My little Environmentalists

Thanks to all the learning done during our Expedition on humans and how they affect nature, my second graders are the best little environmentalists ever! They are super recyclers and they've been picking up trash everyday at recess all on their own.

I've even had numerous parents tell me that they cannot get their son or daughter to stop googling endangered animals or telling them about how humans can negatively influence the environment without realizing it.

I'm sure after a while the parents are going to get annoyed, but I'm so proud!

Below are some of the simple illustrations and sentences they created to tell about how they can be a positive influence on the environment.

        

Expeditionary Learning Night

My kids finally got to present their learning this past thursday night. I was so proud of their hard work! We had a few different stations set up in the classroom. Students talked about their field trip. They talked about their book, their video and their understanding of the various reasons that animals, plants and insects in Colorado became endangered. They also talked about the overall process of their learning and the targets they had to reach to complete the expedition. They did an excellent job!

As a teacher at my school we have to display the overall process of our learning expedition, using document panels outside of our classrooms. I had to include the Science and Language Arts learning targets for the expedition, as well as the various plans, smaller projects and assessments along the way. I thought I would post the panels to share with you all! :)

This is the document panel that highlights the
various different targets and assessments. 

This is the document panel that highlights the experts,
fieldwork and case study work that were part of our expedition.

Here's the plans for the expedition!