Explore Earth’s Heights!

$19.50

Travel the globe as we visit Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro, the Swiss Alps and more! Learn how mountains are created, meet the animals who live there, and learn survival skills to ensure our safety. While the curriculum incorporates many different Pennsylvania Learning Standards, it focuses on the key learning area of “Approaches to Learning through Play.” Specifically, students will learn to engage in activities that meet the PA Standard Areas of Social-Emotional Learning, Science, and Visual Arts.

About our lesson plans:

  • Developed and tested by a team of experienced, certified educators

  • Immediate PDF download upon purchase with unlimited use

  • Activity pages, extension activities, and additional resources included at no cost

  • Developmentally appropriate

  • Printable format that is also digital friendly with links and QR codes embedded in the lesson plans

Camp Outline:

  • Arrival Activity
  • Class Discussion
  • Edible Mountain Experiment
  • Let’s Get Moving – Mountain Survival
  • My Mini Passport
  • Hands-On Activity – Layered Paper Mountains
  • Social-Emotional Learning – After the Fall
  • Good Eggs Persevere Relay
  • Reflection

  • Arrival Activity
  • Class Discussion
  • Mountain Reflections Paintings
  • Let’s Get Moving – Mountain Bear Freeze Tag
  • Hands-On Activity – Trail Map Scavenger Hunt
  • Map Making
  • Social-Emotional Learning – Gratitude Wheel
  • Hands-On Activity – Water Filtration Experiment
  • Reflection

  • Arrival Activity
  • Class Discussion
  • Bundle Up Relay
  • Let’s Get Moving – Avalanche Wall Ball
  • Hands-On Activity – Build a Compass
  • Collaborative Chalk Compass Rose
  • Social-Emotional Learning – Pack It In, Pack It Out
  • Mountain Climber Craft
  • Reflection

  • Arrival Activity
  • Class Discussion
  • African Elephant Craft
  • Let’s Get Moving – Mbube Mbube
  • Hands-On Activity – Directional Simon Says
  • African Animal Tracks
  • Social-Emotional Learning – My Mouth is a Volcano!
  • Puzzle Erupt
  • Reflection

  • Arrival Activity
  • Class Discussion
  • Ski Jump Straw Rocket
  • Let’s Get Moving – Don’t Look Back: The Fox and the Egg
  • Hands-On Activity – Create an Avalanche
  • Mountain Dog Origami
  • Social-Emotional Learning – Not Yet, Yeti
  • Yeti Craft
  • Reflection