Native Chaparral and Coastal Sage Scrub

• Draft lesson packet for Plant Adaptations and Local Weather:  Lessons in Schoolyards and on Field Trips  Grade 3 Plant Adaptations
• San Diego’s Native Habitats: Shrublands, Grade 4, SD Shrublands
• Local species cards for web chain activity, Species Cards
• 1-page descriptions of local habitats, MSCP Local Habitats
• Chaparral Shrublands of Southern California–A Pocket Naturalist Guide.  Order for resale from Sunbelt Publications (www.sunbeltbook.com), or buy at Mission Trails Regional Park for $6.95. To purchase copies for educational use (not for resale) at $5.00 + tax, contact
• Plant Adaptations, from Cabrillo National Monument, 6p, Cabrillo Plants
• Lessons K-8 from SD Natural History Museum, in both English and Spanish, List of Lessons SDNH Museum,  includes lessons for classrooms and schoolyards.

Exploring our Urban Forests (trees!), grades K-5

Nature-based lessons were developed to be taught in urban schoolyards, with minimal teacher preparation and materials. There are three lessons for each grade.

• Grade K Senses Soil Leaf Sorting
• Grade 1 Trees Bird Safari Ants
• Grade 2 Differences Seed Travel Seed Development
• Grade 3 My Tree Leaves Water Leaf Anatomy
• Grade 4 Tree Identify Tree Anatomy Tree Products
• Grade 5 Food Web Schoolyard Oaks
• These lessons include Next Generation Science Standards, Common Core standards, and current California Science standards. They were funded by a grant from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire), and implemented by the San Diego Children and Nature, San Diego Audubon Society, and San Diego State University.
• Final report at SDCaN Urban Forests Final Report.
• Three 5-minute videos from Escondido, Santee and SD Unified schools View Videos.
• Urban forestry-focused lessons about the Goldspotted Oak Borer GSOB 4 Lessons and Guidance on Planting Acorns Acorn Planting