Bouverie Preserve Teachers' Packet
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Audubon Canyon Ranch Bouverie Preserve TEACHER’S PACKET 2008-2009 The Mission of Audubon Canyon Ranch, Inc. Preservation, Education, Research To preserve, protect and manage ACR properties as sanctuaries for native plants and animals. To educate children and adults about the natural environment and the need to protect it, through the experience and enjoyment of ACR sanctuaries. To support research and conservation efforts that enhance the preservation and management of the natural resources of ACR sanctuaries. Language Standards Activity: Read the ACR mission statement with your students. Discuss the meaning of any unfamiliar words. Discuss the idea that humans have responsibility for taking care of other living things and the environment. Have the students do a free-writing exercise on this topic, and then read these aloud in small groups or with the full class. This addresses listening, speaking and writing composition standards. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ACR Mission* 2 Contents 3-4 Welcome & Introduction 5 Teacher Planning Sheets Activity-Concept Quick Reference 6-7 Academic Standards Correlation Matrix 8-11 Map to Bouverie Preserve 12 Chaperone Letter English 13 Español 14 Bouverie Song (Here we are at the Bouverie Preserve) 15 Bouverie March 16 Thank You Letters to Docents 17 Vocabulary Vocabulary List 18-20 Mystery Directions 21 Concepts Conservation No Garbage Lunch Challenge 22 Habitats Home Sweet Home 23 Communities for Everyone 24-25 Bouverie Preserve Trail Map 26 Trail Map Worksheet 27 Food Chains and Food Webs Once There was a Daisy 28 Foxes Rabbits and Grass 29 Oh Deer! 30 Food Webs and Food Web Picture 31-32 Web of Life 33-34 Water Cycle Mini-Water Cycle & Amazing Water 35 Photosynthesis What Do Leaves Do? 36 Adaptation SEEDS Flowers to Seeds 37 Seed Scavenger Hunt and Cards 38-39 Create a Seed Project and Cards 40-42 A Tale of the Acorn Maidens – A Coast Miwok Story 43-44 3 Adaptation continued SEASONS Color-Fall Leaves 45 Black Oak - Song 46 A Winter Snooze 47 How Do Animals Get Through Winter 48 AMPHIBIANS Fun with Newts! Some Newt Facts 49-50 Newts, Salamanders and Frogs – Song 51 REPTILES About Reptiles and their Kin 52-53 Listening to Learn about Reptiles 54-55 Fun Facts About Reptiles 56 BIRDS Migration Map & Worksheet 57-58 Migration Game 59 A Year in the Life of a Bird 60 Bird Adaptations 61 Bird Bills 62 Follow-Up Activities Anim-math 63 Essay Writing 64 Crossword Puzzle 65 Word Search 66 Teacher Resources Answer Keys 67-70 Books for More Information 71 Appendix with additional copies of important documents 72 4 AUDUBON CANYON RANCH BOUVERIE PRESERVE Welcome… …to the Bouverie Preserve’s Nature Education Program! The Preserve is a branch of Audubon Canyon Ranch, a nonprofit organization of wildlife sanctuaries and nature education centers (www.egret.org). Bouverie Preserve consists of more than 500 acres located in the hills east of Glen Ellen. It contains a variety of natural communities: Oak Woodland, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Riparian (or Creekside), Grassland and Chaparral. TEACHER PACKET The teaching materials are designed to lay a conceptual groundwork for your class in preparation for the field trip and to help you incorporate the Preserve experience into your curriculum. Follow up activities will enhance and reinforce the field trip experience. The variety of activities and vocabulary lists review the many ecological concepts the docents will discuss during the classroom visit and on the hike. We hope you find these helpful and fun! Some student work pages are available in Spanish. Please request these if desired. CLASSROOM VISIT Three to four weeks before you hike, a trained Bouverie docent will contact you to schedule a visit to your classroom. Please allow approximately 1 1/2 hours for this visit. It will prepare your students for their hike at Bouverie. It consists of a DVD or slide presentation followed by hands-on activities and exhibits. The activities vary and may include birds, mammal habitats and tracking, reptile and amphibian distinctions, and plant uses of local Native Americans. Our program explores the concepts of seasonal changes, flowering plants, seed dispersal, leaf color change, food chains and food webs, survival adaptations of plants and animals and local Native American culture. We incorporate the following vocabulary: Fall Vocabulary Spring Vocabulary Bouverie Preserve Docent Bouverie Preserve Docent Autumn Warm-blooded Stewardship Migration Adaptations Cold-blooded Photosynthesis Nocturnal Photosynthesis Torpor Habitat Decomposition Deciduous Hibernation Interdependence Evergreen Migrate HIKE DAY Please arrive at Bouverie on your scheduled hike day at 10:00 a.m. The hike will last 3-1/2 hours on