Exploring Foothill Horizons
Find the words listed below as you discover Foothill Horisons. They're
hidden across, up/down, backwards, diagonally, and overlap.
My Goals at Foothill Horizons
1. To get comfortable in and curious
about nature
2. To learn about science
3. To learn my strengths and abilities by
facing personal challenges and
working with others
These are things I can do to make this a good week for myself and
others:
These are things I would like to learn about this week:
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Crossword Quiz
My First Day Here!
You've been here a few hours and I'll bet you have feelings about Foothill
Horizons already. By the end of the week, you may have different feelings!
How do you think Foothill Horizons
will be different from home?
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What do you hope it will be like?
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Describe the people you met today:
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Being away from my home and family is . . .
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Some of the things we did today were . . .
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2. You can observe nature best when you're all _______.
3. The closest star to Earth.
5. Any group of stars that make a
pattern in the sky.
6. Deer can eat ______ oak, but it
will give humans a skin rash.
7. A green, fuzzy plant that grows on trees and rocks.
11. The sun always sets in the _______.
1. You can find your way in
the forest with a map and a
_________.
4. The fruit of an oak tree is
an _____.
8. Don't leave your light ____
when you leave the room.
9. The place where you find
baby birds is a
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10. What you call the time of
day when the sun goes
down.
12. One of the first things you
learn about a new friend is
their _______.
14. Fungi and algae live and
work together in this plant.
15. Someone who teaches
about nature is called a
___________.
18. The study of the parts of
our planet and how they
are connected.
22. The best time to make a
new friend is right ______.
23. You get ten points for
inspection when your room
is perfectly _______.
24. One of the boys' dorms.
13. A special part of any living thing
that helps it to survive.
16. Something we do at campfires.
17. The name of the native people who lived at Foothill Horizons.
19. You don't need to _________
your door at Foothill Horizons.
20. A nocturnal bird of prey.
21. The time it takes for the Earth to go
once around the sun.
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"Be the change you wish to see
in the world." -Gandhi
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The most amazing thing I've learned so far is . . .
Something I want to do again is . . .
Something I'm looking forward to is . . .
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Time to say goodbye...
"In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand,
and we will understand only what we are taught."
--Baba Dioum
How did it feel to live and learn in the forest at Foothill
Horizons?
How was your experience different from what you
expected?
What were some of the most interesting things you learned
during your stay?
Here's something I will always remember about this week:
Something new I learned about myself is . . .
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My Tree Cookie
Draw your tree cookie
Label the growth ring for the year you were born.
How many rings does your tree cookie have?
What year did it start growing?
(subtract the number of rings from this year)
Find the person with the largest diameter tree cookie. How old is it?
Write his/her name:
Does your tree cookie have a scar or a branch? (If not find someone who does.)
What might have caused that scar?
What does a tree need to survive?
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In which year did your tree grow the most? What might have caused
more growth this year?
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Every hour of every day, Americans throw out 2.5 million plastic beverage
bottles--enough to circle the Earth 4 times in a year!
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I notice . . .
I wonder . . .
It reminds me of . . .
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Bird Observation
In the space below, please draw several sketches of the
birds and other animals which you observe. Also write
down their colors, shapes, and behaviors.
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Every year, enough paper is thrown out to build a 12-foot-high wall of paper
from Los Angeles to New York!
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What I discovered:
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Recycling 1 aluminum can saves enough energy to run a 100-watt
bulb for 20 hours, a computer for 3 hours, or a TV for 2 hours!
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Something making music
Something decomposing
Something new and amazing
A leaf
A seed
Something soft
A soil sample
(smear it)
An insect
Something you can smell
Something living on a tree
Using your senses, find the following things and DRAW or DESCRIBE them in the space provided.
Nature Hunt
Evidence of an animal
(track, scat, home, etc.)
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Date:
Weather:
Location:
Time:
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Me-wuk Lesson
80% of the decline in biological diversity is caused by habitat destruction.
Draw a plant used by the Me-wuk:
What was it called?
What was it used for?
Draw an animal or part of an animal used by the Me-wuk:
What was it called?
What was it used for?
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Unscramble the geological words on the left. Use the definition as a HINT!
