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Lee County Conservation
Board Winter Programs
PO Box 218, Montrose, IA
52639
Phone 319-463-7673
Karen Johlas-Szalkowski,
Environmental Educator
Email kjszalkowski@leecounty.org
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Fourth Grade
Renewable or Not?
Students will learn about
renewable and nonrenewable reasources and how resources tie into
recycling. They will participate in
an M & M activity, which demonstrates how individuals use resources. Recycling in their area is stressed and
they will have to determine items that can be recycled.
Pencil
Making
Students will learn how
pencils are made by working in small groups to complete a worksheet. They will then test their knowledge with
pencil jeopardy. The winning team
will receive recycled pencils as a prize.
This activity generally runs a little long, but students last year had
a blast.
Wildlife
Myths & Misconceptions
Students will unlock the
truth about different wildlife misconceptions and myths. For
example, not all spiders
spin webs, daddy-long-legs are not true spiders, toads don’t cause warts, and
many others. Students will work in
small groups to create a zoo card of their IA animal.
Adaptations
of Beaks and Feet
Students will be able to evaluate
the importance of adaptations by becoming birds and using everyday tools to
discover how different kinds of beaks and feet determine where a bird lives
and what it eats.
The
Incredible Journey of the Water Droplet
Students will be involved
in an activity that involves the movement of water through the water cycle
and recognize the three states of water.
Students will make a water cycle necklace out of beads while learning
the water cycle.
Steamboats
and Mississippi River Transportation
Learn about steamboats and
early transportation on the Mississippi River by participating in a steamboat
trading game.
Don’t
Leave Town Bird Migration Game
Students will participate
in a game where they are birds trying to migration. They will learn the dangers migrating birds encounter on their
journey. This activity requires a large classroom, outdoor area, or gym to use.
Wild in
Iowa Trunk Review
Seventeen Wild in Iowa trunks are available for
use, free of charge, to any Lee County school, grades K-6. For any trunk, you may arrange a classroom
visit with the naturalists to give a brief overview of the trunk or do a
specific activity.
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