Lessons & Activities: Grades 3 - 5
Bayshore Center at Bivalve
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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!
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!
Join us on a Micro Spring Adventure, where we will explore micro-habitats and minibeasts!
the green cause
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!