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	Walter B. Jacobs Memorial Nature Park Catalog of Curriculum-Based Programs Pre-K – 12 Our on-campus presentations and field experiences correlate with Louisiana’s Comprehensive Curriculum. All of the activities we facilitate are developmentally appropriate, emphasize higher order thinking skills, and address multiple intelligences: kinesthetic, logical/mathematical, intrapersonal, visual/spatial, linguistic, interpersonal, musical, and naturalistic. In addition to the listed offerings, we can work with you to create classroom and field opportunities tailored to your needs. On-campus presentations and field experiences are provided FREE of charge. To schedule a program, contact Rachel Demascal, Education Coordinator, at the park at 318-929-2806 or online at rdemascal@caddo.org. Curriculum-Based Programs Pre-KINDERGARTEN *FIELD EXPERIENCES* 1. Signs of the Season "Fall" (90-120 MIN) Participants explore exhibits of plants and animals native to Northwest Louisiana and experience the ever-changing Temperate Deciduous Forest on a guided trail walk. This program correlates with Unit 3 of the Pre-Kindergarten Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. 2. Into the Wild (90-120 MIN) Participants compare and contrast wild and domestic animals and explore the trails in search of signs of wild animals. This program correlates with Unit 4 of the Pre-Kindergarten Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science 2, 3, 9, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. 3. Harbingers of Spring (90-120 MIN) Students witness the first signs of spring and explore relationships between insects, birds, and the plants that sustain them. This program correlates with Unit 9 of the Pre-Kindergarten Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. 4. Louisiana Natives (90-120 MIN) Through an indoor exhibit scavenger hunt and a forest walk, students identify woodland plants and animals native to Louisiana. This program correlates with Unit 10-3 of the Pre-Kindergarten Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25. KINDERGARTEN SCIENCE FIELD EXPERIENCES 5. Five Senses in the Forest (90-120 MIN) Students play games to hone their senses, meet a live snake, discover how it senses the world, and explore the trails and herb garden using all five senses. This program correlates with Unit 1 of the Kindergarten Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 2, 3, 4, 7; Physical Science 9, 11, 13, 19; Life Science 25. 6. Variety of Life (90-120 MIN) Students explore exhibits of plants and animals native to Northwest Louisiana, match models of baby animals with their parents, and discover the diversity of plants, animals, and other organisms in the forest on a trail walk. This program correlates with Unit 4 of the Kindergarten Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10; Physical Science 13; Life Science 25, 28, 29. *ON CAMPUS PRESENTATIONS* 7. Schoolyard Nature Walk: Living and Nonliving Things (45-60 MIN) Naturalists visit your school and lead your class on an on-campus nature walk. Students differentiate between living things and nonliving things, define survival needs for organisms, and compare the structure of the human body to the structures of a tree. This program correlates with Unit 3 of the Kindergarten Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 7, 8; Physical Science 11, 13; Life Science 22, 24, 25. 8. Not-So-Creepy Critters (30-45 MIN) Naturalists visit your classroom with animals people love to hate! Students separate animal facts from creepy critter fiction and have close encounters with animals such as insects, spiders, snakes, and owls. This program correlates with Unit 4 of the Kindergarten Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 4, 7, 9; Physical Science 13; Life Science 25, 29. GRADE 1 SCIENCE FIELD EXPERIENCES 9. Water Weather (90-120 MIN) Students map out the water cycle, explore a fresh water ecosystem, and discuss how weather events shape the plants and animals in that ecosystem. This program correlates with Unit 1 of the Grade 1 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10; Earth and Space Science 36, 37, 38. 10. Habitat That (90-120 MIN) Participants play games to define habitat needs, meet a live turtle, examine how its habitat needs are met, and explore the trails to see the forest as a habitat. This program correlates with Unit 5 of the Grade 1 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11; Life Science 26, 27, 28,32, 33, 34. *ON CAMPUS PRESENTATIONS* 11. Schoolyard Nature Walk: Changes, Variations, and Adaptations (45-60 MIN) Naturalists visit your school and lead your class on an on-campus nature walk. Students differentiate between living things and nonliving things, describe the basic stages in the growing cycle of plants, identify what plants need to grow, define habitat and survival needs for organisms, and compare soil characteristics. This program correlates with Unit 5 of the Grade 1 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11; Life Science 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39. GRADE 2 SCIENCE FIELD EXPERIENCES 12. Forest Food Chains (90-120 MIN) Students model a food web and examine the effects of changes to links in the web, meet a live owl, discuss its role in the food web, and explore the trails to observe interconnections in the forest. This program correlates with Unit 3 of the Grade 2 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11; Life Science 35; Earth and Space Science 36; Science and the Environment 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51. 