National Science Standards/Neal Smith Field Trip Programs Matrix

Name of Activity Content Standards Grade Level Other Content Areas
 
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
    
Adopt-a-Trail
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 All Math, Social Science

Animal Stories
 X
 
 X
 
 
X
X
 Pre-K - 2nd Reading, Social Science
Ant Research
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 4 - 12 Math
Artist's Eye on the Prairie
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 9 - 12 Art
As the Wheel Turns
X
X
 
 
X
X
X
 2 - 6 Math, Social Studies
Biodiversity on De Cline
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 4 - 8 Math
Birds and Worms
X
 
X
 
 
 
 
K - 6 P.E., Math
Birds Schmirds
X
 
X
 
 
 
X
 2 - 6  
Bison / Elk Department Store
X
 
X
 
X
X
 
 K - 6 Language Arts, Art
Border Disputes
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 4 - 9 Social Studies

Buffalo Hoops

X
 
X
 
 
X
X
 All History
Buffalo Hunt
X
 
X
 
 
X
X
 All P.E., Math
Bur Oak Nursery Seedling
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 9 - 12 Math, Horticulture, Ag.
Bur Oak of the Savanna
X
 
X
 
 
X
 
4 - 8 Language Arts, Art, Social Studies
Burning Questions
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 4 - 9 Social Studies, Language Arts
Camouflage Game
X
 
X
 
 
X
X
 K - 6 P.E.
Catch-and-Release Insects
X
 
X
 
X
X
X
 9 - 12  
Comparing Prairie and Savanna Communities
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 9 - 12  
Come and Live in the Beautiful Prairie
X
 
X
 
 
X
 
4 - 8 History, Social Studies, Language Arts
Create-An-Animal
X
 
X
 
 
X
X
 K - 5 Art
Curious About Clouds
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 4 - 6 Language Arts, Writing
Deadly Prairie Links
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 4 - 9 P.E., Social Studies
Down the Stream
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 4 - 9 Math
Dreamweavers
X
 
 
 
 
X
 
4 - Adult Art, Language Arts, Social Studies
Endangered Species of Today's Prairies
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 8 - 12

Ag.
Estimating Soil Erosion
X
X
 
X
X
X
X
 9 - 12 Ag., Environmental Studies, Math
Food Web
X
 
X
X
 
X
X
 K - 5  
From Trash to Treasure
X
X
X
 
X
X
X
 All P.E., Social Studies
Give Me a Home Where the Buffalo Roam
X
 
X
 
 
X
X
 All Geography, History, Social Science
Going Batty
X
 
X
 
 
X
X
 All  
Gold Dust
X
 
X
 
 
X
 
 4 - 9 Art, Language Arts
Grazing and Insect Population Research
X
 
X
 
X
X
X
 9 - 12 Ag., Natural Resource Management, Agronomy
Home is Where You Hang Your Habitat
X
 
X
 
X
X
 
5 - 8 Social Studies
Hoopin' It Up on the Prairie
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 6 - Adult Language Arts
I Can Make the Difference
X
 
X
 
 X
X
 
 All Language Arts, Ag., Social Studies
Keep on Trackin'
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 K - 5  
Identify-An-Invertebrate
X
 
X 
 
 
 
 
 Pre-K - 2nd  
Interview-An-Animal
X
 
X
 
 
X
 
 Pre-K - 2nd  
Life on the 1800's Iowa Prairie
X
 
 
 
X
X
X
 9 - 12 English, History
Mapping the Prairie
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 4 - 8 Geography
Myth Making
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 K - 8 Liturature
Old Bones in the Prairie
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 4 - 8 Archaeology, Mapping
Patterns on the Prairie
X
 
X
 
 
 
 
 4 - 8 Language Arts, Art, Math
Plant Galls
X
 
X
 
 
 
