K-5 Outdoor Experiences by Emily Reese https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a Merging the great outdoors and science en-us 2022-06-02 16:57:49 UTC 2025-09-24 16:20:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f331.png Rocks and Minerals emily_reese1 https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215056514 Take kids outside to pick their own rocks and minerals. ]]> 2022-06-08 14:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215056514 Shadows https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058312 Students go outside throughout the day and track their shadow or shadow of an object.]]> 2022-06-08 14:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058312 living and nonliving scavenger hunt outside https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058361 2022-06-08 14:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058361 Shadows jessica_weaver8 https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058449 This was already on ecomm this year but length of shadows and the position of the sun]]> 2022-06-08 14:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058449 Weather-if your school has a weather station, they could see how the different instruments are put together https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058604 2022-06-08 14:19:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058604 Microorganisms. How cross contamination is prevented in the cafeteria... A tour! https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058692 2022-06-08 14:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058692 Weathering and Erosion https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058695 Walk around the school and notice the changes from the beginning of the unit to the end of the unit. Students could incorporate math by measuring as well.

]]> 2022-06-08 14:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058695 Growing Plants jessica_weaver8 https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058814 Growing plants for the life cycle unit

]]> 2022-06-08 14:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058814 Life cycle of plants with gardens https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058823 2022-06-08 14:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058823 Classification - plant yolanda_sato https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058911 outdoor classroom/garden, and take pictures of different plants.]]> 2022-06-08 14:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058911 Changes in the Earth's Surface francescaburton https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058997 Show areas of weathering, erosion, and deposition.]]> 2022-06-08 14:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215058997 Students go outside and sketch the clouds they see https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215059027 2022-06-08 14:19:39 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215059027 Weather observations in their STEM journals. https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215059144 2022-06-08 14:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215059144 Ecosystems https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215059188 Students can go outside and observe the environment, noticing the living and nonliving things.]]> 2022-06-08 14:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215059188 rocks https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215059191 finding and sorting rocks from around the school playgrounds]]> 2022-06-08 14:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215059191 For the heat unit we had students place items in the sun and shade and take their temperatures at different times. We also had them touch the different surfaces to measure their temperature and wonder why some surfaces were warmer than others. cynthia_butts https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215059540

]]> 2022-06-08 14:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215059540 Soil and Pollution emily_reese1 https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215059830 Set up a composting program with your cafeteria. Use composted materials to plant. Does compostable soil work better than regular soil?

]]> 2022-06-08 14:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215059830 Google Maps-zoom in on different landforms and/or oceans https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215059831 2022-06-08 14:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215059831 https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215059882 Observing and planting in the school garden and helping water plants. 

Observing the chickens at the school and what they eat. Feeding them and taking care of them. 

Design a new chicken coop for the school chickens after observing and sketching their existing coop. ]]> 2022-06-08 14:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215059882 Fire Safety and ELectromagnetism: See how the fire safety mechanisms in the school work using electromagnetism. https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215060011 2022-06-08 14:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215060011 shade structures https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215060214 find all the different shade structures around the outdoor areas of your school]]> 2022-06-08 14:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215060214 Chemical and Physical Changes yolanda_sato https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215060215 Oozinng Pumpkin was a hit last year. (Elephant toothpaste in a pumpkin)]]> 2022-06-08 14:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215060215 properties of matter jessica_weaver8 https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215060256 Can bring ice cubes outside to watch them change states of matter]]> 2022-06-08 14:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215060256 Simple Machines https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215060319 Students can try to move objects using simple machines. See which ones do the task best. IE: Lifting a rock using a wedge, lever, pulley.]]> 2022-06-08 14:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215060319 Solar System Simulations jessica_weaver8 https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215060859 2022-06-08 14:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215060859 Moon Phases https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215060946 Students and their families could notice the phases of the moon at night and document on a sheet over 30 days.]]> 2022-06-08 14:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215060946 Growing and observing plants in school gardens. Taking care of Hens and fish in school ponds. https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215061040 2022-06-08 14:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215061040 After some rain, or even take some water out in the morning and then see if it has evaporated in the afternoon for the water cycle https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215061256 2022-06-08 14:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215061256 Plant/Animal Needs tyrone_murray1 https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215061274 Go out and collect a small patch of soil w/grass and see if it survives when it is missing one of the things it needs to survive.]]> 2022-06-08 14:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215061274 Camouflage -"Birds and Worms" https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215061483 This is more of an activity that you can do indoors or outdoors. It is a Project learning tree activity. Take Tricolored pasta and sprinkle into the grass. Have students do a relay race to pick up one piece of pasta each.  Then make a graph of the colors of pasta picked up by the kids. Talk about why certain colors were picked up a lot and how other colors were not picked up a lot. The kids are the birds and the pasta are the worms. ]]> 2022-06-08 14:21:46 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215061483 what plants need https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215061541 Plant some seeds in a small area outside and observe what happens]]> 2022-06-08 14:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215061541 day and night sky https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215061993 outdoor observations in the morning vs. the afternoon to see the objects in the sky and also notice the position of the sun, how your shadow has changed, etc.]]> 2022-06-08 14:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215061993 Observing Shadows and playing shadow tag! https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215062452 2022-06-08 14:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215062452 Force and Motion on different surfaces jessica_weaver8 https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215062505 2022-06-08 14:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215062505 Offspring-if you have chickens or other types of animals https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215063355 2022-06-08 14:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215063355 https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215065413 Shadows: 

Taking a action figure and going outside at three different times of day (morning, afternoon, end of day). And tracing the shadow at each part of the day to see how it changes throughout the day as the sun is different spots. ]]> 2022-06-08 14:25:07 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215065413 magnets https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215065537 take hand magnets outside and find magnetic objects outside such as the fence, outside doors, etc.]]> 2022-06-08 14:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215065537 Sound-materials to design and build a device... --take the students outside and have them start close together and then move further apart to see if there is one that sends sound further than another https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215070543 2022-06-08 14:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_reese1/mfuhnxymwi4hny8a/wish/2215070543