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EDUCATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY

Field Trips and Lesson Plans

APH is proud and honored to offer to our community and educators these free to use lesson plans for field trips to the Palmer Hay Flats. We hope these lesson plans help kick off fun and engaging conversations with the young minds of our community, and help them to understand the world around them. Download the lesson p

Lesson: Food Chains at the Palmer Hay Flats

  This activity models how energy flows from one organism to the next in a food chain. Students will represent energy moving through a food chain from Grass -> Grasshopper -> Toad -> Hawk. They will play rock-paper-scissors against one another to “flow” from one trophic level to the next. 

Tobin Food Chain Lesson 1 of 1 (pdf)Download
Tobin Adaptations and Habitat Scavenger Hunt (pdf)Download

Lesson: Ski/Snowshoe Field Trip to Reflections Lake

    What does healthy movement look like? What does healthy movement look like for a worm? For a bird? 

Gritsavage Movement Hike Lesson 1 of 2 (pdf)Download
Gritsavage Ski Snowshoe Field Trip 2 of 2 (pdf)Download

Lesson: Birding at the Palmer Hay Flats

Miller Lesson Birds 1 of 2 (pdf)Download
Miller Lesson Bird Bingo 2 of 2 (pdf)Download

Sensory field trip at Palmer Hay Flats

During this field trip, students will be participating in a sensory hike around Reflection Lake with several stops for activities and learning. Before you start hiking, talk about the 5 senses we have (Sight, Hearing, Smell, Taste, Touch and Balance) and how they help us navigate life and examine the world around us. What are the main senses we use when hiking? 

Heasly Lesson Sensory Field Trip 1 of 1 (pdf)Download

Lesson: Alaska Wildlife and Ecosystems

This four part lesson could fill an afternoon of activities and engagement as students learn about local wildlife, fauna, and waterways. 

Conway Food Webs Lesson 1 of 4 (pdf)Download
Conway Adaptations in Flora and Fauna Lesson 2 of 4 (pdf)Download
Conway Taking Care of Habitat Lesson 3 of 4 (pdf)Download
Conway Animal Homes at Reflection Lake Lesson 4 of 4 (pdf)Download
Conway Habitat Scavenger Hunt (pdf)Download

APH Supporting Documents, Lessons, and Games

APH BINGO (pdf)Download
APH Weather Log for Worthington Lesson (pdf)Download
APH Scavenger Hunt at Reflections Lake for Sensory Field Trip Lesson (pdf)Download

 

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