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Thank you for an exciting 2017 Natural Resources Field Days with the 4th graders of Cache Valley! We enjoyed engaging your students in understanding the Water, Soils, Plants, and Wildlife of the Logan River watershed ecosystem.

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Natural R hope esources Field Days is a program that provides fourth grade students from Logan and Cache County School Districts with hands-on educational experiences with a watershed focus. Students and their teachers spend the day at Guinevah-Malibu Campground on the Cache National Forest, rotating through four stations and learning about wildlife, soils, plants and water quality. Approximately 2,000-2,500 students participate each year!

Teacher Information

2017 Schedule:

Week 1: Sept. 11-15

Week 2: Sept. 18-21 (no Friday due to teacher professional devleopment)

Reminders:

We will be outside all day, and the mornings are chilly and afternoons warm. Dress appropriately!
Please remind your students to bring water.
We will be doing some activities near the river. If students get their feet wet, they will be wet all day!
Please talk to your students about appropriate field trip behavior and the importance of respecting the area we will be using for the day.
Before you come, review the Prepacket with your students. The Spanish version can be found, here.
Look over the lesson plans provided below.

Student Volunteer Information

Review the General Guidelines for all Volunteers

Volunteer Training:

All volunteers must attend ONE of the two training sessions offered:

Sept. 7, 2017, and Sept. 8, 2017

6:00 p.m.- 7:30 p.m.

AGRS 141

Review the Lesson Plans before attending a volunteer training.

Need a ride?
Check the volunteer schedule to coordinate with other volunteers.

For more information contact:

Mark Larese-Casanova Nancy Mesner
marklc@usu.edu, 435-760-6146 nancy.mesner@usu.edu, 435-797-7541

Resources

Volunteer Schedule 2017

Station Leader Contacts 2017

Environmental Ed Powerpoint

Natural Resources Field Days Powerpoint

Lesson Plans

Lessons in a single PDF: Lessons

Plants
plant station

Explore the world of plants found in Logan Canyon while you use a dichotomous key to identify plant types. Learn about the unique biomes in which plants live.

Soils

Students will create a soil profile tube, learn about erosion, and play an interactive game that transforms them into soil particles.

Water

Students will explore aquatic habitats, discover insects that live in the Logan River, and learn how insects are indicators of water quality.

In the event that we have a "rain day", we will be doing the Incredible Journey activity in place of the macroinvertebrate investigation at the river.

Wildlife

At the Wildlife station, it’s all about survival. Students participate in two educational games that demonstrate the challenges wildlife face as they try to find the food, water, shelter and space they need to survive.