Mini-Curriculum

The SMNHC Mini Curriculum is a great resource to use with your 5th grade students prior to their visit to the Sandia Mountain Natural History Center. All the activities are printable and don't take a large amount of class time. The activities will give your students a head start to help them get more out of the SMNHC field trip experience.

Mini-Curriculum Folder Contents
Date	Title	Summary
	Ecosystem Scramble	Read a story while learning ecosystem vocabulary.
	ECOnnections	A fill-in-the-blank activity exploring ecosystem connections.
	Eco Word Puzzle	A crossword puzzle of ecosystem terms.
	Take Out the Trash	An activity sorting items that can be reduced, reused, recycled, and composted.
	Fire On Trial	Acting out a mock trial about forest fire and the different non-human and human characters affected by and making decisions about fire management.