Unit One: You Are Here - This unit focuses on the geographic perspective of a child's world and the bigger world with Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (W-GIPP) included. for teacher background information and the introduction to K-3, Unit One.
- Activity 1: - students construct a grahic representation of themselves to the universe.
- Activity 2: - mapping my room, my yard, my schoolroom, and schoolyard.
Unit Two: My Home's in the Park -This unit provides and overview of Alberta and Montana wildlife. for teacher background information and the introduction to K-3, Unit Two.
- Activity 1: - comparison of familiar domestic animals and wild animals of the W-GIPP.
- Activity 2: - components of habitat through art and video.
- Activity 3: - outside game finding food, water, shelter and space.
- Activity 4: Is there Room for Everybody? - habitat's relationship to carrying capacity.
- Activity 5: - classifying animals by their food sources.
- Activity 6: - picture exercise analyzing track stories.
- Activity 7: - rudimentary web game with pictures of plants and animals.
Unit Three: Rottenly Beautiful; Life & Death Cycles - Life, death and decomposition are the concepts covered in this unit. for teacher background information and the introduction to K-3, Unit Three.
- Activity 1: -students study decomposition through composting.
- Activity 2: - hands-on examination of rotting logs.
- Activity 3: - art and social studies look at death using the book Lifetimes.
Unit Four: The Three Bears - Exercises in this unit compare and contrast black, grizzly, and (non-native) polar bears. for teacher background information and the introduction to K-3, Unit Four.
- Activity 1: Goldilocks and the Real Bears -the story vs. bears in real life.
- Activity 2: - compare and contrast bear shapes, sizes, tracks, and food using cut-outs.
- Activity 3: - geography and independent reading and reporting on new bear facts.
Unit Five: Rock Park - Students do an exploration of local geologic features, developing observation skills. Click here for teacher background information and the introduction to K-3, Unit Five.
- Activity 1: - F.O.S.S adapted math activity on comparing and contrasting rock sizes, shapes, and colors.
- Activity 2: - multicultural introduction to rock types adapted from Keepers of the Earth.
