These four cards provide simple ways to explore nature and outdoor environments at school.
Print off and use as a provocation for exploring school grounds OR inspiration for indoor learning.
50 curriculum connections for loose parts investigations.
Each one provides a springboard for further learning.
Subject Area: Loose Parts
This toolkit from the World Forum Foundation’s Nature Action Collaborative and Nature Explore contains over 80 pages of activities to use with children ages 3-8 years old in early childhood and school settings. The guide is focused on positive actions that teachers and children can take together to make the world a “greener” and healthier place.
Year Level: Early Years, Primary
This document from Western Australia is a powerful resource for recognising and linking curriculum, outcomes and capabilities to Nature Play/Pedagogy from Early Years up to and including Year 6.
Outdoor learning spaces are a feature of Australian learning environments. They offer a vast array of possibilities not available indoors. Play spaces in natural environments include plants, trees, edible gardens, sand, rocks, mud, water and other elements in nature. These spaces invite open-ended interactions, spontaneity, risk-taking, exploration, discovery and connection with nature. They foster an appreciation of the natural environment, develop environmental awareness and provide a platform for ongoing environmental education (DEEWR, 2009, P. 16).
Year Level: Early Years, Primary
Subject Area: Curriculum
When Joseph Cornell’s first book, Sharing Nature with Children, was published in 1979, it was met with universal acclaim. J. Baldwin, editor of Whole Earth Review, wrote, “This is absolutely the best awareness-of-nature book I’ve ever seen. Sharing Nature with Children has become justly famous because it works.” Joseph Cornell’s books sparked a world wide movement called Sharing Nature, devoted to helping children and adults deepen their relationship with the natural environment. This website contains high quality resources, exercises you can do with children to bring awareness of nature, detailed information on Flow Learning™ principles, thought provoking articles and online training. Full of inspiration for educators, the Sharing Nature movement uses the Flow Learning™ system of teaching that encourages empathy and brings ecological principles to life.
A curriculum resource that identifies various lesson plans and connections to water for 3-6 utilising the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges NRM Education programs resources
Year Level: 3, 4, 5, 6
Subject Area: Cross Curricular
A curriculum resource that identifies various lesson plans and connections to biodiversity for 4-6 utilising the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges NRM Education programs resources
Year Level: 3, 4, 5, 6
Subject Area: Cross Curricular
A curriculum resource that identifies various lesson plans and connections to biodiversity for F-2 utilising the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges NRM Education programs resources
Year Level: F 1 2
Subject Area: Cross Curricular
A curriculum resource that identifies various lesson plans and connections to water for years 7-10 utilising the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges NRM Education programs resources
Year Level: 7, 8, 9, 10
Subject Area: Cross Curricular
Find out how Thiele Primary School students explore hands-on learning at their local creek in partnership with their local Council and NRM Board
Length: 4m : 40s