Students estimate the numbers of objects in situations in which counting is not feasible or necessary.

Students will understand that everybody is a writer, that writing is a tool for communication, and that it is an ongoing process. Students will create a beginning writing piece that could be made into a class book.

Using a student-generated paragraph about observations in their outdoor classroom, students will be able to distinguish facts and opinions.

Using a student-generated paragraph about observations in their outdoor classroom, students will be able to distinguish facts and opinions.

Using a student-generated paragraph about observations in their outdoor classroom, students will be able to distinguish facts and opinions.

Using a student-generated paragraph about observations in their outdoor classroom, students will be able to distinguish facts and opinions.

Once upon a time are four words most children are familiar with when reading a fairy tales. They are a great way to learn the literary elements of reading and writing. In this lesson, students will create their own fairy tale character using materials they will collect around the outdoor learning lab. This lesson supports all types of fairy tales and can be used with a variety of learners and readers.

Once upon a time are four words most children are familiar with when reading a fairy tales. They are a great way to learn the literary elements of reading and writing. In this lesson, students will create their own fairy tale character using materials they will collect around the outdoor learning lab. This lesson supports all types of fairy tales and can be used with a variety of learners and readers.

Students will use their knowledge or availability and scarcity to determine income and earnings.

Students will learn about the ways garden organisms depend on each other in their environment for survival. Animals eat plants and/or other animals for food this will show students how energy is transferred from the sun to living things.

Students will learn about the ways garden organisms depend on each other for survival and create "human" food chains to show how energy is transferred from the sun to living things.

Students will learn about the ways garden organisms depend on each other in their environment for survival. Animals eat plants and/or other animals for food this will show students how energy is transferred from the sun to living things.

With a continued focus on the Sonoran Desert, students are introduced to the concepts of food chains and food webs through a PowerPoint® presentation. They learn the difference between producers and consumers and study how these organisms function within their communities as participants in various food chains. They further understand ecosystem differences by learning how multiple food chains link together to form intricate and balanced food webs. At lesson end, students construct food webs using endemic desert species.

Students will observe organisms in their ecosystem and describe the flow of energy in food webs

Students will observe organisms in their ecosystem and describe the flow of energy in food webs

Students will explore the outdoor classroom finding objects and determining how to form different letters using them.

Students will explore the garden for different forms of energy including mechanical, electrical, light, thermal and sound energy.

Students take a closer look at cars and learn about some characteristics that affect their energy efficiency, including rolling resistance and the aerodynamics of shape and size. They come to see how vehicles are one example of a product in which engineers are making changes and improvements to gain greater efficiency and thus require less energy to operate.

Students will use knowledge of aquatic and terrestrial environments to identify fossils and predict environmental changes over time.

Students will explore the components of soil and make a model of sedimentary rock layers and fossil fuels.