Grade 5 Safety in the Desert
January 17, 2025 @ 10:50 am - 11:40 am
Safety in the Desert
Objective:
Students will learn safety in the desert by participating in a a grade level appropriate “Desert Safety Obstacle Course.” Students will be broken into small groups. Each group will be given a backpack by their assigned Field Instructor. Students will explore their understanding of what would be useful when trying to be safe in the desert. They will then be presented with a large variety of safety items compiled by JTREE. The group will then be given the scenario “You have gone on a hike in Joshua Tree National Park but took a wrong turn and got lost. Which items do you think we should choose to add to our safety backpacks?”
After preparing their safety backpacks each group of students will proceed along the obstacle course where they are faced with safety item scenarios earning points with correct answers. Example: You stumbled on the trail and tripped into a cholla cactus. You now have a bunch of. needles stuck in your shoe and leg. Which item in your backpack would be most useful?
Also along the course are Desert Obstacles. Student groups earn points for successfully collaborating and passing through each obstacle (teamwork also earns points). 5th Grade students will have character cards and bonus points they can earn. Students can be challenged by a character card if the cactus needle pokes them, but they do not have a comb in their pack, therefore they have to hop on one leg for the next 2 stations. Bonus points can be earned when the Field Instructors poses a question to the group and they get the answer correct.
Where: The JTREE team will meet students in the quad.
Materials/Supplies: Sunscreen and water bottles! Other materials provided by JTREE.
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