Plants & Animals

from: Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children

Elementary, Middle

Description

This chapter is part of a larger compilation, "Keepers of the Earth", which is designed to increase students understanding of nature, and the uniqueness of plants and animals.  An understanding of the interconnectedness of all things in nature is fostered among students.

Within this chapter students will:

  • create their own classroom garden, either indoors or outdoors.
  • utilize oral legends as a way of beginning to understand nature and tradition.
  • visit a woodlot to study decomposition.
  • play a variety of games to develop understanding of key concepts.
  • utilize photography as a way of understanding plant succession.
  • create models of birds and imitate migration paths.
  • observe insects pollinating flowers, and imitate the pollination process using a toothbrush.

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