Get your class back-to-the-woods with the Earthskills program modeled after our inspiring Forest School. Students will discover how to tune in to nature through games and activities involving stealth and observation while practicing survival skills like shelter, fire building, woodscraft and more. This program runs in any weather, or season, and requires students to be properly attired for the conditions.
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Earthskills
K-5 | Students will discover how to tune in to nature through games and activities involving stealth and observation while practicing survival skills like shelter, fire building, woodcraft, and more.
Connects with-
New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS) & Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS):
- K-LS1-1 Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive
- 5-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect Earth’s resources and environment.
- MS-LS2-1 Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
- MS-LS2-4 Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.