Grades PreK- 3 Lesson Plans
Lessons are divided into themes to correlate to environmental topics.
- Animals - These lesson plans encompass amphibians, birds, fish, insects, mammals and reptiles with instruction across multiple disciplines.
- Nature Study - These lessons incorporate multiple subject disciplines as an aid in exploring, discovering, and observing nature.
- Soils - These lesson plans focus on the composition, properties and conservation of this important resource.
- Water - These lessons examine wildlife within aquatic ecosystems.
Animal Lessons
Insects
- Insects Galore! || PDF Version 486 KB
- Leo's Colorful Story (PDF) (815 KB)
- Parts of an Insect Coloring Page (PDF) ( 201 KB)
- Weevil Song (PDF) (186 KB)
- What is an Insect: Facts and Vocabulary || PDF Version 395 KB
- Insect Jeopardy (PDF) (32 KB)
Mammals
- All About Mammals Fact Sheet || PDF Version 260 KB
- A Tooth for a Tooth (PDF) (179 KB)
- Blind as a Bat || PDF Version 82 KB
- Hot Hamsters || PDF Version 302 KB
- Mammal Mobile Craft || PDF Version 293 KB
- New York Mammals Word Search Puzzle (PDF) (12 KB)
- Animal Tracks (PDF) (112 KB)
- Who Am I? Animal Signs Matching Game (PDF) (93 KB)
- Animal Signs Word Search (PDF) (87 KB)
- Animal Signs Crossword (PDF) (87 KB)
Reptiles
- A Home for Reptiles (PDF) (938 KB)
- Reptiles || PDF Version 619 KB
- Turtle Shell Craft || PDF Version 344 KB
- Reptile Round-Up Worksheet (PDF) (3 Mb)
Wildlife
- Animal Class Fact Sheet and Records || PDF Version 362 KB
- Animal Defenses Worksheet (PDF) (247 KB)
- Guess Who? || PDF Version 240 KB
- Meet the Animals || PDF Version 450 KB
- Mouse, Mouse, Snake! || PDF Version 330 KB
- My Favorite Animal Worksheet (PDF) (73 KB)
- Nesting Bird || PDF Version 354 KB
- Predator, Predator, Don't Eat Me! || PDF Version 363 KB
- What Class Are You In? (PDF) ( 1 MB)
- Which Animal Lives Where? (PDF) ( 1.5 MB)
- Which Nest is Best? (PDF) ( 324 KB)
- Wild Defenses || PDF Version 519 KB
- Wildlife Conservation I || PDF Version 622 KB
- Wildlife Conservation II || PDF Version 581 KB
- Animal Cinquain (PDF) 102 KB
Nature Study
Plants
- Find Your Tree || PDF Version 92 KB
- Onion Hunt || PDF Version 91 KB
- Pebble Activity || PDF Version 90 KB
- Sharp Eyes || PDF Version 88 KB
- Stop and Listen || PDF Version 96 KB
Soils
- How Soil is Made || PDF Version 96 KB
- Soil Studies: Soil Particle Sizes || PDF Version 147 KB
- Erosion (PDF) 166 KB
- Icy Roads: Sanding vs. Salting || PDF Version 96 KB
Water
- Plankton in the Air || PDF Version 487 KB
- Pond Creature Worksheet (PDF) (40 KB)
- World of the Pond (PDF) (94 KB)
- World of the Pond Crossword (PDF) (108 KB)
- World of the Pond Word Search (PDF) (84 KB)
- World of the Pond Word Match (PDF) (91 KB)
