Bring the rich biodiversity of the Pacific Northwest into your classroom! Nature in the Classroom is a free multidisciplinary science-based curriculum created for 4th and 5th graders (but adaptable for use with all ages) that allows students to explore the biodiversity of the Puget Sound using real-life museum specimens. With these kits, students will learn to hone their observation skills through nature journaling, answer questions about structure, form, function, adaptations, and interspecies interactions, and gain an appreciation for the natural world!
The full Nature in the Classroom curriculum consists of three lessons, each packed into its own kit. These three kits: Wild Things: Naturalists-in-Training, Urban Bird Diversity: Birdiversity!, and Tooth Sleuth, contain unique sets of museum specimens and can be taught as their own individual lesson or used together to create a comprehensive biodiversity curriculum. Teachers may request that a museum educator come to the classroom to teach the lessons or request to check out the kits after receiving training. All supplies are provided.
