Students will explore different locations to investigate the natural vegetation and human features of the Botanic Garden. The students will experience a scavenger hunt, an ephemeral mapping activity, shelter building exercise, and uses geographical tools to discover environments.
Learning Activities
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Students will conduct a scavenger hunt to identify natural and human features of the Garden, and how the features are used
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They will use their geographical knowledge of directions to build a shelter using sticks and loose parts
- They will also apply geographical tools of inquiry, such as thermometers and anemometers, to measure characteristics of different locations to plan the perfect picnic