pptx
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Climate Change and Global Warming
Lesson explains greenhouse gasses and climate change and the effects. Introduces solutions that students can do, interactive activity at the end to choose solutions to harmful activities, NASA Climate Time Machine game to show the environment in the past.
Toxic Chemicals 
Lesson about toxic chemicals, how they are released into the environment, and how they are harmful to us. Shows and explains the meaning of different warning labels. Interactive game at the end to recognize warnings and harmful chemicals.
Oceans
Talks about the ocean's affect on oxygen, climate, food, jobs, and marine life. Discusses the issues with changes in ocean currents, sea level rise, loss of species, and other natural disasters. Provides resources with solutions and optional interactive waste tracking activity.

The Raptor Trust

Resident Bird Education Packets
Short activity packets that teach about different species of raptors, including some resident birds at the Raptor Trust.

Raritan headwaters Association

RHA Learning Resource Hub
A collection of lessons in nature, creature features, videos, backyard “how to’s” and invitations to explore together, for learners of all ages! These activities are designed to be easily carried out at home or in a local park. It will be updated every Monday will new content!

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