Project: A Family Nature Walk with Your Day Bag
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What you will learn
- 1Plan a family nature walk with your grown-up
- 2Pack your own day bag and agree on a stay-found plan
- 3Use trail signs, tracks, and plant rules on the walk
- 4Do a tick and bug check after the walk
- 5Share what you saw and learned
Mini Lesson
This is your big project! You will go on a real nature walk with your family and use the skills from this year. Your grown-up leads the walk and makes the big choices. You carry your own day bag and help with the plan. At the end, you share what you saw.
🌿 The Wild Way (use everything you learned)
- PLAN IT: pick a short trail with your grown-up and check the weather together (Lessons 5-8).
- PACK IT: pack your day bag with water from home, a snack, a jacket, a hat, and your whistle (Lesson 16).
- STAY FOUND: agree on your plan - stay in sight, and if lost, S.T.O.P., hug a tree, and blow three blasts (Lessons 1-3).
- READ THE TRAIL: find "you are here" on the trailhead map and follow the markers (Lesson 4).
- LOOK CLOSELY: spot animal tracks and signs, and look at plants without touching (Lessons 17-18).
- CHECK AND SHARE: at home, do a tick and bug check, then share what you saw (Lesson 19).
A grown-up leads the walk and decides the trail, the time, and when to turn back. Stay where you can see your grown-up the whole time. Drink only the safe water you bring from home, touch no wild plants, and let your grown-up help with the tick check.
Words to know
nature walk
A walk outdoors to look at plants, animals, and the land.
e.g. We went on a nature walk in the woods.
day bag
A small backpack with what you need for one day outside.
e.g. My day bag has water and a whistle.
stay-found plan
What you agree to do before a walk in case you get separated.
e.g. Our stay-found plan is S.T.O.P. and hug a tree.
trail marker
A sign, post, or paint mark that shows you are on the right trail.
e.g. I spotted the next trail marker.
tracks
Marks an animal leaves on the ground with its feet.
e.g. We found animal tracks in the mud.
tick check
Looking over your skin and clothes for ticks after being outside.
e.g. My grown-up helped with my tick check.
🧠 Survivor’s Trick: bring a small notebook and pencil in your day bag. Each time you spot a track, a trail marker, or a special plant, draw it quickly. Your drawings make sharing at the end easy and fun.
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