Youth Creation Fellowship
Open to middle and high school students (parents also welcome to sit in) Meeting place is Ellen McHenry’s backyard (532 Pike St. 16801) unless otherwise specified. RSVPs appreciated, but not required....
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Click on this link to download the pattern pages from the activity section of “Dissect Your Dinner.” DYD_printable_pages_activity_section Here are the printable pages from the student text section,...
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Summer Science 2022 Where: McHenry backyard (532 Pike St. 16801) unless otherwise noted. (Contact number day-of: 814-571-4344) There are several parking places behind my backyard, if you turn on...
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DESERT UNIT STUDY IDEAS
Here are some resources I created when our group did a unit study on deserts. We used lots of picture books and non-fiction books from our library, plus many short video clips that were...
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Desert cards: plants and animals of the Sonoran
This download gives you 56 cards like the 8 samples shown above. You can use the cards in various ways, depending on the age, ability, and previous knowledge of your students. The cards are designed...
View Article“Gully Washer” game
This download gives you the patterns and instructions for playing a group game about animals of the American deserts. The game can be adjusted for the age, ability, and previous knowledge of the...
View ArticleMake an octotillo mural
This activity is targeted to grades K-3. You will need to paint the stems ahead of time. Make an octotillo muralDownload
View ArticleThe American Deserts Song
American-Deserts-Song-lyricsDownload Our teachers made up some hand motions to go with the song. (The first motion is supposed to be a waving American flag.) You can make up your own motions, too!
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Bat Pollination Relay Race
In this activity, players pretend to be long-nosed bats pollinating a saguaro cactus flower at night (in the Sonoran Desert). Bat-pollination-relay-race-instructions-updateDownload
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plasma-chart
Handout for plasma astronomy: Click here to download the handout for Plasma Astronomy video pdf
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