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In today's fast-paced, technological world it is important that young people spend meaningful time outside exploring and engaging with local environments. This resource provides a range of hands-on activities, including drawing, photography, poetry, soundscape exploration, and sculpture that encourage close observation of nature. Designed for use in parks and green spaces, the activities can be used on their own or organized into an "All Arts Trail", in which students rotate through creative stations and respond to different elements of the landscape. This flexible, multidisciplinary guide encourages students to slow down, notice details, and deepen their awareness of the fascinating natural world that surrounds them.
This resource supports K-5 outcomes in Science and Arts related to animals, plants, habitats and creative expression. Students practice scientific processes such as observing, recording, and describing features of the natural environment while also using a range of artistic forms to represent their learning. The flexible, open-ended activities can be adapted across grade levels and used within ecosystem units, outdoor science investigations, or cross curricular inquiries that connect science and the arts. One activity, "Unnatural Art", has students collect found man-made objects and use them to create an art piece. This idea could be extended into a simple conservation action during which the class cleans up litter in the park or green space they explored. Students could document the area before and after the clean up through drawings or photographs, along with written reflections that connect their observations to the importance of caring for the environment through small, local actions.
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