Wildlife Tag
Outdoor Classroom Activities & Lesson Plans
An outdoor classroom site provides a fun, exciting environment for a wide variety of hands-on, inquiry-based activities for reading, writing, math, science, social studies, technology, and art: Click on the links below to download FREE lesson plans and/or activities:
Field Investigation Activities | Activity Kits | Themed Activities | BioBlitz | Other Activity Sources I Junior Wildlife Scientist Program
Outdoor Classroom Field Investigation Activities
These activities and lesson plans were developed to help teach Alabama's Life Science Standards using teacher-tested online lesson plans, trade books, educational videos, powerpoints, and field investigation worksheets that students use to record their observations and data in the outdoor classroom...click here to learn more...
Themed Outdoor Classroom Activities
These themed activities include topics such as Birds, Butterflies, Aquatics, and Gardening...click here to learn more...
Alabama Outdoor Classroom BioBlitz
The Alabama Outdoor Classroom BioBlitz Challenge provides an opportunity for schools to hold "biodiversity treasure hunts" in which students, teachers, administrators, parents, and community volunteers work together to locate, identify and record the flora and fauna found in and around the schools' outdoor classrooms and schoolyard wildlife habitats...click here to learn more...
Outdoor Classroom Activity Kits
These activity kits include educational resources that can be used in conjunction with hands-on activities with specific outdoor learning stations...click here to view the Activity Kits...
Additional Activity Sources
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APTV's Discovering Alabama This Alabama Public Television show allows students to explore Alabama's wild places while learning about Alabama's amazing biodiversity and rich natural history. |
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Journey North A website where students can track the migration of ruby throated hummingbirds and monarch butterflies, and submit their observations of these species. |
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Outdoor Alabama's Watchable Wildlife A website where students can learn about Alabama's abundant wildlife species including details about the animals' description, habitat, and conservation status. |
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Kid’s Gardening Activities A website where teachers can download free lesson plans on topics such as rain gardens, bulb botany, poems, insects, seeds, pollinators and more. |
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National Wildlife Federation Activities A website where teachers can download free lesson plans on a wide-variety of topics related to wildlife and nature, an where schools can learn about the Eco-Schools program. |