Nature Walks

Nature walks are a great science way for students to learn about science. When students leave the classroom, their excitement for an activity raises a lot. When students are more excited about an activity, they learn more from it. Inquiry brings about learning, so lets make the children want to learn. While on the walk, take your time. Let the students explore, ask questions, and collect artifacts. Each student could bring in a shoe box from home to collect their artifacts in. When you get back into the classroom, you can have them classify what they collected, label them, and make a display out of them. For example, if the class is studying different types of trees, let the students collect leaves while outside or things that have fallen off of the trees. They can figure out which items go with each tree and glue them to a piece of paper that is labeled with the tree type. The pages can be displayed on the wall or in a class book.