the trails at the Preserve. Please use the Group Hike Form to divide your class into groups of 5 children (6 maximum) before you leave the school. Please provide name tags for all children and chaperones. We ask that only one adult chaperone accompany each group. Each docent-led group will explore and discuss basic concepts in ecology and the children are encouraged to share their discoveries. Their observations serve as a basis for examining the interrelationships among plants, animals, and their environment. The Teacher Planning Sheet will help you prepare for this day. SCHOOL PROGRAM ASSESSMENT FORM Following your field trip, please take a few minutes to fill out and return the School Program Assessment Form provided. Your response is important and helps us maintain and improve the quality of nature education at Bouverie Preserve. TRANSPORTATION SCHOLARSHIPS If you feel your class needs help with transportation costs in order to participate in our education program scholarships are available. Applications must be filled out and returned to Audubon Canyon Ranch headquarters to be approved before your hike date. Thank you for your enthusiastic participation! The Bouverie Docents and Staff Audubon Canyon Ranch Bouverie Preserve P.O. Box 1195 Glen Ellen C A 9 5 4 4 2 P h o n e 7 0 7 - 938- 4 5 5 4 F a x 7 0 7 - 938- 8 7 5 8 Website: www.egret.org E-mail: [email protected] 5 Activity-Concept Quick Reference ACTIVITY CONCEPTS PAGE ACR Mission Statement & Learning Stewardship, Language Standards, 2 Activity Planning Thank You Letters To Docents Language Standards; Teacher’s 17 Resource Sheet Vocabulary List Language Standards; Many Concepts 18-20 Mystery Directions Language Standards 21 No Garbage Lunch Challenge Conservation 22 Home Sweet Home Habitat; Language Standards 23 Communities for Everyone Food Chain ; Natural Communities 24-25 Reading the Bouverie Preserve Map Reading Skills ; 26-27 Trail Map & Worksheet Social Science Standards Once There Was A Daisy Food Chain; Language Standards 28 Foxes Rabbits and Grass Food Chain; Competition ; Physical Education; 29 Teacher’s Resource Sheet Oh Deer! Food Chain; Habitat; Math Standards; Physical Education; 30 Teacher’s Resource Sheet Food Webs & Food Web Picture Food Webs; Vocabulary; Language 31-32 Standards Web of Life Food Webs; Art; Language Standards; 33-34 Teacher’s Resource Sheet Mini-Water Cycle & Amazing Water Water Cycle; 35 Teacher’s Resource Sheet What Do Leaves Do? Photosynthesis 36 Flowers To Seeds Adaptation; Pollination; Language 37 Standards Seed Scavenger Hunt & Cards Adaptation; Seed Dispersal; Physical 38-39 Education ; Teacher’s Resource Sheet Create a Seed Project & Cards Adaptation; Seed Dispersal; Art; 40-42 Teacher’s Resource Sheet A Tale of the Acorn Maidens And Their Hats – Oak Identification; Social Science 43-44 A Play Retelling A Coast Miwok Story Standards; Language Standards Color-Fall Leaves Adaptation; Seasonal Changes; Language Standards 45 Black Oak –Song Adaptation; Seed Dispersal; Language Standards; Music 46 6 A Winter Snooze Adaptation; Seasonal Changes; Language 47 Standards How Do Animals Get Through the Winter? Adaptation; Seasonal Changes; 48 Language Standards Fun With Newts! Competition; Predation; Adaptation; Language Standards; 49-50 Some Newt Facts Art; Teacher’s Resource Sheet Newts, Salamanders and Frogs- Song Adaptation; Predation ; Language 51 Standards; Music About Reptiles and Their Kin Classification; Adaptation; 52-53 Word Origin Language Standard; Teacher’s Resource Sheet Listening to Learn About Reptiles Listening Comprehension Language 54-55 Standard;, Classification; Teacher’s Resource Sheet Fun Facts About Reptiles Adaptation; Classification; 56 Migration Map & Worksheet Migration; Competition; Adaptation; 57-58 Language Standards; Art; Teacher’s Resource Sheet Migration Game Migration ; Competition; Adaptation 59 A Year in the Life of A Bird Migration ; Competition; Adaptation; 60 Life Cycles; Seasonal Changes; Art Bird Adaptations Adaptation; Language Standards 61 Bird Bills Adaptation; Competition 62 Anim-Math Adaptations, Mathematics Academic Standards 63 Essay Writing Language Standards 64 Crossword Clues Language Standards 65 Word Search Language Standards 66 Newt drawing by John Petersen 7 Grade 3- California Content Standards Correlations: Bouverie Preserve = opportunities for correlation with standard = possible opportunities for correlation with standard GRADE 3 LANGUAGE Packet Slides Activ Field Packet = curriculum provided by BP; slides = slide show given in class visit; activities= kit materials and other docent-led activities used in class visit -ities Trip WORD ANALYSIS, FLUENCY, AND SYSTEMATIC VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT. 1.0 Students understand the basic features of reading. They select letter patterns and know how to translate them into