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Our Conservation Capsules
| Grade Appropriate |
Lesson Title |
VA Science SOL Addressed |
| Pre K | Is your Mama a Lama |
X |
| Pre K | Pumkins | K.4 K.6 |
| Pre K | Estivation Box | X |
| Pre K | Apple Life Cycle | K.4, K.6, 1.4 |
| Pre K – 1 | Reduce, Reuse, Recycle |
K.11 1.8 |
| PreK – 2nd |
Tops or Bottoms a lesson on vegetables |
1.4 |
| PreK – 2nd |
Butterfly Life Cycle |
K.6, 1.5, 2.4 |
| PreK – 3rd |
Honey Bee Puppet Show |
4.4 |
| Prek – 3rd |
Soil Babies | 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 |
| K | Exploring Your Senses Within Ecosystems |
K.2 |
| K | In a Nut Shell | K.9 |
| K-2nd | Matter, Solids Liquids Gasses |
K.5 1.3 2.3 |
| K- 3rd | Rain Gardens | 1.7 2.6 2.8 3.7 3.8 |
| K-6 | Bird Migration | X |
| K- Adults |
Who Polluted the River |
K.5,1.8,2.8,3.8, 4.5, 5.7,6.5,LS12,ES7 |
| K- Adults |
Bats | K.6, 1.5, 2.4, 2.5, 3.5, 3.6, 4.3, 5.5, LS.8 |
| 1st | Motion | 1.2 |
| 1st | Animals & Their Habitats Henry Heron |
1.5 1.7 1.8 |
| 1st | A Tree of Seasons |
1.7 |
| 1st – 2nd | Matter w/ Oobleck |
1.3 2.3 |
| 1st – 2nd | Animal Behaviors and Seasonal Changes |
1.7 2.7 |
| 1st – 2nd | Soy Boys and Girls |
2.8 |
| 1st – 2nd | Beyond the Beef | 1.5, 1.8, 2.5 |
| 1st- 4th | Its Got to Come from Somewhere |
1.8 2.8 3.10 3.11 4.8 |
| 1st – Adult |
Storm Water Limbo |
1.8, 2.5, 3.6, 3.10, 4.5, 4.8, 5.7, 6.5 |
| 1st – Adult |
Cooking Up Trouble |
1.8, 2.8, 3.10, 4.5, 4.8, 5.7, 6.7, LS12 |
| 2nd | Magnets | 2.2 |
| 2nd | Life Cycle of a Frog |
2.4 |
| 2nd-3rd | Understanding Economic Resources |
1.8 2.8 3.10 4.9 |
| 3rd | Living Systems | 3.5 3.6 |
| 3rd – 6th |
Clean Up Wetlands |
3.1 3.10 4.5 4.9 6.7 |
| 3rd – 6th |
Barges and their “Huge” impact |
3.10,4.5, 4.9, 5.7, 6.1, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9 |
| 3rd – 6th |
A Land Fill is No Dump |
3.1 3.10 3.11 4.1 4.8 5.1 6.9 |
| 3rd – 6th |
Incredible Journey |
3.3, 3.9, 3.10, 4,9, 5.4, 6.5 |
| 3rd – 6th |
Scout Programs | X |
| 3rd- 6th |
Luscious Layered Landfill and the Anatomy of a Landfill | 3.1 3.11 4.1 4.8 5.7 6.5 6.7 6.9 |
| 3rd – 6th |
Soil Profile Tubes |
3.7 and 4.8 |
| 3rd – 6th |
Soil Erosion Demos |
3.7, 3.10, 4.8, 5.7e, 6.5c |
| 4th | VA Soils | 4.9 |
| 4th | Jamestown Critters |
VS.3, Lang(4.1, 4.2, 4.3), 4.5, 4.8 4.9 |
| 4th | Natural Resources – Forest Powerpoint |
4.8 |
| 4th | Natural Resources – Soil Powerpoint |
4.9 |
| 4th – Adults |
The Tragedy of the commons |
4.5f, 4.9, 5.7g, 6.9, ES6, EPF1,8,9 |
| 5th | Natural Resources – Ocean Powerpoint |
5.6 |
| 5th – 8th | Owl Pellets | 5.5, LS.3, LS.4, LS.5 |
| 5th – 8th | Energy/Plasma Ball |
5.1h, 5.2a, 5.2b, 5.3a, 5.4a, 5.4c |
| 6th | Natural Resources – Watershed Powerpoint |
6.5 6.7 6.9 |
| 7th | How Long Will It Be There |
LS.1, LS. 10, LS. 11 |
| 7th | Natural Resources – Ecosystems Powerpoint |
LS. 7, LS.9, LS.10, LS. 11, LS.12 |
| 9th | Advanced Topo Lessons |
Earth Science 1 |
| 9th – 12th |
Envirothon Team | ES.1, ES.4, ES.5, ES.6, ES.8, ES.9 |
| 9th – 12th |
Jeopardy | 6.7, 6.9, LS.6, LS.8, LS.10, LS.10, LS.11, LS.13, ES.6, ES.8 |
| All grades |
Water Testing | 4.5, 5.1, 5.5, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9 |
| All grades |
Water Monitoring/Stream Monitoring |
4.5, 5.1, 5.5, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9 |
| All grades |
Save Our Streams Monitoring |
4.5, 5.1, 5.5, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9 |
| All grades |
Enviroscape | 6.5, 6.7, 6.9 |
| All grades |
Rain Barrel Workshop |
X |
| All grades |
Stream Ecology/Kids in the Creek |
4.5, 5.1, 5.5, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9 |
Recommended External Resources
Augmented Reality Sand Table. Yep, we built one!