Pre-Trip Kit Lessons

Lessons found in the SMNHC Pre-Trip Kit to prepare your 5th grade students for their Ecology Field Program.

Pre-Trip Kit Lessons Folder Contents
Date	Title	Summary
	Secret Message Lesson Plan	Introduction to key concepts and vocabulary used during the Ecology Field Program. For use with the SMNHC Pre-Trip Kit.
	Secret Message worksheet	Multiple choice Secret Message activity worksheet, for answering while examining specimens in the SMNHC Pre-Trip kit.
	Secret Message Answer Key	Secret Message worksheet answer key.
	Eco Crossword Lesson Plan	A crossword puzzle activity, to reinforce ecology terms introduced in the Secret Message activity.
	Eco Crossword	Crossword puzzle with ecosystem-related terms used in the Secret Message activity and during the Ecology Field Program.
	The Tree in the Ancient Forest	A ecology literacy activity to read The Tree in the Ancient Forest and learn about connections between living things in the ecosystem.
	Thinking Like a Mountain	An ecology literacy activity to read Thinking Like a Mountain by Aldo Leopold, reflect and write journal entries based on it.