Activity

Description

Science

Lang. Arts

Math

P.E.

History

Tyrolian-ski group challenge

Two large skis are attached to hand-held rope. Students stand on the skies with each pair of feet near a pair of ropes. The group must work together to lift the skis as they attempt to take forward steps.

Listening & speaking: 1.3

4, 5, 6

Race for the sun

Students participate in a game illustrating the sun as the major source of energy for life on earth and the process of photosynthesis in vascular plants.

4. a, b

5. a, b, c, e

6. b

Listening & speaking: 1.3

4, 5, 6

Sequioa monitoring

Students research, measure, and record data on sequoias in the Tuolumne Grove. Height and diameter of tress are calculated by showing relationships and using mathematical formulas.

7. b, e, h

Listening & speaking: 1.3

Algebra & functions: 3.0, 3.1

Measurement & geometry: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Tree of time

Students take turns reading The Tree of Time by Kathy Baron and reflect on the history that sequoias have lived through during the past 3,000 years.

Reading: 1.4, 2.6

6.1-2

Journal time

Students create illustrative and descriptive timelines of their lives and compare them with the years represented in a sequoia stump’s ring.

Listening & speaking: 1.4, 1.7, 2.2 a, 2.3 b

Closing activity

Each student picks out an everyday object and traces it to its origins, highlighting the interconnected web in which we live.

6. c

Hiking

Students walk in between each activity both on and off the trail, covering 3 miles and gaining 500 feet of elevation total.

2, 3, 4, 5, 6