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Kindergarten Science Field Experience

This is a field experience that takes place at the Horan Natural Area in Confluence State Park (333 Olds Station Rd. Wenatchee) in May.  Kindergarteners learn about Freshwater Ecosystems through 2 learning stations at the trailhead and a nature walk through the Horan Natural Area. Instructors can pick between staying at a station all day or leading 2 nature walks into Horan.

Here are brief descriptions of each station:

Tree Station: Students use crayons to trace a picture of a cottonwood while the instructor talks about its parts (trunk, roots, & leaves).  They also use stickers to identify what cottonwoods need to survive & how they help other living things with their needs.

Human Impact Station:  Instructors read a story to students about a baby duck and water pollution. Instructors add ‘pollutants’ to a tub of water containing a rubber duck as they read the story.

Nature Hike Leaders: Nature hike leaders lead a class on a one hour interpretive nature walk through the Horan Natural Area where they introduce students to the freshwater ecosystem in Horan.  The nature walk is about 1/2 mile long and partly on a paved trail and partly on a gravel trail. Each class visits 2 mini stations while on the nature walk- 1 about eagles and 1 about beavers*. 

*Nature hike leaders may need to teach the beaver station.  This is a 10-15 minute lesson where instructors use 2 watershed models & animal props to teach fun facts about beavers.

Eagle Mini Stations: This is a 10-15 minute mini lesson where instructors use life size props to teach students fun facts about bald eagles & what they need to survive (water, air, nutrients from food and shelter).

During the field experience week, instructors and station assistants are needed from 8:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Wednesday through Friday (see specific times and dates on the Sign Up form).  They also need to attend a training session on Tuesday from 3:30-5 p.m. at the Horan Natural Area parking area.

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 Kindergarten Field Experience Sign Up Form
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1st Grade Science Field Experience

This field experience takes place at the Jacobson Preserve (1811 Skyline Drive, Wenatchee) in April.  First graders learn about the needs of plants and animals of the shrub steppe and the ways in which they survive and grow by visiting 3 learning stations.  Instructors teach the same station up to 4 times a day.  

Here are brief descriptions of each station:

Plant Station: Students learn about plant parts & adaptations through a simple watercolor painting activity (no art skills needed!)

Insect Station: Students learn about insect parts & adaptations through a short insect hunt activity & story.

Animal Station: Students learn about animal parts & adaptations through an interactive story that includes looking at pelts, feathers & skulls.

During the field experience week, instructors and station assistants are needed from 9:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday (see specific times and dates on the Sign Up form).  They also need to attend a staff training on Monday from 3:30-5 p.m. at the Wenatchee Racquet and Athletic Club parking area (same address as Jacobson Preserve).

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 FIRST GRADE Field Experience Sign Up Form
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2nd Grade:

This field experience takes place at the Saddle Rock Gateway Trailhead (1155 Circle St. Wenatchee) & on adjacent land owned by Appleatchee Riders in early October.  Second graders learn how the Earth’s surface changes and the things that cause it to change by looking at our local landforms.

Instructors lead the same class all day teaching 2 hands-on soil erosion lessons at one station near the trailhead, 1 simple landscape diagram lesson at a station at the top of the Wenatchee Dome (no drawin skills needed!), and 1 short Erosion Walk lesson around the trailhead. The hike up to the Dome is about ⅔ mile round trip on a sandy/gravelly trail that is steep for the last 200 feet.

During the field experience week, instructors and station assistants are needed from 8:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday (see specific times and dates on the Sign Up Form).  They also need to attend a staff training on Monday from 3:30-5 p.m. at the Saddle Rock Gateway Trailhead parking area.

 SECOND GRADE Field Experience Sign Up Form
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5th Grade:

This field experience takes place at the Saddle Rock Gateway Trailhead (1155 Circle St. Wenatchee) in April.  Fifth graders learn about the food webs of the shrub steppe and how to preserve this environment through a Web of Life lesson and a hike up to the top of Saddle Rock with their class.Assistants can either help at the Web of Life stations or be a Hike Monitor. 

Here is a brief description of each position needed:

Web of Life Station:  Students play an interactive game, modeling the food web.


 

Hike Monitor: Hike Monitors accompany a group of classes to & from the top of Saddle Rock (about a 2.5 mile round-trip).  This person will provide communications back down to WSD staff, ensure that everyone stays on the trail & in areas marked for our classes to use, makes sure all garbage is carried out, & helps teachers monitor their time at the top so they stay on schedule.

During the field experience week, instructors and station assistants are needed from 8:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday (see specific times and dates on the Sign Up Form).  They also need to attend a staff training on Monday from 3:30-5 p.m. at the Saddle Rock Gateway Trailhead parking area.

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 FIFTH GRADE Field Experience Sign Up Form
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6th Grade:

This field experience takes place over a 2 week period at the Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center (US-97 Alt, Entiat, WA) in October.  Sixth graders learn about forest health, megafires and what is being done to control them. Students attend several stations, visit a fire lookout, and design their own experiment about forest health and fire. 

During the field experience weeks, instructors are needed to teach a 30-minute Ecology lesson (5 times a day) from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday (see specific times and dates on the Sign Up Form).  They also need to attend a staff training on the first Monday from 3:30-5:00 p.m. at the Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center. 

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 SIXTH GRADE Field Experience Sign Up Form
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