DOCUPANT RESUME ED 100 644 SE 017 359 TITLE Classroom Activities for the Interlakes Environmental and Outdoor Education Program. INSTITUTION Chester Area Schools, S. Dak. Interlakes Environmental and Outdoor Education Program. PUB DATE (73] NOTE 463p.; Best copy available; occasional marginal legibility EDRS PRICE MF-$0.75 HC-$22.20 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS *Conservation Education; *Elementary Education; Environmental Education; Instructional Materials; Interdisciplinary Approach; Learning Activities; Mathputatics; Natural Resources; *Outdoor Education; *Science Education; Secondary Education; Social Stndies; *Teaching Guides ABSTRACT This teaching guide is a collection of environmental education activities written by various educatorsand environmentalists. The activitiesare designed for use i grades F-12, each activity being identified by grade level. Theguide contains over 80 activities that are listed ina short introductory guide that precedes the actual activities. Thsactivities in the introductory guide are identified by grade level andare annotated to help the teacher identify appropriate activities forthe group or situation. Activity topics such as dandelions, shadows, rain, mathematics, food chains, erosion, creative writing,and values are included in the guide. All of the activity topics includeappropriate grade level for activity use, objectives, backgroundinformation, a pre-activity, a field trip, a procedure or experiment,and follow-up activities. Some of the activities also contain tables,diagrams, illustrations, sample stories, or resource people. (TM) 0.1141mt Mt Alf t1 t 41,..). A Itt...1,151fi NiAt,...1144.,h01,1. It OP t . t qt .1 .1 , ki P Kt t N... 0 '. 'v." t SCOPE OF INTEREST NOTICE I Ite I IIIC f tolity h.$$ 10,11nOti uus tIth.umunt huySlllny awe In OW jUlitr11181111,11,,S (101311/"" 11S1 01 0111111)S1 to thu mg. hones ottti to the I .yht. Index- 0.4 shuutll uttluel Moo owcol otunts 01 U,uw. p CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES FOR THE INTERLAKES ENVIRONMENTAL AND OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM Major L. Boddicker, Ph.D. Director, Environmental Education Chester Area Independent School #34 Chester, South Dakota 57016 Om+ 2 COI om IN "ATnE BEST COPY AVAILABLE Written rrc,n, Interlakes Environmental and Out:.cor Edue4tion Pror,2m, C!,03ter, .c)uth Dakot:! Thane: 480-241E)'. Oevised 2-22-72). Grade Level - Kinderrartln-2 Best time of veer - Spri -, Summer, Winter, rail. (call is probably the best tiro) A nice warm Senteniber afternoon is a great time OBJrCTIVEc7.: 1. To introduce students to various colors and their identification in nature. 2. To help studen4.s understand that seasonal changes often result in color chanpes. 3, To assist student; in recoinininp, colors and color chanPes in nature. Color ehan,-.os tell ue,alc:t a`)out nature. when we see leaves on a tree chan1.0 colors, we ),:no.4 that sol.athin7, Innortant has hanpened to the tree to cause this chan7e. When the weather changes, colors often change. For example, each season of the !!cr hes a whole new set of colors. In te -tart; 7ettinr, wermr and the color we see most often In the atu--;n or fall, t7-e weathe.,r heco77.es cooler again. The green grasses r: ,der.. and leave turn a c . of hroYn, yellow and oranle. Yhn rreen n! ass, -reen tr ficwrs are left. The col:1r i,- other colrs cpm f'.,_ .1 .4116 .Ora To Ins.r.:! Llenttf.; enlcrs a short activi.tv done in '4.1ch ttly cal or rlatch!nP. sup7,ested activities are as follcws: (1) Bring various fr,Alts al vegetable= (real orartiqcial) to the clas5,roor,. the st,..:dents sort them accordi.rm to colors -- puttThr; all of re! ter ether, (2) Er-t- :-.ever;11 nf cra.!ons to7etc in have the children sort thr colors. (3) on the f:,..r .2 ;ace t:.ree ter)e . hoes in a r c. of .0 circle. ("'n one sY7-. of rti'd con:-.truc*.:on nx.lr, on a secon:l a t.,loce or Hu(,',and on tho tirrl, e Cut nr:verll of t.T.'or in thee ar,)und the crcle ar!',- the chiln to -r rai BEST COPYAMA MI (4) Give each child a piece of colored paper and a catalog or anold hook. Pave him f3.nd as many items as he can in themthat are the same color as his sheetof naner. For motor coordination exercise, have the students cut out the pictures that theyfind. FIELD TRIP: Ask the following preparatory questionfor the field trip: 1. What causes things to bedifferent colors? 