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8/23/2019

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Oddball Materials for Mission: Tigers!

We work hard to keep materials as simple as possible, but there are a few oddball items you may not have on hand.  Remember, you do not need to do every lesson!  Below, we've broken materials down by lesson to help you streamline your prep time!  K-2 lessons are listed first and I've bolded items I think are likely to be oddballs!
  • Day 1 - To Thailand! 
    • maps, measuring equipment, a stapler, folder, or binder to create a Go2Science journal
    • We provide: printable journal pages and maps
  • Day 2 - Weather the Market
    • props you can use to build a market
    • something real or pretend to sell at your market
    • classroom supplies for creating your own currency (paper, markers, etc.)
    • We provide: printable journal pages and rubrics
  • Day 3 -  Camera Trap
    • ​digital camera, tablet, or phone students can use for taking photos
    • about an inch of painter's tape
    • blindfold, noise canceling/reducing headsets (OT might lend some?)
    • spray bottle for scented water
    • We provide: printable sense cards, journal pages, and rubrics
  • Day 4 - Recycling Truck
    • recyclable materials (You may want families to save some.)
    • small wagon or box to represent recycling truck
    • tape, rope, or bungie cords to secure your load
    • yardstick or ruler
    • optional: scale and timer
    • We provide: printable data sheet, journal pages, and rubrics
  • Day 5 - What's Eating You (game)
    • 12 sheets of  cardstock
    • We provide: printable game cards, journal pages, and rubrics
  • Day 6 - Tiger Tracks
    • things to make tracks on (dirt, sand, play dough, water, wood etc.)
    • access to heating and cooling (a fridge or freezer, sunny window, hair drier, etc.)
    • small toys or other objects to make prints
    • optional: large sheets of paper and paint for arts integration
  • Day 7 - Elephant Wash
    • stuff to build with (recyclables, cardboard, string, spray bottles, whatever you can scavenge)
    • optional access to water  (perhaps dish tubs, small watering cans, towels!)
    • We provide: elephant wash levels chart, journal pages, rubrics
  • Day 8 - Comparing Adult and Baby Animals
    • tape or glue for assembling posters
    • optional hula hoops for large Venn diagram 
    • plenty of printer paper
    • We provide: printable poster puzzles and student Venn diagram journal pages
  • Day 9 -  Build a Better Hide
    • stuff to build with (recyclables, Lego bricks, other construction toys, etc.
    • We provide: printable "action figures, " journal pages, and rubrics
  • Day 10 -  Seed Dispersal (game)
    • Repositionable glue stick OR painter’s tape and 24 plastic sheet protectors
    • Cardboard and utility knife to assemble spinner
    • We provide: lots of printable game cards.  Allow some time for printing and prep on this one.
  • Day 11 -  Resident Population (game)
    • Optional: pattern blocks
    • We provide: 2D and 3D printable game pieces, journal pages, and rubrics.
  • Day 12 -  Publishing
    • The sky is the limit!  Create a bulletin board or poster series.  Go digital.  Or just keep it simple!
    • We provide: journal pages, rubrics, publication checklist.

Most of our PreK lessons utilize typical dramatic play props.   Most of the materials below are suggested play props.  We urge you to customize and make these lessons your own!
  • Day 1 - To Thailand
    • Pillows, blankets, jammies, slippers, eye mask (can make one out of construction paper)
    • Books and flashlights
    • Teddy bears or other stuffed animals for comfort
    • Travel items (toothbrush holder, empty mini shampoo bottles, empty toothpaste tube etc.)
    • Suitcase or backpack
    • Tray and pretend food
    • Chairs or pillows to create the plane/boat/train/bus seats​
  • Day 2 - Market
    • To make the money: Construction paper, scissors, crayons or markers, stickers or pictures, contact paper or clear tape, glue, round pieces of cardboard for coins
    • For the outdoor market: set up a table or surface and display toy items that might be for sale (toy foods, paper, books, clothes etc. ). Use umbrellas or fabric as a canopy over the table. Set up a cash register or toy money tray, provide cloth bags, toy plates 
  • Day 3 - Camera Trap!
    • Small boxes or cardboard / construction paper rectangles for pretend cameras
    • Tape, velcro, or straps to attach the cameras to furniture
    • Scissors
    • Materials for camouflage - real or pretend leaves / plants
    • Crayons, colored pencils, markers, paint or other arts materials
    • Biologist dress-up clothes and props, such as oversized button-down shirts, cargo pants, safari vest, sun hat, boots, binoculars, clip board, etc.
  • Day 4 - Recycling Truck
    • Non-breakable plastic, cardboard, paper, items from the recycling bin (rinsed clean) etc.
    • One or more large boxes or wagons to represent recycling trucks
    • Clock or timer
  • Day 5 - What's Eating You
    • 24 sheets of cardstock
    • We provide: printable game cards.
  • Day 6 - Tracks!
    • Sand table and/or outdoor space with access to different substrates, such as sand, mud, water, grass, pavement, wood, Play-Doh
    • Toy animals with distinctive feet shapes. Alternatively, if outside, kids can use their own feet or hands, or if inside, you can use different shaped objects.
  • Day 7 - Life-size Animal Poster
    • Tape or stapler
    • Objects for measuring 
    • We provide: printable poster!
  • Day 8 - Elephant Parade
    • Clothes that resemble a “mahout suit”
    • Elephant trunks and tails (yarn, paper, fabric, or other materials)
    • Paintbrushes, paint, paper, and easel
    • Flags
    • Blocks, sticks, or other materials for elephants to move
    • Musical instruments 
  • Day 9 - Hide
    • Variety of toy animals, such as elephants, monkeys, bears, and tigers
    • Play dough, trays, and play dough tools
    • Pretend animal foods (fruits, animals, and/or real leaves/grasses)
    • Pretend or real seeds, grass, plants, toy bones that can be mixed into the play dough 
  • Day 10 - Play Dough Poop
    • ​ Variety of toy animals, such as elephants, monkeys, bears, and tigers
    • Play dough, trays, and play dough tools
    • Pretend animal foods (fruits, animals, and/or real leaves/grasses)
    • Pretend or real seeds, grass, plants, toy bones that can be mixed into the play dough
    • We provide: play dough recipe 
  • Day 11 - Resident Population (game)
    • Cardboard, glue, and a paperclip to make the spinner
    • We provide: printable spinner
  • Day 12 - Publishing
    • Paper, writing and drawing implements
    • Water-color paints, paint brushes, collage materials, or other visual art supplies
    • Photos you have taken during the activities
    • Recorder device (optional) or notebook to record each student’s words
    • Hole punch and yarn, or sheet protectors and a three-ring binder to bind the book

