Bledsoe Creek State Park

Description: Homeschool Thursday: Nature Journals

Location: Bledsoe Creek State Park

Explore Bledsoe Creek State Park with a scientist's perspective! Students will be using their nature journals to track their observations, identify species, and find the connection between art and science. This program involves hiking approximately 1 mile on a paved surface. Each participant will receive a journal and access to art supplies.

The following state standards will be covered during this program:

• ­6.LS2.3: Use a model to construct an explanation about the transfer of energy through a food web and energy pyramid in an ecosystem.
• 7.LS2.1: Develop a model to depict the cycling of matter, including carbon and oxygen, and the flow of energy among biotic and abiotic parts of an ecosystem.

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