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My Outdoor Classroom An initiative of Upper Primary Play, explore and learn outdoors! www.natureplaywa.org.au Follow us on Facebook Nature Play WA is supported by The development of this booklet and lesson plans is proudly supported by the Department of Education. 17 Use the free app to complete this activity and many more. Play, explore and learn outdoors! Colour in your badge! Journal Draw, take notes and fill in the blank space! My favourite discoveries: What I would say if I was a tiny thumbnail-sized person seeing the trail for the first time... 16 Micro Hike Imagine you’ve shrunk! You are now the size of a thumbnail. Go into the schoolyard with one metre of string for each team of hikers. This will be your hiking trail. Lay down your trail and begin your ‘hike’ at one end of the string, getting close and looking at every detail. Record your favourite discoveries on the trail on the opposite page. Hike slowly! Remember you are only the size of a thumbnail and have very short legs. Medium 30-45 minutes Observe Activity 5: Write the location you select for this activity above and mark it on your map. FOLD FOLD
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Cla
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Upp
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Play
, exp
lore
an
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out
door
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rted
by
Th
e de
velo
pmen
t of t
his
boo
klet
an
d le
sson
pla
ns
is
prou
dly
supp
orte
d by
the
Dep
artm
ent o
f Edu
cati
on.
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Use th
e free app to com
plete this activity
and m
any m
ore. Play, explore and learn
outdoors!
Colour in your badge!
Journal
Draw
, take notes and fill in the blank space!
My favourite discoveries:
Wh
at I would say if I w
as a tiny thum
bnail-sized person
seein
g the trail for th
e first time...
16
Micro H
ike
Imagine you’ve shrunk! You are now
the size of a thumbnail.
Go into the schoolyard w
ith one metre of string for each team
of hikers. This w
ill be your hiking trail.
Lay down your trail and begin your ‘hike’ at one end of the string,
getting close and looking at every detail.
Record your favourite discoveries on the trail on the opposite page.
Hike slow
ly! Remem
ber you are only the size of a thumbnail and have
very short legs.
Medium
30-45 min
utesO
bserve
Activity 5:
Write the location you select for this activity above and
mark it on your m
ap.
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of t
each
ers
say
taki
ng le
sson
s ou
tdoo
rs m
ake
th
em m
ore
enjo
yabl
e
90%
of p
upils
who
go
outd
oors
to
lear
n fe
el h
appi
er
an
d he
alth
ier
96%
of p
aren
ts s
ay p
lay
enab
les
child
ren
to b
ecom
e
w
ell-
roun
ded
adul
ts
Out
door
Cla
ssro
om D
ay is
led
glob
ally
by
Sem
ble
and
loca
lly b
y N
atur
e Pl
ay A
ustr
alia
. Tog
ethe
r w
e ar
e on
a m
issi
on to
mak
e ou
tdoo
r le
arni
ng a
nd p
lay
part
of e
very
day
!
To g
et in
volv
ed a
nd a
cces
s lo
ts o
f fr
ee r
esou
rces
, sim
ply
si
gn u
p a
sing
le c
lass
or,
pref
erab
ly, y
our
who
le s
choo
l!
Visi
t w
ww
.out
door
clas
sroo
mda
y.co
m.a
u or
just
sea
rch
‘Out
door
Cla
ssro
om D
ay A
ustr
alia
’.
Outd
oor C
lass
room
Day
is a
day
to
cele
brat
e ou
tdoo
r le
arni
ng a
nd p
lay,
and
to
insp
ire
scho
ols
ever
ywhe
re t
o m
ake
outd
oor l
earn
ing
and
play
par
t of
eve
ry d
ay.
7 No
vem
ber,
2019
Fie
ld N
otes
Dra
w, t
ake
note
s an
d fil
l in
the
blan
k sp
ace
on y
our
ou
tdoo
r ad
vent
ures
!
2Firs
t nam
e:
Age
:
Sch
ool:
Cla
ss:
We
wou
ld li
ke to
ack
now
ledg
e th
e
peop
le w
ho
are
the
trad
itio
nal
cus
todi
ans
of th
e la
nd
th
at o
ur s
choo
l is
on. W
e pa
y ou
r re
spec
ts to
eld
ers
pa
st, p
rese
nt a
nd
futu
re.