13. Water Cycle at Work (90-120 MIN) Students map out the water cycle, and investigate the concepts of transpiration and evaporation in the field. This program correlates with Unit 6 of the Grade 2 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; Physical Science 19; Earth and Space Science 39, 44. *ON CAMPUS PRESENTATIONS* 14. Schoolyard Nature Walk: Environment (45-60 MIN) Naturalists visit your school and lead your class on an on-campus nature walk. Students describe conditions within a habitat that are beneficial for living things and those that are not good for living things, discuss examples of uncontrollable conditions and events that can result in damage to a habitat, and explain what the term endangered animal means and cite examples. This program correlates with Unit 4 of the Grade 2 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11; Life Science 34, 35; Science and the Environment 48, 50, 51. 15. Rocks Box: Earth and Beyond (45-60 MIN) Naturalists visit your classroom with rocks, minerals, field guides, and test kits. Students identify three types of rocks and demonstrate ways to classify rocks and minerals. This program correlates with Unit 5 of the Grade 2 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12; Earth and Space Science 36, 42. GRADE 3 SCIENCE FIELD EXPERIENCES 16. Classifying Chordates (90-120 MIN) Participants practice vertebrate classification, compare and contrast three Orders of the Class Reptilia, and explore the trail in search of native vertebrates. This program correlates with Unit 5 of the Grade 3 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14; Life Science 35, 38, 39. *ON CAMPUS PRESENTATIONS* 17. Ancient Alligators (30-45 MIN) Naturalists visit your classroom with a live alligator and alligator artifacts. Students examine the adaptations that allow alligators to survive and compare modern alligators with prehistoric crocodilians. This program correlates with Unit 4 of the Grade 3 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15; Earth and Space Science 52. 18. Reptile Reach (30-45 MIN) Naturalists visit your classroom with live reptiles. Students identify features that define an animal as a reptile and meet several kinds of live reptiles to compare similarities. This program correlates with Unit 5 of the Grade 3 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14; Life Science 35, 38, 39. 19. Schoolyard Nature Walk: The Environment (45-60 MIN) Naturalists visit your school and lead your class on an on-campus nature walk. Students describe the interrelationships between the living and nonliving components of the environment, describe how changes to a habitat affect the organisms that live there, discuss both negative and positive changes in natural habitats that are caused by humans, and consider how those changes affect animal and plant populations. This program correlates with Unit 7 of the Grade 3 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; Science and the Environment 57, 58, 61, 62. GRADE 4 SCIENCE FIELD EXPERIENCES 20. Plant Probe (90-120 MIN) Students label plant structures and describe their functions, classify common forest plants using field guides and plant keys, analyze the process of photosynthesis, and discuss ways in which plants are beneficial to animals. This program correlates with Unit 4 of the Grade 4 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21; Life Science 40, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49. 21. Investigating Insects (90-120 MIN) Students identify features that define an animal as an insect, examine live insects and insect relatives to compare their similarities, and explore the trail in search of insects. This program correlates with Unit 7 of the Grade 4 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18; Life Science 41, 52, 53. *ON CAMPUS PRESENTATIONS* 22. Schoolyard Nature Walk: Ecosystems (45-60 MIN) Naturalists visit your school and lead your class on an on-campus nature walk. Students describe the components of an ecosystem, discuss how plants and animals depend on each other in an ecosystem, contrast different habitats, explain how an animal’s adaptations enable it to survive in a specific habitat, and brainstorm how endangered animals can make a comeback. This program correlates with Unit 5 of the Grade 4 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 21, 22; Life Science 41, 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54; Science and the Environment 70, 71, 72. 