INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS
Here you can find lesson plans and resources related to watershed education. Looking for field trips and educational opportunities with Friends of Sausal Creek? Visit our Education and Field Trips page.
JUNIOR RANGERS PROGRAM (JOAQUIN MILLER PARK)
INSECTS:
Bees and Plant Pollination (Grades 2-6)
Bee Habitat Observation Worksheet (Grades 2-6)
Butterfly Lifecycle (Grades 2-4)
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FISH:
Life Stages of the Rainbow Trout
Salmon Source Educator's Guide (Grades 3-8)
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HIKING ACTIVITIES/HABITAT LESSONS:
Various Outdoor Activities (Grades 4-7)
Habitat Detectives (Grades 3-12)
Opening the World Through Nature Journaling
TRASH/HUMAN IMPACTS:
TEAM BUILDING GAMES:
GEOLOGY/SOILS:
Serpentinite (California state rock)
Moving Mountains, Shifting Sands (Grade 4)
PLANTS:
Plants of the Sausal Creek Watershed (native and non-native)
Botany Bouquet (Grades 1-12)
Taxonomy Field Guide Warm-up (Grades 2-12)
Taxonomy Treasure Hunt
Construct a Plant Key (Grades 6-12)
Plant Families
Invasion of the Nonnative Plants (Grades K-12)
Seed Dispersal by Animals (Grades 3-5)
Plant Observation Exercise (Grades 2-12)
Leaves and Photosynthesis (Grades 3-5)
Botany Info and Quiz (Grades 5-6)
Native American Uses of California Native Plants
CLASSROOM LESSONS:
Scientific Method (Grades 4-6)
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MAPS:
SAVE THE BAY'S CURRICULUM:
BEETLES OUTDOOR AND CLASSROOM LESSONS
PROJECT WET LESSONS
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VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS
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Looking for other watershed related educational resources? Email kate@sausalcreek.org.
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