Lessons about local animals

• Adaptations: Secrets to Survival, grade 3, from San Elijo Lagoon, SELC_AdaptationsGr3

Arthropod Adventures (invertebrates), Middle School

These lessons feature schoolyard-based nature inquiry for middle school students, funded by a cooperative agreement from the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station.

• SDCaN_ArthropodLessons MS, 10 pages
• SDCaN_ArthropodStudentGuide MS, 9 pages
• Video of seventh grade science students collecting and observing invertebrates, Video Arthropods

More animal lessons and activities

• Bird Behavior and Biology–Start in your Schoolyard, by Taylor Good, Naturalist SDCaN_SDSEA_BirdBehavEcol_Schoolyard_28feb15
• Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, Jacques Chirazi, Biomimicry Educator, Biomimicry San Diego  Biomimicry_Presentation_28feb15   More info at Biomimicry San Diego

More pages for classroom teachers:  Nature and NGSS   Taking Students Outdoors   Schoolyard Habitats  Local Lessons   Videos   Natural History and Citizen Science