Field Trips & School Groups

Color by Number

Butterfly Maze

Butterfly Stamping

Monarch or Mimic

Plants for Butterflies

The Flight of the Butterflies Quiz

Butterfly, Butterfly, Butterfly
Content: Butterflies and Life Cycle

• Students will demonstrate knowledge regarding the basic characteristics of a butterfly.
• Students will demonstrate a basic knowledge of the life cycle of a butterfly.

Honeybees
Content: Honey Bees

• Students will be able to identify the three body parts of a honeybee, understand the importance of bees in the environment and express a general knowledge of the lifecycle and characteristics of bees.

Is That a Bug?
Content: Desert Insects

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the basic characteristics of an insect. Students will be able to identify some insects that exist in the local desert environment.

Fish N’ Fun
Content: Fish

• Students will identify the characteristics of fish and the general environment in which they live.

What’s In The Rainforest?
Extra Lesson: Amazon Rainforest Life

• Students will be able to identify plants and animals in the Amazon Rainforest environment and understand their relationship to one another.

Rainforest Reptiles Run, crawl, swim and climb Pre K-K

Rainforest Reptiles Who Lives in the Rainforest Pre K-K

Beautiful Butterflies
Content: Butterflies and Life Cycle

• Students will demonstrate knowledge of the basic anatomy and function of the butterfly.
• Students will demonstrate knowledge of the habitat of butterflies and moths.
• Students will be able to label and explain the life cycle of the butterfly.

A Bee’s Life
Content: Honey Bees and Life Cycle

• Students will identify the form and function of a honeybee, understand the importance of bees in the environment and express a general knowledge of the life-cycle and behaviors of bees.
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the contributions honeybees make to the environment.

Insect, Who Lives in the Desert?
Content: Desert Insects and arachnids

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of living things, their structure, function and life cycle. Students will identify some insects/spiders that exist in the local environment.

The Amazing Amazon 1-2
Content: Amazon Rainforest

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of how animals and plants in a habitat are interdependent. Students will demonstrate knowledge of animals in the Amazon Rainforest and their structure and function.

Rainforest Reptiles What are you, a reptile or amphibian 1-2

Rainforest Reptiles Who’s hiding in the Rainforest 1-2

Chrysalis, Caterpillar, and Butterfly
Content: Butterflies and Life Cycle

• Students will demonstrate knowledge regarding the physical and behavioral characteristics of the butterfly.
• Students will describe the manner in which butterflies modify their behavior in a new habitat.
• Students will analyze the anatomical similarities and differences between butterflies and other insects.

The Amazon, a Tropical Rainforest
Content: Amazon Rainforest Life

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem.
• Students will demonstrate a general knowledge of the plant cycle as it relates to the decomposition of matter on the rainforest floor.
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of conservation and the interactions between human populations, natural resources, and the environment.

The Amazon River Experience
Content: Fish and Stingrays – Amazon River

• The students will demonstrate an understanding of the location and impact of the Amazon River and the surrounding environment.
• The students will evaluate environmental occurrences along the Amazon River and possible solutions to protecting the wildlife of the region.
• Students will be able to identify several species of aquatic life in the Amazon River.

Desert Creatures
Content: Desert Insects and Arachnids

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of specific living things, their structure, function and life cycle. Students will identify how specific desert creatures exist and impact their environment.

Rainforest Reptiles A Walk throughout the Rainforest 3-5

Rainforest Reptiles Lizards, snakes and frogs, oh my! 3-5

The Magic Chrysalis
Content: Butterflies, Moths and Life Cycle

• Students will demonstrate knowledge regarding the physical and behavioral characteristics of the butterfly as they relate to form and function.
• Students will understand the ability that butterflies have to maintain survival in the environment.

The Living Desert 6-8
Content: Desert Insects and Arachnids

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of specific living organisms in the environment and how their structure and function contribute to survival. Students will describe how specific desert creatures adapt to and impact the local ecosystem by using observation, prediction, and application.

Amazon Aquatic Life
Content: Fish and Stingrays – Amazon River

• The students will demonstrate an understanding of the interactions between populations or species and their natural habitat.
• The students will evaluate the environmental benefits of the biological organisms in an ecosystem.
• Students will compare and contrast the interdependent and competitive relationships in organisms within an ecosystem.

The Balance of Nature
Content: Desert Ecosystem

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of specific living organisms in the environment and how their structure and function contribute to survival. Students will describe how specific desert creatures adapt to and impact the local ecosystem by using observation, prediction, and application.

Honeybees
Content: Honey Bees and Life Cycle

• Students will understand the characteristics of honeybees and the relationship to the environment.
• Students will be able to identify the parts of the bee, life cycle, and organization of the bee colony.

A Walk Through the Rainforest
Extra Lesson: Rainforest Layers and Ecosystem.

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem.
• Students will demonstrate a general knowledge of the structure and function of plants in a rainforest ecosystem.
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the potential risks in climate changes related to the rainforest and determine possible solutions.

Rainforest Reptiles Rainforest Life 6-8

Rainforest Reptiles Reptiles and Amphibians 6-8

The Mystery of Butterflies
Content: Butterflies, Sustainable Farming, and Atrium

• Students will demonstrate knowledge regarding the physical and behavioral characteristics of the butterfly as it relates to biodiversity and the natural environment.
• Students will understand sustainable farming and the relationship to butterfly farming.
• Students will be able to compare and contrast butterflies and moths.

The Amazon Rainforest Experience
Content: Amazon Rainforest and Conservation

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the interdependence of organisms with the environment.
• Students will demonstrate a general knowledge of energy flow in an ecosystem.
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of conservation, urban development, populations, climate change and natural resources in the rainforest environment.