Fall Season: Building Connections
The Fall Season is dedicated to building connections between the students, Oxbow farmers, indoor & outdoor learning, and nature. The very first encounter is guided by the learning theme, “Farmers can be your teachers and nature can be your classroom.” It includes a community contract to set expectations for learning with Oxbow, and an activity where students define nature as a place where learning can happen. Setting a community contract can take several forms, but is an essential best practice for successful learning and teaching outdoors.
Downloadable lesson plans and video resources are below.
Download a PDF of the Fall Season Overview
Linking Lesson: Pre-September Activity Me & My Veggie
September
CommuniTree contract for setting group expectations
Lesson: Inside Outside In Between
Lesson theme: Nature can be your classroom and farmers can be your teachers!
Linking Lesson: Pre-October Activity What is Nature?
October
On-Farm Field Trip: Fall Farm Adventure
Lesson theme: In the fall, we can discover six plant parts that all work together to make energy!
Videos
Meet the Farmers [YouTube], September 2017
Welcome to Your Fall Field Trip [YouTube], October 2017