23. Rocks Box: Planet Earth (45-60 MIN) Naturalists visit your classroom with rocks, minerals, field guides, and test kits. Students identify three types of rocks, demonstrate ways to classify rocks and minerals, and discover common uses and economic importance of some rocks and minerals. This program correlates with Unit 6 of the Grade 4 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20; Earth and Space Science 55. 24. Birds of Prey: Adaptations (45-60 MIN) Naturalists visit your classroom with live raptors. Students discover adaptations that help birds of prey survive in their environments. This program correlates with Unit 7 of the Grade 4 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18; Life Science 40, 53. GRADE 5 SCIENCE FIELD EXPERIENCES 25. Learning Lepidoptera (90-120 MIN) Students discover the differences between moths and butterflies, understand the scientific naming system for these organisms, develop their own dichotomous keys to identify butterflies native to Northwest Louisiana, and explore the trails in search of butterflies. This program correlates with Unit 4 of the Grade 5 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 19, 22, 23, 24; Life Science 22. 26. Woodland Food Web (90-120 MIN) Through demonstrations and a trail hike, students explore the fundamental concepts of ecosystems, limiting factors, carrying capacity, food chains and webs, decomposition, natural cycles, adaptations, and pollution. This program correlates with Unit 5 of the Grade 5 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 33; Life Science 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29; Earth and Space Science 36; Science and the Environment 48, 49, 50, 51. 27. Water, Carbon, and Climate (90-120 MIN) Students model the water and carbon cycles, and compare major climate zones through trail exploration and discussion. This program correlates with Unit 7 of the Grade 5 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 3, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 33; Physical Science 5, 12; Earth and Space Science 36, 38, 46; Science and the Environment 49, 50, 51. *ON CAMPUS PRESENTATIONS* 28. Owls around Town (30-45 MIN) Naturalists visit your classroom with live owls and owl artifacts. Students examine adaptations that help owls survive, discuss predator-prey relationships, and explore the idea of carrying capacity in an ecosystem in which owls are consumers. This program correlates with Unit 5 of the Grade 5 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 3, 10, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26; Life Science 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29; Science and the Environment 48, 50. 29. Rocks Box: Earth Science (45-60 MIN) Naturalists visit your classroom with rocks, minerals, field guides, and test kits. Students identify three types of rocks, demonstrate ways to classify rocks and minerals, and discover common uses and economic importance of some rocks and minerals. This program correlates with Unit 6 of the Grade 5 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23; Earth and Space Science 31, 32, 33. GRADE 7 SCIENCE FIELD EXPERIENCES 30. Awesome Amphibia (90-120 MIN) Participants discuss the life cycle of amphibians, use a three-circle Venn diagram to compare and contrast frogs, toads, and salamanders, play a game using ratios and proportions to demonstrate how frogs function as indicators of environmental health, and explore the forested wetland habitat of frogs, toads, and salamanders This program correlates with Unit 3 of the Grade 7 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 16, 19, 21, 22; Life Science 5, 6, 23. 31. Biome Blast (90-120 MIN) Students identify the major biomes of the world, compare the diversity of life forms from one biome to another, perform field collection of insects and other small animals from three micro-habitats within the Temperate Deciduous Forest biome and Venn diagram the outcomes. This program correlates with Unit 4 of the Grade 7 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 3, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22, 26, 27, 33, 38, 40; Life Science 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. 32. Food Webs and Cycles (90-120 MIN) Students construct a food web for an ecosystem, trace and describe the energy flow through the system on a short trail walk, and act out a carbon cycle before and after the Industrial Revolution. This program correlates with Unit 8 of the Grade 7 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 3, 11, 16, 19; Life Science 24, 34; Science and the Environment 39, 40. *ON CAMPUS PRESENTATIONS* 33. Schoolyard Nature Walk: Balance Within Ecosystems (45-60 MIN) Naturalists visit your school and lead your class on an on-campus nature walk. Students describe the components of an ecosystem, explain how specific behavioral and structural adaptations enable animals to survive in a specific habitat, and describe the impact of introducing a specific non-native species into the observed ecosystem. This program correlates with Unit 5 of the Grade 7 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 19, 22, 33, 38; Life Science 30, 31, 32, 33, 34; Science and the Environment 36, 37, 38, 39. GRADE 8 SCIENCE FIELD EXPERIENCES 34. Weathering, Erosion, and Soil Formation (90-120 MIN) Students examine evidence of the forces that formed and shaped the land and investigate how soil is formed. This program correlates with Unit 4 of the Grade 8 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 22, 23, 25, 31, 33, 34, 36; Earth an Space Science 14, 15, 19, 20; Science and the Environment 51, 52, 53. 