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Post Visit Materials

The Connections program introduces specific ecological concepts.  Using post-visit activities teachers can reinforce the concept that the students learned while visiting the park.  The webpages below provide post-visit activities for your field trip:

First grade          Similarities and Differences

Second grade      Homes and Habitat

Third grade       Adaptation in Nature

Fourth grade       Order in Nature

Fifth grade       Continuity and Change

Sixth grade        Interaction and Interdependence

Seventh/Eighth   Limiting Factors

High School      Water in the Environment
Porcupine in tree  

Did You Know?
Porcupine babies are called porcupettes. When they are born they have 15,000 quills. Porcupettes are born in the spring and, lucky for mom, the quills are soft. They can climb trees within an hour of birth.
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