Nature's Superheroes

Join Mass Audubon to explore life cycles, adaptations, and survival of some of Massachusetts' amazing native wildlife. Students will discover the incredible abilities of peregrine falcons, gray treefrogs, beavers, groundhogs, turkey vultures, and more!

Through hands-on environmental learning, students will develop an understanding of how animals, like superheroes, have amazing physical and behavioral characteristics to that allow them to survive, grow, and change over time (kindergarten), respond to seasonal change (first grade), and survive in their habitats (second grade), and complete their life cycles (third grade).

Program activities are engaging and developmentally appropriate. Depending on grade level, they may involve songs, games, puppet shows, crafts, and/or other hands-on projects.

The Nature's Superhoes program includes 3-5 one-hour classroom sessions, with the option of a field trip to Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Easthampton.

Program Location(s):

Your school or other location
Offered in the Connecticut River Valley

Grades:

K, 1, 2, 3

Price:

Please contact [email protected] for updated pricing information.

Learning Standards Supported:

K-LS1-1 - From Molecules to Organisms--Structures and Processes - where animals and plants get food
K-LS1-2 (MA) - From Molecules to Organisms--Structures and Processes - plants/animals, grow/change over time
1-ESS1-2 - Earth's Place in the Universe - id relationships among seasonal patterns
1-LS1-1 - From Molecules to Organisms--Structures and Processes - function of plant/animal body parts
1-LS1-2 - From Molecules to Organisms--Structures and Processes - animal behavior effects survival
2-LS2-3 (MA) - Ecosystems--Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics - how plant/animals depend on surroundings
2-LS4-1 - Biological Evolution--Unity and Diversity - observe/compare living things diff. env.
3-ESS2-1 - Earth's Systems - use graphs to predict seasonal weather
3-LS1-1 - From Molecules to Organisms--Structures and Processes - life cycles
3-LS4-2 - Biological Evolution--Unity and Diversity - individual variation relates to survival
3-LS4-3 - Biological Evolution--Unity and Diversity - env. constraints on organisms survival
3-LS4-4 - Biological Evolution--Unity and Diversity - changes in habitat affect reproduction
3-LS4-5 (MA) - Biological Evolution--Unity and Diversity - pop. survival depends on reproduction

Contact:

For more information email us - [email protected].