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    • Mission, Vision, and Values
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      • Campfire
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      • Niches
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      • Health & Wellness
      • Meal Times
      • Night Hikes
      • Recreation
  • Sites & Photos
    • Cedar Ridge
    • Trickle Creek
    • Harlow
    • Magruder
    • Meriwether
  • For Student Leaders
    • Student Leader Resources
    • Student Leader Trainings
    • RSVP
    • High School Contact People
    • Student Recruiting
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  • For Parents/ Guardians
  • For Teachers
  • ABOUT
    • Mission, Vision, and Values
    • Session Calendar
    • Contact
    • Employment
    • Program Tour >
      • Cabin Groups
      • Campfire
      • Student Leaders
      • Daily Schedule
      • Niches
      • Field Study
      • Health & Wellness
      • Meal Times
      • Night Hikes
      • Recreation
  • Sites & Photos
    • Cedar Ridge
    • Trickle Creek
    • Harlow
    • Magruder
    • Meriwether
  • For Student Leaders
    • Student Leader Resources
    • Student Leader Trainings
    • RSVP
    • High School Contact People
    • Student Recruiting
    • Videos & Social Media
  • For Parents/ Guardians
  • For Teachers

​OUTDOOR SCHOOL
​SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES 

Welcome to Outdoor School At Home! To use this content, please start with our Introduction to Outdoor School then head on over to our Classroom Lessons! 

Introduction to to Outdoor School
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What Is Outdoor School?
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Instructional Resources for Schools/ Districts
Land Acknowledgements

Classroom Lessons (core content) 

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Introducing Observation, Exploration, & Field Journaling
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I Notice, I Wonder, It Reminds Me Of
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Adaptations
Who would win in a fight, a moose or a grizzly bear?
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Forest Succession
Love me tinder, love me sweet. This is what happens after a forest fire.

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Forest Ecology
​What is an apex predator? Do they help or hurt our ecosystem? Are humans Apex predators? 
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Leaves
Let's make like a tree and leaf!
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FBI
Department of Decomposition​

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Fractals
Notice the similarity between these natural phenomena? Let’s learn on a Fractal Adventure! 
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Hook, Line, and 
Salmon
​It's Catchy
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Water Is all Around You
​Is water wet? Bet?

Classroom Lessons (more to explore)


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Grande Ronde Tribal History Curriculum
We encourage you use resources from this curriculum (or others developed by local tribes) to deepen students' understanding of local Indigenous people, their history, culture, and relationship with the land. 

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Birds
Do dinosaurs still exist? Check out backyard birding to learn about their closest living relatives.
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Blanket Forts
​Kids vs Wild: Could you build a shelter that helps you survive in the wild?
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 The Dirt on Dirt
Let's Dig in!

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Mushrooms /Fungi
Come along on a mushroom adventure to learn about this super FUN(gi) forest organism!
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Sharks!
 Join us as we take a bite out of a few myths about these killer creatures.
photo from Oregon Coast Aquarium
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Tea Time with Treble
Pinkies up while Treble brews the tea

Northwest Outdoor Science School is a program of the Northwest Regional Education Service District