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Description
This outdoor sensory activity encourages students to observe and explore in the forest. The resource focuses on the variety of colours as an entry point into a greater awareness and appreciation of biodiversity. Students receive paint sample cards with various shades of green. As they walk along the trail, they try to match the colours on the cards to natural features such as moss, leaves, lichens, ferns, etc… Remind students to not pick the plants or leaves. Students share their observations and reflections about the discoveries they have made and the diversity of living things.
General Assessment
Recommendation of how and where to use it
An outdoor activity which encourages individual observation and exploration of the forest. This activity can be done in pairs. This activity can be adapted for the fall or in another environment such as a field or marsh where another set of paint sample cards can be used. Appropriate for grade three to six students.
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- British Columbia
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- Life Systems: Growth and Changes in Plants
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- Life Systems: Diversity of Living Things
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- Life Systems: Growth & Changes in Plants
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- Life Systems: Biodiversity
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- Living Things
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- Living Things
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- Living Things
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- Living Things
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- Plant Growth and Changes
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- Habitats and Communities
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- Science 6: Life Science: Diversity of Living Things
- Yukon Territory
Themes Addressed
Ecosystems (2)
- Appreciating the Natural World
- Biodiversity
