The 152-acre preserve is our foundation, but education is our focus. Each year the Ogden Nature Center brings more than 50,000 children, teachers, and adults together with nature through hands-on field classes. Participants in our education programs, both for school groups and for the community, observe and learn about plants and animals up-close, discovering the pleasure of being in nature and realizing their own connection to the environment.
Adaptations are important for survival for all living things, even for humans. …
Adaptations are important for survival for all living things, even for humans. Living things (plants and animals, including humans) have external features that allow them to survive in a variety of environments. Through experimentation, students will discover how difficult it is to manage simple tasks without the use of their thumbs. They will also learn about some adaptations other animals have that help them survive without thumbs.
Explore the world of trees with a video about how humans use …
Explore the world of trees with a video about how humans use trees, learn the parts of a tree, and download a tree scavenger hunt that you can use at school, at home, or around the neighborhood.
This activity has students cutting out animal and what they leave behind …
This activity has students cutting out animal and what they leave behind cards. Students will shuffle the cards and match the item left behind to the animal it could belong to.
In this lesson and its accompanying activities students will learn about the …
In this lesson and its accompanying activities students will learn about the different kinds of adaptations animals and plants have that help them survive winter. Students also will learn how to examine nature for clues as to which kinds of animals are active in winter.
Learn how our animal friends do many of the same things that …
Learn how our animal friends do many of the same things that humans do in getting ready for and surviving winter -- even if they do them a little differently. Watch a fun video, with a work-along worksheet, do a winter adaptations matching activity, and download a card game about the kinds of signs animals can leave behind.
Students will understand that birdsÕ beaks are adapted for the food they …
Students will understand that birdsÕ beaks are adapted for the food they eat and the habitat they live in. Through this activity they will match a food item to a beak tool that they feel will best work with that food item. They will then match that beak tool to the picture of the bird they think has that kind of beak.
Students will find out what makes a bird a bird as they …
Students will find out what makes a bird a bird as they visit the bird breakfast cafe, and sharpen their bird identification skills by using a bird identification guide and trying their hand at a bird scavenger hunt.
Students will draw what they think a scientist looks like and does. …
Students will draw what they think a scientist looks like and does. After a discussion about scientists with their teacher and peers, students will reevaluate their drawing and make modifications or create a new drawing. Be sure to scroll to the bottom for the "Try This At Home" activity!
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