Explore Nature’s Colorful Secrets!

$19.50

Discover nature’s secrets with hands-on science! Extract leaf pigments through chromatography, dissect flowers to study pollen, and measure heat index to understand weather impacts. Nature Navigators is a school-age unit steeped in activities that enable students to challenge themselves, experiment, and transform information into meaningful content and skills. While the lesson plan incorporates many different Pennsylvania Learning Standards, it focuses on the key learning areas of “Scientific Thinking and Technology” and “Creative Thinking and Expression.” Specifically, students will engage in learning activities that meet the PA Standard Areas of Life Science, Physical 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
  • Chromatography Experiment
  • Let’s Get Moving – Rainbow Soccer
  • Marker Chromatography Art
  • Natural Chalk Art
  • Social-Emotional Learning – Color My Emotions
  • Nature’s Pigment Rainbow
  • Reflection
  • Arrival Activity
  • Class Discussion
  • Heat Experiment
  • Let’s Get Moving – The Ground is Lava
  • Natural Insulator Challenge
  • Wildfires 101
  • Social-Emotional Learning – Geyser Greatness
  • Cool Summer Animals
  • Reflection
  • Arrival Activity
  • Class Discussion
  • Flower Dissection
  • Let’s Get Moving – Nature Bracelets
  • Flower Evens and Odds
  • Flower Pencil Toppers
  • Social-Emotional Learning – No Judgmental Flowers
  • Stunning Flower Gardens
  • Reflection
  • Arrival Activity
  • Class Discussion
  • Stinking Cute Skunk
  • Let’s Get Moving – Backyard Wildlife Relay
  • Leaping Frogs
  • DIY Squirrel Feeder
  • Social-Emotional Learning – From Trash to Treasure
  • May the Quickest Animal Win
  • Reflection
  • Arrival Activity
  • Class Discussion
  • Bird Spinners
  • Let’s Get Moving – Nature Navigators Walk
  • Nature Wind Mobiles
  • Pollen Launchers
  • Social-Emotional Learning – Rolling with the Changes
  • Watermelon Fans
  • Reflection