Bringing and using your own shopping bag can save 300-700 shopping bags per
year which would save 3-7 gallons of crude oil!
DEFINITION
ROSEINO
process that wears away the Earth’s surface
RW T H G E A E I N
process that breaks rocks down
MILNERA
building blocks of rocks
ITMESEND
loose materials such as rock fragments or
remains of once-living plants/animals
VA A L
molten material flowing from volcanoes
GAMMA
molten material beneath/within Earth's crust
CIE DEWGGIN
weathering process that breaks rocks apart
when water freezes in cracks and expands
EROSION, WEATHERING, MINERAL, SEDIMENT, LAVA, MAGMA, ICE WEDGING
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CONGRATULATIONS!!
You finished the Blindwalk.
Draw something made by the Me-wuk:
Shhh!!! Please stay SILENT and seated until everyone is finished.
Please work on your assignment.
What is it called?
What is it made out of?
How was it used?
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Conservation In Action
My Poem
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Poetry
Haiku is a Japanese form of
poetry that consists of three lines:
the first line has five syllables,
the second line has seven, and the
third line has five again. Example:
The snow-covered tree
Sparkles in the soft moonlight.
The wind rushes by.
Actions I Can Take To Have Less Impact On
The Environment:
(Use ideas from page 14 and/or come up with your own ideas.)
A windspark poem has
five lines with the following
pattern:
1. "I dreamed", 2. "I was..."
(someone or something), 3.
where, 4. an action, 5. how.
Example:
I dreamed
I was a tree
Diamante poems are
On a hillside
diamond-shaped and consist of seven
Playing with the wind
lines that follow the pattern bellow:
Joyfully
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seed
small buried
growing breathing living
protection oxygen shade habitat
dying rotting crumbling
moist rich
soil
Example:
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5 Senses poems have five
lines with the following pattern:
1. “I see . . .”, 2. “I smell . . .”,
3. “I hear . . .”, 4. “I taste . . .”,
5. “I feel . . .”
Example:
I see the forest
I smell pine trees
I hear a bird chirping
I taste the morning air
I feel the cool breeze
Less than 1% of the world's fresh water is available for human use!
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MAKE UP YOUR OWN CONSTELLATION
1. Connect the stars to invent your own constellation.
2. Give it a name.
3. Write a short story about it.
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Write a story about it:
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"When we try to pick any one thing out by itself, we find it
hitched to everything else in the universe." - John Muir
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"In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught."
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Naturalist
TRACKS & SCAT
Felines
Left front foot
Hiking Group
size of feline
scat depends
on species
Left hind foot
Left front foot
Left hind foot
Domestic Cat
Bobcat
Mountain Lion
Canines
size of canine
scat depends
on species
OUTDOOR SCHOOL
front foot
hind foot
Grey Fox
Coyote
JOURNAL
Mule Deer
hind feet
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front foot
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front feet
hind foot
Raccoon
Rabbit
SCHOOLTEACHER
front foot
hind foot
Skunk
Gray Squirrel
Tom Changnon, Superintendent
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How To Think Like A Scientist
Scientists:
-Ask questions and define problems.
Write to the Foothill Horizons staff at:
21925 Lyons Bald Mtn. Rd.
Sonora, CA 95370
Learn more about science and nature by
visiting the following places and websites:
-Develop and use models.
Stanislaus Wildlife Care Center
1220 Geer Rd, Hughson, CA 95326
www.stanislauswildlife.org
-Plan and carry out investigations.
-Analyze and interpret data.
www.tuolumne.org
-Use mathematics and computational
thinking.
-Construct explanations and design solutions.
www.nrdc.org/greensquad/
GREAT VALLEY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
at Modesto Junior College
West Campus
2201 Blue Gum AveModesto, California
209-575-6196
On-line field guides!!!
-Engage in argument from evidence.
-Obtain, evaluate and communicate
information.
www.foothillhorizons.com
www.kids.nationalgeographic.com
Download Audobon
field guide apps for
your phone
People and organizations to write to
about the environment:
President of the United States
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20500
Governor and Senators of California
State Capitol Building, Sacramento, CA 95815