Curriculum

NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sponsored this project, specificaly NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The teacher authors visited NASA Goddard and worked with Goddard scientists to develop their lessons. Many of the lessons therefore incorporate space science technology, especially satellite images, largely provided by NASA Goddard. .

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KINDERGARTEN

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Students learn about names, characteristics and traditions of the seasons and observe weather changes throughout the year.

Carver School Kindergarten

Games/activities on seasons.

 

Richland County School

District Teacher Resource Center
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Students use their senses to investigate weather.
  
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How Do Plants and Animals

Depend on Each Other? (pdf)

 

Students discover the interdependence of plants and animals in the forests of the Colville Reservation.

Kindergarden - child's web page about plants

Trees are Terrific - a tutorial on trees for the primary grades

Kindergarten Pages Links
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Students will be introduced to the concept of the cardinal directions.

University of Missouri-Kansas City Instructional Materials Center

www.umkc.edu/imc/song-cds.htm

 

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Students explore a variety of musical instruments, their sounds and materials.

Images & Maps for the activities (pdf)

  
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Tree Anatomy (pdf)
Students learn the basic anatomy of a tree through exploration of tree centers.
  
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What's In A Tree? (pdf)

Students explore contemporary and traditional uses of trees.

Riverside Municipal Museum - Provided photos of Plateau Indian baskets. Go to "Online Exhibits" the to "Art of the Plateau Indians", then to "Interior Salish Baskets".

 www.ci.riverside.ca.us/museum/
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Students learn about forest food chains and create a forest habitat in the classroom.
  
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The Mission Mountain Tribal Wilderness

by Tom McDonald (pdf)

Cultural Items Made from Trees (pdf)

Images of Drums/maps for lessons (pdf)
NezPerce
Warmweather and Coldweather Story (pdf)
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Students investigate the importance of clean water to living things.
  
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Cleansing, Sparkling Koos (pdf)
Students explore the importance of water conservation and investigate how plants clean water.
  
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Mother Earth (pdf)

 Students compare natural and human made items and gain an awareness of the importance of Mother Earth to the Nez Perce people.  
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Students learn about the seasonal organization of the Nez Perce traditional lifestyle.
  

 

 

 

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