2. Are some plants or animals severalcolors? Why? 3. Can we change the color of things? How? (Dye materials, pick fruits and let them ripen, burning, etc.) 4. Why do things change colors? .5. How can things be two different colors atonce? Before going on the field trip have thestudents bring a paper bag and the tdacher can pin or staple two coloredpieces of paper or material onto it, one common color and one rare one, so that eachchild can be successful. Take the students out to an area where thereis a large variety of plant life -- grassland and woodland. Have the children collect all of thethings they can which are the same colors as the tags attached totheir bag. Litter'counts also, in fact, srme colors may be found only onlitter of some type. Take the bags back to the classroom. POST-ACTIVITY: Have the students eipty the stuff out oftheir bags and study it. Have them count the number of each kind ofthing they found. Which thing did they find most frecuentiv? Have them make posters. Ask them to take their crayon and try to duplicate the colors of the naturalitems they found. Take tie students on cenecul:ive field tr.in:iin the winter and s!)rin7. and/or summer. The students should be able to conclude that theywill find different colors at different times of the year. Following are suggestions for naturalobjects which exhibit colors: Blue - (certain) aster flowers purple prairie clover blue vervain water (from a distance) Green » grasses and leaves in manyshades some eutrophic waterwith lots of algae Red - wild rose fruits and stems wild plums some goldenrod galls 4 Yellow-Gold - goldenrod flowers (some)aster flowers black-eyed susanr, sunflowers bumble bee some spiders willow leaves White - (some) aster flowers BEST COPYAVAILABLE thistle down milkweed down Purple - Canadian thistle flowers bull thistle flowers weed stems purple prairie clover (some) goldenrod galls Black - dirt on gopher mound parts of a bumble bee bird feathers Brown - sunflower seeds and flower head prairie cone flower heads bird feathers milkweed seeds Silver - Russian Olive prairie sage milkweed pods Orange - Monarch Butterfly wild pltms wild rose hips Additional 7ctivitio51: BEST COPYAVAILABLE Color Vheel 111111111101111111111111.111111W1111.111 Find a sample of a color wheel in an art store or book.Drawa big one on a large piece of cardboard and color it. Then take the croup out to find objects that match the colorson the wheel, bring them back one. match them up. It may take a long time to fill some of the color sections, but it is fun to work on it. Cblor Family The youngsters see how-many names they can think up for any color, lino many words moaning red? Or green? Blue? Yellow? flack? They take turns n:,r,incy a ,:tord thlt describes one color, (such as pink, rose, sci-Tiet, crimson, etc.)!..*1-:en smebody misses, ho oets a point acrainst him. Five mints and he nays scorn sort of forfeit. They take turns n%Ting items (suchas flower, fruits, birds, etc.) When smnbody misses, he gets a point against him. Five points and he pays scrso. sort of forfeit. They take turns naming items such as flowers, fruits, birds, etc.of special colors. Tt says, "Fed!" and points to someone. That norson must answer by givin7.the nxre of something red before It can count to ten. PIMK R1,71.1r;',c; !7/111 By Jean Condor Foule This poem was taken fran JACK & JILL MAGAZ7,E, August, 1972 Pink rhymes with mink And a strmberry drink To sip, like soda, through straws. Blue rhymes with (toe Of a pet kangaroo Who wears snow-white gloves on her paws, Green rhymes with queen And a funny machine That turns out the silliest hats! Red goes with sled And the can for my head That ratchns try baseballs and bats. But where in the world, C11, where do you go For a rhyme for orange -- Say, do you know? White rhrmes with kite And a firefly's liaht That winks on and off in the dark. Black goes with shack Vhere an old witch named Clack Lives with goblins called Seymour and Mark. Gray rhymes with day VrIen away And rain patters do .'n our street. Brown rhymes'with clown In a patchy old. gcwn And boo-big shoes for his feet. But where can I look . And where can I go For a rhyme for purple -- Oh, do you knaw? Yellow and mellow Path this fell cm -- Api,rv%in a candle inside. Gold goes with bold Like the rirates of old Who sailed on the seas far and wide. BEST COPY AVAlliABLE Keroon rhymes with moon Or a fat, round ball= That they sell on a stick at the fair. I'll buy one, of course, That is shaved like a horse Or maybe a lion or bear. But where could T. look Up hith or down low, For a rhyme for silver -- BEST COPY AVAILABLE Please do you know? Tian rhymes with fan That they use in Japan there ladies wear satin and silk. There they drink tea ar.; prim as cpn be, Without any lemon or milk.