 
 4 - 12  
Prairie Acrobats
X
X
X
 
X
 
X
 3 - 6  
Prairie Artistry
X
X
X
X
 
X
 
 3 - 8 Art
Prairie Birds - Sights and Songs
X
 
X
 
X
X
 
 5 - 8 Social Skills
Prairie Celebrations
X
X
X
 
 
X
X
 K - 6 Language Arts, Art
Prairie Explorers Kit
X
X
X
X
 
X
 
 K - 3 Art
Plants Lunch
X
X
 
X
X
X
 
 9 - 12 Ag., Math
Prairie Pantry
X
 
X
 
 
X
X
 5 - 8 Social Science, Art
Prairie Plants Change
X
X
X
X
 
X
 
   Art, Language Arts
Prairie Playtime
X
X
 
 
X
X
 
 K - 6 P.E., Social Studies
Prairie Poetry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3 - 6 Language Arts, Art
Prairie Propaganda
X
 
 
 
X
X
 
 4 - 8 Writing, Art, Music, Drama
Prairie Rambel
X
 
X
 
 
X
 
 4 - 8 Language Arts, Art
Prairie Scavengers
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 4 - 8  

Prairie Seed Germination Experiments

X
X
X
 
X
X
 
 6 - 12  

Prairie Smoke

X
 
 
 
 
X
 
 3 - 6 Art, Language Arts
Prairies Have A Lot Of Gall...
X
 
X
 
 
X
 
 4 - 6 Math
Profiles of Soil
X
X
 
X
 
X
 
 9 - 12 Ag., Soil Science
Propagation and Research in Outdoor Nurseries
X
X
X
 
X
X
 
 8 - 10 Ag. Natural Resource Management
Seasonal Changes on the Prairie - A Visual Account
X
 
 
 
X
 
 
 9 - 12 Art, Photography, Video
Seed Olympics
X
X
X
 
X
X
 
 All Math
Signs of Life
X
 
X
 
 
X
X
 4 - 9 Animal Ecology
So, You Want to be a Prairie Partner
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 K - 5 Social Studies, Humanities, Language Arts
Soil Builders
X
X
X
X
 
X
X
 3 - 8 Drama
Soil Profiles
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 4 - 8 Ag.
Soil Texture Analysis and Physical Properties
X
X
 
X
 
X
 
 9 - 12 Ag., Social Science
Splish Splash
X
X
 
X
X
X
 
 9 - 12 Ag.
Sticky Situations
X
 
X
 
 
 
X
 K - 6 Math
Succession Procession
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 4 - 9 Language Arts, Art
Transect Search
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 9 - 12 Math
There Goes the Neighborhood
X
 
X
 
X
X
X
 3 - 6  
Walnut Creek Stream Quality - Physical and Chemical Analysis
X
X
 
X
X
X
X
 9 - 12 Math, English
Walnut Creek Stream Quality - Creatures of the Creek
X
 
X
 
X
X
X
 9 - 12  
Water Game
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 All Conservation
Water Journey
X
X
X
X
 
X
X
 2 - 7 Art
Water-Logged
X
X
 
X
X
X
 
 4 - 9 Math
Web of Life
X
 
X
 
X
X
X
 4 - 6 Social Science
Web Weaving
X
 
X
 
 
X
 
 5 - 8 Art
Wet and Wild at Walnut Creek
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 4 - 9  
Wetlands - Nature's Water Treatment Plant - Physical and Chemical Analysis
X
X
 
X
X
X
X
 9 - 12 Math, English
Wetlands - Nature's Water Treatment Plant - Aquatic Invertebrates
X
 
X
 
X
X
X
 9 - 12  
What Is the "Wheel" Identity of this Plant?
X
 
X
 
X
X
X
 3 - 6  
What's Bugging You?
X
 
X
 
 
X
 
 4 - 8  

What's That
X
 
 
 
X
X
 
 K - 6 Social Studies
Who Lives There?
X
X
X
X
 
X
 
 9 - 12 Ag., Soil Science
Wildflower Identification
X
 
X
 
 
X
X
 3 - 8 Art
The Write Stuff
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
 4 - 9 Writing
You Animal!
X
 
X
 
 
X
X
 K - 8  

Key:

A = Science as INQUIRY
B = PHYSICAL Science
C = LIFE Science
D = EARTH and SPACE Science
E = Science TECHNOLOGY
F = Science in PERSONAL and SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE
G = HISTORY and NATURE OF SCIENCE