35. Water Cycles and Weather Patterns (90-120 MIN) Students illustrate the water cycle, explore how water flows through the ground, draw conclusions about stream levels, and discuss weather patterns and trends. This program correlates with Unit 5 of the Grade 8 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 2, 4, 13, 19, 21, 22, 28, 33; Earth and Space Science 23, 24, 25. *ON CAMPUS PRESENTATIONS* 36. Rocks Box: Mineralogy and Rock Cycle (45-60 MIN) Naturalists visit your classroom with rocks, minerals, field guides, and test kits. Students identify three types of rocks, demonstrate ways to classify rocks and minerals, and discover common uses and economic importance of some rocks and minerals. This program correlates with Unit 2 of the Grade 8 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 19, 22, 23, 34, 37; Earth and Space Science 16, 17, 18. 37. Projects WET and WILD To Go! (30-45 MIN) Naturalists visit your classroom with demonstrations from the Project WET and Project WILD on point and non-point source pollution and water conservation. This program correlates with Unit 8 of the Grade 8 Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 2, 3, 7, 8, 11, 13, 19, 22, 27, 38, 39, 40; Science and the Environment 50, 51. BIOLOGY (GRADE 10) FIELD EXPERIENCES 38. Butterflies and Moths: Traits and Classification of Life (90-120 MIN) Through classroom discussion and trail exploration, participants discover the differences between moths and butterflies, understand the scientific naming system for these organisms, identify butterflies native to Northwest Louisiana, and analyze the life cycles of some of these organisms. This program correlates with Unit 3 of the Biology Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 2, 6, 7; Life Science 18, 19, 20. 39. All About Birds: Changes Over Time (90-120 MIN) Participants explore bird beaks, examine actual birds in a laboratory setting, discuss functions of anatomical structures, and hike the forest in search of sights, sounds, and signs of birds. This program correlates with Unit 4 of the Biology Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 6, 7, 8; Life Science 14, 33. 40. Balance of Nature (90-120 MIN) Students participate in a demonstration of population dynamics in the forest, discuss the flow of energy through the ecosystem on a short trail walk, and act out a carbon cycle before and after the Industrial Revolution. This program correlates with Unit 5 of the Biology Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7; Life Science 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28; Earth and Space Science 1. *ON CAMPUS PRESENTATIONS* 41. Birds of Prey: Patterns of Behavior (45-60 MIN) Students meet live birds of prey and discuss innate versus learned behavior, territorialism, social structure, and survival techniques. This program correlates with Unit 8 of the Biology Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 12, 15; Life Science 35, 36. EARTH SCIENCE (GRADES 10-12) *ON CAMPUS PRESENTATIONS* 42. Recycling Carbon Atoms (30-45 MIN) Students trace carbon atoms through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere and discuss how stable elements are recycled during natural geologic processes. This program correlates with Unit 1 of the Earth Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 1, 2, 5, 8; Earth and Space Science 13, 22. 43. Introduction to the Hydrologic Cycle (30-45 MIN) Students become water molecules and flow through lakes, rivers, oceans, clouds, soil, plants, animals, ground water, and glaciers to prepare for deeper investigations into the hydrologic cycle. This program correlates with Unit 3 of the Earth Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 3, 7, 10; Earth and Space Science 2, 13, 15. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (GRADES 10-12) FIELD EXPERIENCES 44. Forest Development and Succession (90-120 MIN) Students discuss major biomes of the world, discover the biodiversity of the Temperate Deciduous Forest, and examine evidence of successional stages in the forest. This program correlates with Unit 2 of the Environmental Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 2, 7, 8; Science and the Environment 2, 5, 9, 10, 11. *ON CAMPUS PRESENTATIONS* 45. Population Ecology (30-45 MIN) Naturalists visit your classroom with a demonstration and a live animal. Students determine the effects of limiting factors on a population and describe the concept of carrying capacity. This program correlates with Unit 2 of the Environmental Science Comprehensive Curriculum and addresses these Grade Level Expectations: Science as Inquiry 2, 4, 5, 7; Science and the Environment 4, 11.