Teacher's Corner
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We are very excited to welcome you and your class to Belwin Outdoor Science. We invite you to explore this page to...
- Learn what logistical things need to be done before your visit.
- Check out Pre and Post-Trip lessons that you can do in the classroom via Google Meet, Schoology or Seesaw.
- Register for the classes that you select for your visit.
Before Your Visit
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As a classroom teacher you have 3 important tasks to address in preparation for your trip to Belwin Outdoor Science.
- Use curriculum to prepare students. When classroom teachers make curriculum connections the learning process is more meaningful.
- Organize the mechanics of the trip (described below).
- Accompany students in their outdoor learning.
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Selfie stick greeting video
Use this video as an introduction to the Belwin Outdoor Science experience.
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Bus Information
We will order the bus for your school. Your school will be responsible for the transportation costs. Often two regular education classes will be transported with 1 special education class.The special needs class may be from your school or a different school in your area.
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Communicating with Belwin Outdoor Science
Use the registration page to communicate. Check your date.
At least 1 month before:
*Use the Belwin Outdoor Science website to confirm travel times, number of students, and curriculum choices. This can all be done on the Registration form.
* Notify science or curriculum specialist of your trip.
* Begin preparing students with pre-trip curriculum.
Two weeks before:
* Order lunches & milk from your school cafeteria.
10 days before:
* Review activity choices for students.
* Develop groups. We would like the students evenly divided into groups no larger than 10.
* Call/email arrangements for students with special needs.
* Send home permission slips
* Send home the letter regarding proper dress for Belwin Outdoor Science (see below).
1 or 2 days before:
* Remind students about proper dress requirements.
*Put lunches in boxes for Belwin Outdoor Science staff to transport to the building. All lunches will be put into a refrigerator upon arrival, a cooler is not necessary. -
Teacher's Role at Belwin Outdoor Science
To enhance the learning experience, the Belwin Outdoor Science staff and the individual classroom teachers work together throughout the day. Classroom teachers will participate in activities to achieve this result. You will be expected to work with the students who have the greatest academic or behavioral needs as you know their skills and learning styles.
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ELL Information
Planning for a visit? Please consider:
ELL L1 and L2 students:- please don't group all of your ELL students together
- try to have at least 2 students with same first language together
- please bring your ELL EA
- partner with L3, L4 and L5 students
Below you will find some documents that may be helpful to use with your students before you arrive!
- amphibian reptile.doc
- amphibian reptile.pdf
- Animal vocabulary.doc
- Animal vocabulary.pdf
- bird and mammal.pdf
- bird mammal.doc
- creek-river, hill-mountain.doc
- creek-river, hill-mountain.pdf
- decompose and fungus.pdf
- decompose fungus.doc
- Earth and Atmosphere vocabulary.doc
- Earth and Atmosphere vocabulary.pdf
- insect and arachnid.pdf
- insect arachnid.doc
- Nature Vocabulary-En.-Sp.-Hm.-So.doc
- Nature Vocabulary-En.-Sp.-Hm.So.pdf
- Plant vocabulary.doc
- Plant vocabulary.pdf
- prairie and forest.pdf
- prairie forest.doc
- Belwin_English-Spanish.doc
- Belwin_Hmong_.doc
- Belwin_Somali.doc
- Belwin_Spanish-English.doc
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Student Medical Needs
Students who use an asthma inhaler must have the inhaler with them.
During warm weather, students with bee sting allergies MUST bring bee sting kits.
If the student does not have the proper medical supplies, he/she will not be allowed on the trails.
* Students must bring and apply their own bug repellant.
* Students must bring their own water bottles if desired.
Please call Belwin Outdoor Science if you have any questions:
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Proper attire for cold weather
Teachers, please print the appropriate letters and send copies home to parents so that students may have the best day possible at Belwin Outdoor Science!
English version
Spanish version
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Winter Weather Policy
Students will not participate in outside activities when the temperature is below -15F wind chill during the hours of your field trip.
Pre/Post Lessons
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Consider a pre-trip Google Meet Visit or pre-trip lesson via Schoology or Seesaw! It helps your students get the MOST out of their Belwin field trip (and it helps reduce their anxiety around a nature-immersion field trip, a new experience for many of our young scholars). Please contact Oakley Biesanz at oakley.biesanz@spps.org or call 651-744-7967.
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3rd Grade
Habitat Pen Pals (Project Learning Tree)
Then and Now (Project Learning Tree)
We All Need Trees (Project Learning Tree)
Web Of Life (Project Learning Tree) -
5th Grade Curriculum Connections
View our slide show of great pictures taken during Belwin Outdoor Science programs.
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Integrating EE into SPPS Science Instruction