Wickenburg Outdoor Education Programs 2015-2016
Standards (7th)
Concepts
Resource
Description
Venue (see below for
Equipment
contact info)
Properties and
composition of the
major layers of Earth
(Dec. 7-12, 2015)
evidence that
lithospheric plate
movements occur.
(Dec – Jan)
identify landforms
which result from plate
boundary movements.
(Dec-Jan)
Properties, composition,
crust mantle, core,
lithosphere,
asthenosphere, inner
core, outer core,
convection currents
continental drift,
seafloor spreading,
magnetic stripes, midocean ridge, trench.
mountains, volcanoes,
trenches, faults.
processes involved in
the formation of the
earth’s structure.
(Jan. 18-30, 2016)
erosion, plate tectonics,
deposition, volcanism.
(Main focus is erosion
and deposition.)
Describe how the rock
and fossil record show
that environmental
conditions have changed
over geological and
recent time. (Feb. 22Mar. 5 2016)
Explain how organisms
obtain and use
resources to develop
and thrive. (Mar. 2131,2016)
Climate, extinction,
evolution, 5 types of
fossils, relative age,
absolute age,
environmental
conditions, rock and
fossil record.
niches, predator/prey
relationships, ecology,
species, community,
population, habitat,
ecosystem, biome
Classroom
Classroom
1. Joe Stevens
2. Usury Park Geologist
(Matt has contact)
3. Dale Kaiser
4. Matt Johnson
Interpretive walk
1. BR
2. Vulture Peak Park
3. SF
4. Box Canyon
1. Joe Stevens
2. Usury Park Geologist
(Matt has contact)
3. Dale Kaiser
4. Matt Johnson
1.Maricopa County
Parks and Recreation
2. Natalie Olson
Interpretive walk
1. BR
2. HRP
3. SF
4. Vulture Peak Park
5. Box Canyon
1. DOC
2. DCWM
3. HRP
Trained docents
1. Interpretive walk
2. Reinforcing activity
1. Paleontology Class
with outdoor dig.
2. Interpretive talk
All
1. AZDGF - fossil box??
2. Misc. bones for the
dig
Wickenburg Outdoor Education Programs 2015-2016
Compare food cabins in
a specific ecosystem and
their corresponding
food web. (Apr. 4-15,
2016)
Analyze the interactions
of living organisms with
their ecosystems. (Apr.
18-22, 2016)
Analyze environmental
risk/benefit caused by
human interaction with
biological or geological
systems. (Apr. 25-29.
2016)
food chain, food web,
producer, consumer,
herbivore, carnivore,
omnivore, scavenger,
decomposer, energy
pyramid, ecosystem,
limiting factors, carrying
capacity, ecosystem,
food, water, space,
weather.
environmental
risks/benfits, pollution,
over-harvesting,
introduction of new
species, habitat
destruction.
Reforestation, habitat
restoration,
construction of dams
(recycling, planting,
invasive species)
Trained docents
1. Interpretive walk
2. Reinforcing activity
All
Trained docents (Matt
could lead/assist with
field trips)
1. Interpretive walk
2. Reinforcing activity
All
Trained docents (Matt
could lead/assist with
field trips)
1. Interpretive walk
2. Reinforcing activity
All
Wickenburg Outdoor Education Programs 2015-2016
Venue/Resource
Contact Person
Phone
Email
AZ Game & Fish Dept.
Craig Heath
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
928-684-2761
Tforbrook@wickenburgaz.org
cheath@azgfd.gov