Fifth Grade Integrates Environmental Lessons Throughout the School Year

 

The fifth graders at Oakwood Environmental Education Charter School enjoyed participating in several activities using the Sheldon Nature Center.  Many students in the social studies classes used compasses for orienteering and some even used Global Positioning Systems (GPS’s).

 

In addition, students and staff also used the new, $20,000 guided reading library to develop and increase literacy skills.  Many language arts activities such as developing poetry and using the nature center as a subject for the Create a Book Contest were used this year.

 

Teachers also integrated Everyday Math topics with the environmental education curriculum.  Students had the opportunity to measure tree height using string and a ruler.  Activities that reinforced the use of mean, median, mode, minimum and maximum were also a part of learning in the nature center.

 

Finally, students participated in environmental education lessons in all areas of science.  Students learned how to identify trees, create microscope slides and compare Sullivan’s Woods to the Sheldon Nature Center.  Students also participated in the annual Sheldon Nature Center tree planting day.  The students and parent volunteers helped plant hundreds of trees in the Sheldon Nature Center

 

 

Fifth Grade

School Year 2004-05

Volume 1, Issue 1