Classroom Resources
Lessons to support your classroom before and after the field trip
Classroom Resources
Pre and Post Field Trip Lessons
Our pre-field trip lessons introduce concepts that will be explored during your field trip to the Sauvie Island Center. The post-trip lessons will reinforce concepts from our curriculum. The table below provides a brief overview of each lesson, along with details on the connection to our field trips. To access a lesson, click on the name in the table. This will launch a PDF which you can download. Once you’ve accessed pre and post field trip lessons, don’t forget to check out our Classroom Tools (below the Field Trip Lesson table). Funding for the Educator Resource page has been generously provided by West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District.
| Lesson Title | Description | Grades | Field Trip Module Connections | ||||
| Seed to Harvest | Plant Parts | Soil and Compost | Pollination | Food Web | |||
| Pre-Trip Lessons | |||||||
| From Farm to Store + From Farm to Store Skit Cards (Appendix A) | Students explore all the steps food goes through from the sun to the farm to the grocery store. | 2-5 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Sunshine for Lunch | Students learn that all food energy comes from the sun, through exploring and comparing natural food webs in the wild with conventional human food sources. | 2-5 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Through the Seasons | Students investigate seasonal effects on a tree in the neighborhood by creating a season wheel, and make predictions about what they will encounter on the farm. | K-3 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Post-Trip Lessons | |||||||
| Dirt Deconstructed | Students discover the soil composition outside the school with a simple scientific test, and discuss actions they can take to improve soil health. | 3-5 | ✔ | ||||
| Give Me Some Space | Students explore the needs of plants, including space, by investigating seed packets and planning, drawing, and measuring a garden bed. | 2-5 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Plants Parts Bingo | Students play a game to reinforce vocabulary and concepts learned during the field trip. | 1-5 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Seeds on the Move | Students explore seed dispersal by using classroom materials to create structural adaptations to help seeds get around. | K-5 | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Worms in my Classroom! | Students build a worm bin for the classroom and learn how to care for it. | 2-5 | ✔ | ✔ | |||
These classroom tools are designed to support your science and nature curriculum.