Quick & Easy Habitat Education Activities - Washington Native Plant ...

Use the following tables for planning your acquisition of the materials needed for the various Q&E activities. Foreach activity, the table describes the items required, their sources, and suggested storage (see also, Q&E cover pages 9 &10). It also provides information for printing the Q&E activity sheets and any props from the PDF files available on theQ&E Activities CD-ROM or as downloadable PDF files from www.starflower.org. Specific print requirements are foundin the “Print Info” column, which is coded as described below.Code for “Print Info”CR: ColorOCR: Optional colorBW: Black & whiteLTR: Letter size paperTAB: 11x17 paperNumber: Quantity of pages to be printed*: Quantity dependent on class sizeActivitynumberMaterials as listed on Q&E Card Description/Recommended storage Print Info SourceK Kindergarten Title Page Print material; use for binder and field set cover 1:BW/LTR PDF K-TitleK-1 Everybody Needs a Home Activity Print material; cut in half and laminate front to back; storein binder or assemble in activity sets for field useStory: “Everybody Needs a Home”Gathering and Printing Necessary MaterialsActivity Sheets can be assembledin half-page laminatedsets with title pageand activity descriptionsfor quick reference and easeof use (left).Binders can be usedto store activity sheets,masters and images usingthe grade level title pageas a cover. Activity sheetsand masters can be storedin plastic sleeves for protection.Images should belaminated and may be holepunched and stored in thebinder (middle).For example:3: CR/LTR indicates that you will needto print 3 letter-size pages in color*:OCR/TAB indicates that quantity willdepend on class size, printing in color isoptional, and paper size is 11x17Print material; laminate or use plastic sleeve; store inbinderK-2 Homes in the Habitat Walk Activity Print material; cut in half and laminate front to back; storein binder or assemble in activity sets for field useCode for PDF File Name1:BW/LTR PDF K-11:BW/LTRPDF K-1a1:BW/LTR PDF K-2Images: ‘Animal Homes in the Habitat’ Print material; laminate; store in binder or kit 7:CR/LTR PDF K-2aK-3 Nature Detective Discovery Activity Print material; cut in half and laminate front to back; store 1:BW/LTR PDF K-3in binder or assemble in activity sets for field use‘How-to-do Activity: Mystery Nature Print material; store in binder 1:BW/LTR PDF K-3aObjects’Images: ‘Mystery Nature Sounds’ Laminate for prop; store in binder or kit 5:CR/LTR PDF K-3bGradelevelStarflower Native Plant IDcards can be printed, cut inhalf and laminated for fielduse by students.2-1cActivitysequenceSupport material inorder of its listing on theactivity card‘Mystery Nature Objects’ (selectedfrom ‘How-to-do Activity’)‘Mystery Nature Objects’ paperbags– color coded in sets of 6 for easymanagementAudio recording: ‘Mystery NatureSounds’Found natural objects from habitat area, see ‘How-to-doActivity’; dry and store in kitLunch-size paper bags, see ‘How-to-do Activity’; store inkitAudio tracks for black-capped chickadee, Pacific chorusfrog, Douglas squirrel, great horned owl, pileated woodpecker;store in binder or kitK-4 Nature Detective Walk Activity Print material; cut in half and laminate front to back; storein binder or assemble in activity sets for field useStarflower Native Plant ID Cards:western red cedar, bigleaf maple tree,beaked hazelnut, Douglas fir, Nootkarose, vine maple,black cottonwood, yarrow,pearly everlastingFor use by the educator to identify native plants to use forthis activity; color print; laminate and assemble for fielduseHabitat areaGrocerystoreLibrary,bookstores1:BW/LTR PDF K-49:CR/LTRPDF fromNative PlantID Cards