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11/14/2017

Kicker Rock

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We rose early for breakfast at the hotel and made our way to the Wreck Bay dive shop.  We’d booked a boat ride and equipment rental with them the previous day.  We walked with our group to the town landing to wait for our boat.  While we waited, students from the local high school approached us.  They had beautiful, handcrafted brochures they’d produced in class to inform tourists about various natural history topics.  They’d been tasked with approaching English speakers and then explains the contents in their procures in English.  Many students approached us and we met their teacher just before we had to leave on our boat.  The students had wonderful English and did a great job with their presentations.


We left the students and climbed aboard our transportation for the day.  Our boat held the captain, Angel, our naturalist/guide, John, a ship’s helper and his apprentice, Angelo, along with the other tourists.  There were nine of us all together.  We struck up a conversation with Christel, who was also visiting the island for work.  She was very helpful!


We slowed to look for Frigate Birds along the way, but after about an hour we dropped anchor and the zodiac shuttled us to the beach.  John proceeded to tell us some interesting facts about Marine Iguanas and Sea Lions.  Marine Iguanas are not great swimmers.  Only 5% swim and dive to feed, most wait until low tile reveals the green algae they eat to survive.  Curtis and I took the opportunity to snorkel by the beach before we had to join the group to boat to our next location.  While Curtis has had music experience snorkeling, I have not so it was good to practice.  As it turns out, I’m not terrible at snorkeling. 


The boat transported us to Kicker Rock.  This time the whole group went overboard to snorkel.  Kicker Rock is an amazing formation.  It is the remnants of an old volcano and juts strait out of the ocean. It is the remains of a volcanic cone, eroded by the sea across hundreds of years. It is the eroded cone of an extinct volcano. Above the water, the monolithic rock formation towers over 500 feet above the Pacific Ocean.  Below the surface, the ocean is full of life!  We saw many types of fish, sea turtles, and even a sea lion.  After an hour in the water we returned to the boat for lunch.  Then we took the boat to the other side of the rock to look for sharks.  The water was very rough here and we had to cut it a bit short.  We had expected to see sharks in this location, but there were none to be seen.

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11/11/2017

And We're Off!

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We left Fort Myers Beach around noon to drive though Alligator Alley to Miami airport.  We had an easy trip though security and an on-time departure for Cali, Columbia via Avanca Air.  We were surrounded on all sides by BABIES for our first flight.  Luckily, they were all well behaved!  When we landed the airport seemed deserted.  There was just one way we saw to go.  Unfortunately, it led us right though customs and out of the airport!


We did not have long until our departing flight was scheduled to board, so we found new energy thanks to a nice little adrenaline rush!  We were directed, in Spanish, by a taxi driver and then a police officer to the security area.  When we got there we learned we were at the security area for domestic flights and we had to leave the country to go to Ecuador…which left from the international terminal.  We rushed back outside and to the other terminal.  I could almost keep up with Curtis until my hat blew off my head and covered my face!  I regrouped and dashed inside the terminal where we had to go through emigration and security again.  Thankfully the lines were all short and the processes quick!


Remarkably, we arrived at the gate before boarding had started!  Our next flight was uneventful though we missed the baby entertainment.  When we landed in Guayaquil, we passed though customs and immigration easily and found the driver from our hotel waiting.  The hotel was a short dive from the hotel and we arrived just before midnight.  The hotel was a series of rooms arranged around a central courtyard containing a pool with slide, hot tub, a ragtag collection of couches situated around a coffee table abundant in ashtrays.  Behind one of the couches was a small assortment of exercise machines.  I guess it is a convenient arrangement for the fitness conscious smoker?

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    Meet Beth and Curtis!

    Presidential Award-Winning teacher and hula hoop fanatic, Beth loves bringing real world science to kids! Beth is fascinated by engineering challenges, technology, and outdoor learning spaces. After 25 years teaching kindergarten, she’s excited to share her passion and experience on-line with classrooms from around the world!

    Curtis is a lot of things: a scientist, lawyer, explorer, drummer and Ironman. His brain is always churning. His paleontological finds are in museums across the country and he even has an extinct sea turtle named after him. He loves traveling the world and immersing himself in new environments and cultures. Curtis finds joy in sparking the imagination of young learners and making them think in new ways.

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