Field Trips
- Grade Level:
- Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
- Subject:
- Math,Science
- State Standards:
- NGSS 2-ESS2-2, NGSS 2-ESS1-1
Based around Next Generation Science Standards, this series of programs invites students to have a sensory experience on one of Acadia's coastal trails. The three programs are offered in the fall season and explore different topics by grade.
Sun Seekers: Kindergarteners explore the earth's relationship with the sun and the sun's energy. Students explore the suns effect on weather and how that impacts a habitat. Students count and classify objects and colors while participating in a variety of movement activities.
Nature's Counters and Classifiers: First grade students will hike a short coastal trail, while using tally marks, counting and classifying objects based on attributes. Students will compare and contrast objects based on colors, shapes, and sizes in a way similar to how scientists identify features.
Earth, Sea, and Sky: Second graders will hike on a coastal trail and identify key landscape features such as island, harbor, and coastline. While learning about the land they will find evidence for quick and slow changes to the landscape and the natural processes that allow these changes to occur.
An exploratory hike is an essential part of each program. We hike along the ocean coast, observe the waves crashing, and seek shelter in the spruce fir forest. While observing the natural world there is no telling what the group will find!
Field Trip Planner
Materials
Last updated: March 10, 2022