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