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Tilden Regional Park has the little farm, a nature center,
and a trail around Jewel Lake that can be used for field trips. A docent
lead field trip is available, but because of its popularity a lottery
system is used. It is important to apply early if you want to go here
for a field trip.
 Standards:
First grade standard 2 of the life
sciences: Plants and animals meet their needs in different ways. As a
basis for understanding this concept:
a. Students know different plants and animals inhabit different kinds
of environments and have external features that help them thrive in different
kinds of places.
b. Students know both plants and animals need water, animals need food,
and plants need light.c. Students know animals eat plants or other animals
for food and may also use plants or even other animals for shelter and
nesting.
d. Students know how to infer what animals eat from the shapes of their
teeth (e.g., sharp teeth: eats meat; flat teeth: eats plants).
Second grade
life sciences standard 2: Plants and animals have predictable life cycles.
As a basis for understanding this concept:
a. Students know that organisms reproduce offspring of their own kind
and that the offspring resemble their parents and one another.
b. Students know the sequential stages of life cycles are different for
different animals, such as butterflies, frogs, and mice.
c. Students know many characteristics of an organism are inherited fro m
the parents. Some characteristics are
caused or influenced by the environment.
d. Students know there is variation among individuals of one kind within
a population.
Third grade life sciences standard 3: Adaptations
in physical structure or behavior may improve an organism's chance for
survival. As a basis for understanding this concept:
a. Students know plants and animals have structures that serve different
functions in growth, survival, and reproduction.
b. Students know examples of diverse life forms in different environments,
such as oceans, deserts, tundra, forests, grasslands, and wetlands.
c. Students know living things cause changes in the environment in which
they live: some of these changes are detrimental to the organism or other
organisms, and some are beneficial.
d. Students know when the environment changes, some plants and animals
survive and reproduce; others die or move to new locations.
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