Wickenburg Outdoor Education Programs 2015-2016
Standards (4th)
Concepts
Resource
Description
Venue (see below for
Equipment
contact info)
Describe science related
career opportunities
(August)
Science related careers
1. AZ Game & Fish
2. Maricopa County
Parks (incl. DOC)
3. Town of Wickenburg:
Parks & Rec. and
Sanitation
4. BLM
5. Firemen
Trained Docents at
venues
Science Career Day
1) Show tools used
2) Education required
On campus
1) Waste treatment
center model
Compare structures in
and animals that serve
different functions in
growth and survival.
(August)
Plant structures (e.g.,
roots, stems, leaves,
flowers) Animal
structures (e.g.,
muscles, bones, nerves)
Growth, Survival
Animals,
Group Characteristics,
Vertebrates,
Invertebrates.
1. Interpretive walk
2. Reinforcing activity
BR
DOC
HRP
MENT
SF
Game & Fish bone &
footprint demos
Trained Docents at
venues
1. Interpretive walk
2. Reinforcing activity
BR
DOC
HRP
MENT
SF
Game & Fish bone &
footprint demos
Adaptations,
camouflage mimicry,
physica,l mutualism
Trained Docents at
venues
1. Interpretive walk
2. Reinforcing activity
I can identify water
sources and their
distribution (2)
(Sept.)
Sources of water,
Ground water, Surface
water, Atmospheric
water, Glaciers
1. Town of Wickenburg
2. HRP
3. DOC
4. U of A Project Wet
5. AZ Dept. of Water
Quality
1. Tour of TOW water
treatment center
2. Water sampling &
analysis
3. Docent led tour with
emphasis on water
BR
DOC
HRP
MENT
SF
DOC
HRP
I can interpret
differences and changes
Weather, Climate,
measuring changes in
1. Firefighters
2. DOC
1. Weather impact on
fires
Classify animals by
identifiable group
characteristics:
Vertebrates and
invertebrates. (Aug.Sept.)
Give examples of
adaptations that allow
plants and animals to
survive. (Aug.-Sept)
DOC
1. Microscopes
(optional)
2. Water sample
collection boxes
3. Micro invertebrate
keys
4. Worksheets
Wickenburg Outdoor Education Programs 2015-2016
in weather and climate.
I can read map symbols
to identify weather
systems. (Sept.)
Benefits and risks
related to the use of
scientific technology.
Scientific Investigations/
Method
Evaluate the
consequences of
environmental
occurrences that
happen either rapidly or
gradually. (January)
Describe the role that
water plays in the
following processes that
alter the earth’s surface
(February)
Compare rapid and slow
processes that change
the Earth’s surface.
(February)
Identify the earth events
that cause changes in
atmospheric conditions.
(February)
Analyze evidence that
indicates life and
environmental
conditions have
changed. (Feb.)
weather, weather map,
temperature,
precipitation, fronts.
3. AZ Climatologist
2. Weather analysis and
reporting tools
Benefits, risks,
technology
1. AZ Game & Fish
2. DOC
Discuss benefits of GPS,
radar, sonar, scuba, etc.
Drawing conclusions,
making predictions,
recording data.
Consequence Evaluate
Evaluation
Environmental
occurrences Fire, flood,
tornado Drought,
melting ice caps,
greenhouse effect,
erosion.
Water, Earth’s surface,
erosion, deposition,
weathering
Teacher
Earth’s surface,
earthquakes, volcanoes,
floods, winds,
weathering
Earth’s events, changes,
atmospheric conditions
Geologists
environmental
conditions, tree rings,
fish fossils, ice cores
Mike Yakos – Congress
lumber mill
1. Classroom/school
property
2. DOC
Classroom
AZGFD - GPS loaners
1. DOC
2. AZ Climatologist
Classroom
DOC disaster clips
Geologists
Classroom
DOC disaster clips
Geologists
1. Interpretive walk
2. Reinforcing activity
1. Classroom
2. BR
3. HRP
4. SF
Classroom
Classroom
Wickenburg Outdoor Education Programs 2015-2016
Venue/Resource
Contact Person
Phone
Email
BR- Boyd Ranch
Natalie Olson
928-684-2272
nolson@westernmuseum.org
DCWM - Desert Caballeros Western
Museum
DOC - Desert Outdoor Center
Natalie Olson
928-684-2272
nolson@westernmuseum.org
Adam Melle
(602) 372-7470 *208
adammelle@mail.maricopa.gov
HRP - Hassayampa River Preserve
Bernadine McCollum
928-684-2772
bmccollum@tnc.org
MENT - Morristown Elementary Nature
Trail
SF - Sohphies Flat
Lucy Thompson
623-546-5100
lthompson@morristowneld75.org
Bernadine McCollum
623-341-5977
wickenburgtrails@gmail.com
TOW - Town of Wickenburg
Tonya Forbrook
928-684-5451 ext. 1553
Tforbrook@wickenburgaz.org