Learning Goals
Students will be able to identify and describe school forest habitats and microhabitats using observations from tracks, leaves, sounds, and photos.
Students will be able to collect and record evidence of seasonal change in the school forest with sketches, photos, and paired journal notes.
Students will be able to explain how the school forest supports living things by citing specific observed evidence from their investigation.
Students will be able to take one concrete stewardship action that helps care for the school forest and document its effects.
Students will be able to compare what they observed before and after their stewardship action to describe change over time.
Students will be able to reflect on how outdoor learning in the school forest affects their feelings, identity, and sense of belonging.
Products
Paired Nature Investigation Notebook
Students create a research-style notebook with weekly entries that include one observation, one question, one piece of evidence from the forest, and one reflection on how the place affected them. The notebook shows individual understanding of the habitat, change over time, and stewardship action.
Roots and Wings Forest Investigation Showcase Display
Mixed-age teams produce a formal display that synthesizes member notebooks into shared findings about the school forest and the care actions they took. The display includes evidence, comparisons, a conclusion, limitations or unanswered questions, and a short reflection on how the forest supported the team.
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