Elementary School Redwood Curriculum

Discovering Redwood Giants

This page celebrates coast redwoods through Elementary School redwood curriculum developed for K-5 grade students.

Place-based Elementary School Curriculum

• Redwood Forest Ecology Websearch
• K – 2nd Grade
  • Build a Tree
  • Article a Day
    • ARTICLE overview
  • My Redwood Animal
• 3rd – 5th Grade
  • Where Redwoods Grow and Thrive
    • THRIVE lesson overview
  • Tree cookie – Anatomy of a redwood
  • Redwood Forest Under a Microscope
  • Redwood Maps Exploration
• Save the Redwoods League Activity Booklet
• State Parks PORTS Program

Teacher Field Trip Links

Outdoor Activities for a School Campus

• K-5 Zoom in Zoom Out
• K-12 Magic Spots – Solo Sit
• K-12 Field Data Collection
• K-5 Plant Survey

Field Trip Activities

• K-5 Plant Survey
• K-5 Meet a Tree — Meet the Earth
• K-5 Transect – Study Plot
• K-5 Field Data Collection
• K-8 Each One Teach One
• K-12 Scavenger Hunt – Bingo
• K-12 Magic Spots – Solo Sit
• K-12 Field Data Collection