Curriculum

= Robbins Park EEC an outdoor classroom for inquiry based learning. = === Mission: To provide hands-on, minds-on understanding of our environment as an interconnected system. We connect the school classroom to our ecosystem through integrating curriculum (including PA Common Core Science Standards). We strive to promote an awareness and appreciation of our natural world and create stewards of sustainability for life. === = Letter to UD District Parents: =



= UD Curriculum by Grade: = Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Sixth Grade High School Open the document for class lesson descriptions: =  Kindergarten  = = First Grade = = Second Grade = = Third Grade = = Fourth Grade = = Fifth Grade = = Sixth Grade Archeaology Dig = = Sixth Grade Science Camp = = High School =
 * Sensory[[image:robbinspark/1st_winter.JPG width="320" height="207" align="right"]]
 * Native Americans
 * Hibernation & Animal Habitats
 * Green Is Great
 * Spring Planting
 * Seasonal detective & weather station
 * Fall Observations
 * Winter Observations
 * Spring Observations
 * Plants & Animals Classification
 * Dinosaurs & Fossils
 * Pond Study/Water and Cycles
 * Mystery Map Hike
 * Patterns in Nature
 * Native Americans
 * Rocks & Minerals
 * Animal Adaptations
 * Fill My Bill or Fabulous Feet
 * Plants & Wetlands[[image:robbinspark/4maple.JPG width="240" height="317" align="right"]]
 * Populations
 * PA Agriculture/IPM
 * Tree Adaptations/Maple Sugaring
 * PSSA Review
 * Ecosystems
 * Colonial Life
 * Watersheds
 * Resources
 * Artists & Scientists
 * Team Building Challenges
 * Water Studies – Macro-Invertebrates & Chemistry
 * How to ID Trees
 * Geocaching: Survival & Orienteering
 * Adaptations
 * Sustainability
 * Weather
 * Environmental Science (AP/302/303)
 * Soil Testing; Water Study; Energy & Green Building; Scavenger Hunt
 * AP Biology
 * EEC (Environmental Education Club)
 * www.eec.wikispaces.com
 * Community Study[[image:robbinspark/HS.JPG width="337" height="225" align="right"]]