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Hooked on Hook Mountain
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Program Overview
June 2018 In-School Program
Outdoor Learning
on Hook Mountain
Introducing Students to Our Parks
- Why
- Where?
- Who
- How many?
- Setting(s)
1. In-Classroom Introduction: Visual presentation
(Rockland Lake & Hook Mountain)
2. Outdoor in the Schoolyard: Hands-on activities
- Four Activity Stations that allowed students to “experience” the Park in their own schoolyard
- 1 ½ hours of outdoor learning
Plants & Trees Around Us
- Students got acquainted with— and then tried to spy— 10 species (including 2 native trees, 2 introduced trees, 2 native herbs & 4 introduced herbs)
- They worked in small groups to match each plant with its special characteristics
(e.g., how they were used by Native Americans & European settlers, meanings of plant names, myths & lore about them.)
Basic Orienteering
- Students discussed:
- How & why a compass is useful
- Ways to navigate in the park.
- They practiced using a compass to navigate to a specific point.
Geology Fun & Games
1. Students examined, touched and discussed types of rocks (sedimentary, igneous & metamorphic)
2. Rock Cycle Freeze Tag, in which:
- Students acted out the rock cycle
- Most of them represented materials that make up rocks (e.g., Magma, Sediments)
- A few represented forces that act on the materials (e.g., Cool, Pressure)
- The forces chased & tagged the materials, transforming them into all 3 types of rock in turn, then back to Magma!
Live Animals
Where?
- Students met live animals that represent local park wildlife (a box turtle, a crow, and a black rat snake)
- After learning about each animal's history, habitats, predators & prey, students got to see and touch it!
Why?
In the schoolyards of
all 3 elementary schools
Program Goals
How
many?
Who?
- Introduce students to the natural history of their local environment and the park
Liberty
- Lay a foundation for fall programs linked to the core curriculum:
Where?
The entire 3rd grade
of the
Nyack Public Schools
Valley
250
- Build knowledge of key concepts
- Inspire appreciation for local geology, plants, animals, and waterways.
Cottage
In-classroom
Visual Presentation
example slides
- Aerial view, including schools
- History of the park lands
- Geologic formations & fossils, animals, native trees & plants
- How to navigate on trails & in nature
- Things you can do in the park
- Stewardship: How you can help take care of the park
- Motivate students to spend time in, explore, connect with, and take care of the park
Upper
students
Nyack
And how did it go?
Now let's go to the park!
- Students took away information about visiting the parks and using park resources
- To encourage students to visit the parks over the summer, our educators created a scavenger hunt and offered incentives to the class who returns the most completed
THANK YOU!
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