Shared Nature Lessons for All Ages!
Starting April 6th 2020, environmental educators from all over New Mexico are getting together to create free nature-based lessons for teachers and parents for all school aged students. New lessons will be added here every week. Check back often!
Students will create a multiple page story of different plants or animals in the ecosystem
Nature Story Activity.pdf
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Learn about bird migration while tracking data while learning how to use phenology tracking databases
Migration Adaption Activity half sheet.B[...]
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Learn about the science of gravity with this fun home activity
gravity drop.STEM stimulus activity 2 3.[...]
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Learn all about how you can make clouds in your very own home!
ABCWUA.make a cloud activity1. pdf.pdf
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Daily nature activities that help students relate to their surroundings every day.
Nature Matters.Daily Nature Activities.N[...]
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Learn all about how these are all connected in the chain of life. They all need one another for survival, but one is the most important. Which one is it?
The Producer .pdf
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In this lessen students will learn all about how parts of a feather function to help a bird fly and survive in the environment.
TTYL.BirdBasics1 Feathers .pdf
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Learn how to start a garden and grow food from home!
EVUGP grab n go_ gardens 2020.pdf
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Learn about some of the awesome things about water in this activity!
Surface Tension.nk.pdf
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Enjoy a backyard scavenger hunt and learn about the pollinators along the way!
DOTG.Backyard Pollinator Scavenger Hunt.[...]
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What is growing in your backyard? Find out why they are important in the ecosystem!
Backyard Plants.pdf
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Learn all about how quickly trash builds up and how we can use recycled materials to build new things.
Don’t Trash Our Rio- STEM distribution ([...]
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Understanding the speed of light and microwaves
UNM.Speed of Light.pdf
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Playing in the mud and learning with pre school aged students!
Mud Play.PEEC pre-school age.pdf
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Looking at specific features to help compare birds from each other. Get the binoculars out!
TTYL.BirdBasics2 Hawks.vs.Falcons.pdf
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Valencia SWCD
PO Box 170
Belen, NM 87002
Whitfield Wildlife Conservation Area
2424 Hwy 47
Belen, NM 87002
505-864-8914
public-input@valenciaswcd.org
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Share2021 Holiday Schedule
Office and grounds will be closed in observance of these days.
Monday, May 31st Memorial Day
Monday, July 5th, Fourth of July Federal Observance Holiday
Monday,
September 6th Labor Day
Monday,
October 11th Indigenous Peoples Day
Thursday,
November 11th Veterans Day
Thursday,
November 25th Thanksgiving Day
Saturday, December 25th Christmas Day
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