Dec
orat
e yo
ur b
ookl
et!
Mak
e th
e fr
ont c
over
of y
our
Nat
ure
Pass
port
bo
okle
t spe
cial
by
deco
rati
ng
it a
nd
colo
urin
g in
the
outl
ined
pic
ture
s.
15
Use th
e free app to com
plete this activity
and m
any m
ore. Play, explore and learn
outdoors!
Journal
Draw
, take notes and fill in the blank space!
2. Create characters: Come up w
ith som
e cloudy characters to star in your story. N
ame them
!
3. Start Your Sky Story: Take turns telling a piece of the story. Alw
ays begin your part with, “Yes, and then…
”
Colour in you
r badge!
18
Create your ow
n outdoor classroom
activity
So far your class has played, created, investigated and discovered lots of things outside the classroom
by following the
five activities in this book.
Now
it’s your chance to come up w
ith a bonus activity! It could be an outdoor experim
ent, a fun game or som
ething crafty and creative...
Come up w
ith ideas together, and go outside to test them.
When you’ve perfected your activity, fi
ll out the opposite page, w
riting it down in step form
at so you can play again in the future.
Activity 6:
Write the location you select for this activity above and
mark it on your m
ap.
Activity T
itle:
Draw
your activity:
3
Eac
h o
f th
e ac
tivi
ties
can
be
don
e us
ing
just
this
boo
klet
or
in c
onju
nct
ion
wit
h th
e in
tern
atio
nal
a
pp
wh
ich
has
ove
r 10
0 m
ore
acti
viti
es to
ch
oose
from
!
You
can
dow
nlo
ad th
e fr
ee a
pp b
y se
arch
ing
for
‘Nat
ure
Pass
port
’ on
the
App
Sto
re (i
OS)
or
Goo
gle
Play
Sto
re
(An
droi
d).
Less
on p
lan
s fo
r ea
ch a
ctiv
ity
are
avai
labl
e at
w
ww
.nat
urep
layw
a.or
g.au
/nat
ure-
pass
port
-out
door
-app
How
to u
se th
is p
assp
ort
Use
it to
exp
lore
nat
ure
at y
our
scho
ol; t
o pl
ay, c
reat
e, im
agin
e an
d ha
ve s
ome
fun
with
you
r cl
assm
ates
, tea
cher
s, a
nd fa
mily
.
Tr
y ne
w n
atur
e ac
tiviti
es;
Jo
urna
l you
r di
scov
erie
s;
Re
cord
the
wild
life
you
com
e ac
ross
; and
,
Cr
eate
and
tick
off
a li
st o
f ‘15
Thi
ngs
To D
o on
the
Wee
kend
’.
Th
is is
you
r O
utdo
or C
lass
room
Nat
ure
Pass
port
!
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Fiel
d N
otes
Dra
w, t
ake
note
s an
d fil
l in
the
blan
k sp
ace
on y
our
ou
tdoo
r ad
vent
ures
!
19
Use th
e free app to com
plete this activity
and m
any m
ore. Play, explore and learn
outdoors!
Design you
r badge!
Journal
Draw
, take notes and fill in the blank space!
Activity steps:
14
Medium
15 min
s or lessC
reate
Stories in th
e Sky
Cloud-gazing with a tw
ist!
Find a comfy spot to w
atch cloud shapes and make up a
collaborative story in groups of 2-4...
1. Notice shapes: W
hat interesting cloud shapes do you see? W
hat do they remind you of?
Activity 4:
Write the location you select for this activity above and
mark it on your m
ap.
29
Fiel
d N
otes
Dra
w, t
ake
note
s an
d fil
l in
the
blan
k sp
ace
on y
our
ou
tdoo
r ad
vent
ures
!
Fie
ld N
otes
Dra
w, t
ake
note
s an
d fil
l in
the
blan
k sp
ace
on y
our
ou
tdoo
r ad
vent
ures
!
4“Pla
y is
an
ess
enti
al p
art o
f eve
ry c
hil
d’s
lear
nin
g.
Wh
en c
hil
dren
are
pla
yin
g th
ey a
re b
uild
ing
thei
r kn
owle
dge,
ski
lls
and
atti
tude
s fo
r li
felo
ng
lear
nin
g.”
(Dep
artm
ent o
f Edu
cati
on W
A (2
019)
, Im
port
ance
of P
lay-
Bas
ed L
earn
ing)
.
