Expedition Extensions
Looking for ways to use our online expeditions in your classroom?
We have developed dozens of lessons for 3rd to 8th grade students that are aligned to Illinois stage standards, and designed to be used with our online expeditions. We are in the process of revamping our curriculum and aligning our lessons to Common Core State Standards.
We encourage all teachers to register. Registration is free and provides access to our full curriculum guide and a wealth of additional resources. If you are new to the Wilderness Classrom registration is a great first step.
Categories
Daily Data
Use these lesson plans and worksheets with the Daily Data section of our Expedition Updates.
Mystery photos
Use these lesson plans to help student solve our mystery photos and improve critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Cast Your Vote
These lesson plans and activities will help students vote and decide what the team decide where they should go and what they should study.
Daily Dilemma
These lessons are designed to help students improve critical thinking and communication skills using Dave's Dilemmas, which are also known as Daily Dilemmas.
Video Clips
These lesson plans and worksheets are designed to be used with the Video Clips section of our Expedition Updates.
Documents
Stage 3 overview
| Filesize: | 1.05 MB |
This is basic description for the dogsledding stage of the North American Odyssey.
The document is being edited/updated by a User and is unavailable at this moment.
RecordYour Own Pod Cast
| Filesize: | 112.43 kB |
Subject: Language Arts
Grade Level: 3rd – 7th Grades
Time: 30 minutes – 1 hour
Objective:
Students will write and perform their own Pod Casts that explain the day’s events and news from their lives.
Grade Level: 3rd – 7th Grades
Time: 30 minutes – 1 hour
Objective:
Students will write and perform their own Pod Casts that explain the day’s events and news from their lives.
North American Odyssey Curriculum Guide (97 pages)
hot!
| Filesize: | 36.3 MB |
This is the complete curriculum guide for the North American Odyssey including lesson plans, background information, and a complete introduction with information about how to get the most out of using the North American Odyssey with elementary and middle school students.
Make Your Own Travel Brochure
hot!
| Filesize: | 161.32 kB |
Subject: Geography/ Language Arts
Grade Level: 5th-7th
Time: 2 90-minute periods
Objective: Students will better understand the history, culture and geography of a place the expedition team is visiting by making a travel brochure for a particular region.
Grade Level: 5th-7th
Time: 2 90-minute periods
Objective: Students will better understand the history, culture and geography of a place the expedition team is visiting by making a travel brochure for a particular region.
Listen and Respond to a podcast
| Filesize: | 112.53 kB |
Subject: Language Arts/Science
Grade Level: 3rd -7th Grades
Time: 15-30 minutes
Objective:
Students will increase their audio processing skills, and listen for comprehension and understanding. Students will draw connections between their lives and those of the adventurers.
Grade Level: 3rd -7th Grades
Time: 15-30 minutes
Objective:
Students will increase their audio processing skills, and listen for comprehension and understanding. Students will draw connections between their lives and those of the adventurers.
Getting Started Guide for teachers
| Filesize: | 529.72 kB |
This 12 page introduction is designed to give teachers, parents, and other educators an overview of our educational programing, and ideas for using our online expeditions with elementary and middle school students.
Food Chain
hot!
| Filesize: | 121.78 kB |
Subject: Biology
Grade Level: 4th-7th
Time: 2 50-minute periods
Objective: Students will understand the natural predator-prey relationships that exist
inside a specific ecosystem. Students will also be able to place the animals and
relationships into natural, sequential order.
Grade Level: 4th-7th
Time: 2 50-minute periods
Objective: Students will understand the natural predator-prey relationships that exist
inside a specific ecosystem. Students will also be able to place the animals and
relationships into natural, sequential order.
Exploring your Cultural Traditions
| Filesize: | 123.96 kB |
Subject: Language Arts
Grade: 3rd-6th
Time: 45 minutes
Objective: Students will understand what a cultural tradition is, how one is formed, and
what cultural events shape their personal lives. Students will understand the
importance of differences between different cultural traditions by taking pride in
their own family’s traditions.
Grade: 3rd-6th
Time: 45 minutes
Objective: Students will understand what a cultural tradition is, how one is formed, and
what cultural events shape their personal lives. Students will understand the
importance of differences between different cultural traditions by taking pride in
their own family’s traditions.
Create A New Animal
| Filesize: | 190.47 kB |
Grade Level: 3rd-5th
Subject: Biology
Time: 60- 90 minutes
Objective: Students will better understand physical adaptations of certain animals, and how those adaptations increase the animal’s chances of survival.
Subject: Biology
Time: 60- 90 minutes
Objective: Students will better understand physical adaptations of certain animals, and how those adaptations increase the animal’s chances of survival.
Create a Critter Collage
| Filesize: | 111.53 kB |
Subject: Science
Grade Level: 3rd-5th
Time: 90 minutes
Objective: Students will create a display of animals found in a specific ecosystem and be able to describe important details of that animal’s habitat, features, characteristics, and adaptations. The students will have to group animals according to their class and define similarities and differences between animals of the same class.
Grade Level: 3rd-5th
Time: 90 minutes
Objective: Students will create a display of animals found in a specific ecosystem and be able to describe important details of that animal’s habitat, features, characteristics, and adaptations. The students will have to group animals according to their class and define similarities and differences between animals of the same class.
Bird Feeding and Migration Observation
| Filesize: | 146.32 kB |
Subject: Science/ Mathematics
Grade Level: 2nd – 7th
Time: 15 minutes per day for the length of the adventure (though can be done in less)
Objective:
Students will better understand the concept of bird migration through building a bird house to observe and record data within a given experiment.
Grade Level: 2nd – 7th
Time: 15 minutes per day for the length of the adventure (though can be done in less)
Objective:
Students will better understand the concept of bird migration through building a bird house to observe and record data within a given experiment.
Antonym Comparison of Animals and Me
| Filesize: | 87.17 kB |
Subject: Language Arts
Grade: 3rd -5th
Time: 45 minutes, plus research time
Objectives: Students will understand antonyms and how they’re used for binary comparison by researching an animal and making connections to themselves..
Grade: 3rd -5th
Time: 45 minutes, plus research time
Objectives: Students will understand antonyms and how they’re used for binary comparison by researching an animal and making connections to themselves..
Please wait...
Concept Diagram
