Outdoor Education Curriculum:  20 Lesson Plans for Elementary Students

 

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Take your students outdoors with a field-tested nature immersion program

Looking to connect your students with nature, but aren’t sure what to do with them?

This full year curriculum contains 20 nature-based lesson plans following forest school and outdoor education models. It is inspired by Jon Young’s Coyote Mentoring and the natural cycle of learning.

These 20 lessons – complete with materials lists, templates and scripts –  equip teachers, mentors, and caregivers with everything they need to teach outside

Students will learn skills and strategies such as mapping, birding, mindfulness, awareness, animal tracking, journaling, and curiosity.

The lessons are intended to be taught once per week. Each lesson is designed to last 1-3 hours and follows the natural cycle routine. Adaptations and extenstions are provided in each lesson.

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A simple, year-long set of lesson plans that can be adapted for any school setting.

The lessons can be completed on a school yard, in a park, or in any green space you can find. No forests necessary!

These lessons can be adapted for elementary any age, grade, and school-setting, including homeschooling!

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Lesson Preview:

  1. Introduction to Outdoor Education
  2. Procedures and Routines
  3. Awareness and Senses
  4. Nature Names and Sensory Exploration
  5. Nature Names Deep Dive
  6. Exploring Hearing and Fox-Walking
  7. Introduction to Hypotheses
  8. Animal Tracking, Part 1: Foorprints
  9. Animal Tracking, Part 2: Landscape Tracks
  10. Animal Tracking, Part 3: Secondary Sign Tracking
  11. Four Directions and Wandering
  12. Native and Non-native Plants
  13. Edible and Poisonous Plants
  14. Trees
  15. Bark and Leaf Rubbings
  16. Fort Building
  17. Bird Language
  18. Bird Watching
  19. Connecting to First People
  20. Inventory from the Ground Up
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