Why
is p
lay
impo
rtan
t to
you?
How
do
you
feel
wh
en p
layi
ng?
Wh
at s
kill
s ca
n y
ou d
evel
op th
roug
h p
lay?
Wh
at c
oope
rati
ve b
ehav
iour
s do
you
nee
d w
hen
pl
ayin
g w
ith
oth
ers?
Th
e V
alue
of P
lay
13
Journal
Draw
, take notes and fill in the blank space!
Use th
e free app to com
plete this activity
and m
any m
ore. Play, explore and learn
outdoors!
Colour in you
r badge!
Plant N
ame:
Smells like:
Plant N
ame:
Smells like:
Plant N
ame:
Smells like:
20 Share your species w
ith real-life scien
tists!
Develop observation
and stealth
skills as you go “huntin
g” for n
ew species in
the w
ild, and con
tribute your discoveries to on
e of the w
orld’s largest citizen scien
ce projects (iN
aturalist). Use th
e app to subm
it your Safari an
imal sightin
gs to be identified by a n
etwork of
real-life naturalists.
Nature is all around you. H
ow m
any species of plants, animals,
or fungi can you spot and record?
Start your safari!
Give it a n
ame!
Wh
at is it doing?
Why do you th
ink it likes
this spot?
Draw
your species
Let’s go on a N
ature Safari!
5
Ther
e ar
e si
x ac
tiviti
es in
this
boo
klet
.
You’
ll be
mak
ing
a m
ap o
f you
r sc
hool
’s pl
ay a
reas
so
that
you
ca
n se
lect
and
mar
k lo
catio
ns fo
r th
ese
activ
ities
on
the
map
.
Keep
this
in m
ind
as y
ou e
xplo
re th
e sc
hool
gro
unds
.
Whe
n yo
u’re
bac
k in
cla
ss, d
raw
you
r m
ap a
s ac
cura
tely
as
poss
ible
on
the
next
pag
e.
Then
hav
e a
clas
s di
scus
sion
to d
ecid
e w
here
you
will
do
the
activ
ities
, and
mar
k th
em o
n th
e m
ap to
o.
Chal
leng
e! T
ry to
incl
ude
natu
ral l
andm
arks
(lik
e tr
ees
and
plan
ts) o
n yo
ur m
ap.
Exp
lori
ng
Play
Spa
ces
28
Fiel
d N
otes
Dra
w, t
ake
note
s an
d fil
l in
the
blan
k sp
ace
on y
our
ou
tdoo
r ad
vent
ures
!
21
Give it a n
ame!
Wh
at is it doing?
Why do you th
ink it likes
this spot?
Give it a n
ame!
Wh
at is it doing?
Why do you th
ink it likes
this spot?
Draw
your species
Draw
your species
12
Begin
ner
30-45 min
utesC
ollaborate
Wh
at’s that Scen
t
Get ready to test your sense of sm
ell!
Take a ‘scent walk’ around your schoolyard w
ith a partner - try to find and sm
ell different plants and talk about their scents.
Draw
and record the smell of three plants.
If you don’t know the nam
e, write som
ething descriptive like “leafy herb” or “pink flow
er”.
Now
, ask your partner to close their eyes and lead them to one
of your three selected plants for them to sm
ell.
Can they guess which plant it w
as?
Switch roles and repeat!
Activity 3:
Write the location you select for this activity above and
mark it on your m
ap.
27
Fiel
d N
otes
Dra
w, t
ake
note
s an
d fil
l in
the
blan
k sp
ace
on y
our
ou
tdoo
r ad
vent
ures
!
6
Key
1. D
raw
ing
a M
aze
Loca
tion:
2. S
pong
e Bu
llsey
e Lo
catio
n:
3. W
hat’s
Tha
t Sc
ent?
Lo
catio
n:
4. S
tori
es in
the
Sky
Lo
catio
n:
5. M
icro
Hik
e Lo
catio
n:
6. A
ctiv
ity
Nam
e:
Loca
tion:
Act
ivit
y M
ap
11
Journal
Draw
, take notes and fill in the blank space!
Use th
e free app to com
plete this activity
and m
any m
ore. Play, explore and learn
outdoors!
Colour in you
r badge!
Point Tally:
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Let’s go on a N
ature Safari!
Give it a n
ame!
Wh
at is it doing?
Why do you th
ink it likes
this spot?
Give it a n
ame!
Wh
at is it doing?
Why do you th
ink it likes
this spot?
Draw
your species
Draw
your species
7
Act
ivit
y M
ap
26
My
15 T
hin
gs T
o D
o on
the
Wee
ken
d
As a
fam
ily, m
ake
a lis
t of 1
5 ou
tdoo
r ac
tiviti
es y
ou w
ant t
o do
to
geth
er th
is y
ear,
then
tick
them
off
as
you
com
plet
e th
em!
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sit w
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urep
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for i
deas
and
insp
iratio
n!23
Give it a n
ame!
Wh
at is it doing?
Why do you th
ink it likes
this spot?
Give it a n
ame!
Wh
at is it doing?
Why do you th
ink it likes
this spot?
Draw
your species
Draw
your species
10
Medium
30-45 min
utesM
ove
Sponge B
ullseye
A great outdoor activity for a hot day!
Find an open space in your schoolyard and draw a target on the
ground with coloured chalk.
Your target should be a series of concentric circles (increasingly larger circles surrounding each other around the sam
e centre).
Write dow
n point values for each zone.
Dip a sponge in a bucket of w
ater and throw it at the target,
aiming for the m
iddle - the ‘bullseye’. Take turns with your
classmates and tally your points as you go.
Activity 2:
Write the location you select for this activity above and
mark it on your m
ap.
25
Gree
n Ti
me Fa
mily
Trea
t!
Gree
n Tim
e vs
Scree
n Ti
meOu
r Gre
en Te
am Fa
mily
Trea
t this
wee
k will
be:
For G
reen
Tim
e ac
tivity
idea
s go t
o www
.natu
repla
ywa.o
rg.au
8Act
ivit
y 1:
W
rite
the
loca
tion
you
sele
ct fo
r th
is a
ctiv
ity a
bove
and
m
ark
it on
you
r m
ap.
Adv
entu
rous
30-4
5 m
inut
esT
hin
k
Dra
win
g a
Maz
e
Get
lost
in y
our o
wn
laby
rinth
.
As a
cla
ss, s
elec
t or
desi
gn a
maz
e to
rep
licat
e ou
tsid
e. N
ext,
find
an o
pen
spac
e of
pla
ygro
und
or p
avem
ent w
ithou
t any
mar
king
s on
the
grou
nd.
Put c
halk
to p
avem
ent a
nd r
eplic
ate
the
maz
e, o
n a
larg
e sc
ale,
by
dra
win
g it
on th
e gr
ound
.
Use
a t
imer
and
see
how
long
it t
akes
you
r cl
assm
ates
to
solv
e th
e m
aze.
Chal
leng
e! M
ake
your
maz
e m
ore
elab
orat
e by
add
ing
dead
end
s an
d se
cret
hid
eaw
ays.
9
Journal
Draw
, take notes and fill in the blank space!
Use th
e free app to com
plete this activity
and m
any m
ore. Play, explore and learn
outdoors!
Colour in you
r badge!
24
Green
Tim
e vs Screen T
ime
A take-home fam
ily activity.
Getting the balance right betw
een green time and screen tim
e is im
portant for your health and happiness. Plus green time is free,
on your doorstep and heaps of fun!
Use this tool to help you keep track of how
much tim
e you are spending playing outdoors (‘green tim
e’), versus time spent
indoors, watching TV or on the com
puter (‘screen time’).
Get started! H
ere’s how
...
1. G
et the family together and agree on a fam
ily treat – som
ething simple like a fam
ily bike ride, a trip to the beach or favourite m
eal – write it dow
n in the space provided.
2. Every day you spend at least an hour outdoors in ‘green tim
e’, colour in one of the native animals on the left.
3. Each tim
e you spend an hour indoors in ’screen time’, colour
in one of the screens on the right.
The goal is to colour in all of the ‘green time’ anim
als before all of the ‘screen tim
e’ screens. When you achieve your goal, enjoy the
family treat you agreed upon!
Note: ‘G
reen time’ can be spent at your local park, or in your backyard,
playing in the sand, climbing a tree or m
aking a mud pie.
Visit ww
w.natureplayw
a.org.au for inspiration and ideas!
