High School

Pre- and Post-Visit Activities

Explore pre- and post-visit activities designed for every grade level. Use the links below to find lessons, videos, and book ideas that help prepare your students for their outdoor experience—and extend learning back in the classroom.

Energy and Dynamics

Activities/Videos

How Stable is Your Food Web?

Panther Hunt (video)

Carrying Capacity

Ecological Carrying Capacity-Biology (YouTube)

Carrying Capacity and Limiting Factors (YouTube)

Biodiversity and Human Impact

Activities/Videos

eowilsonfoundation.org | teaching tools

Earthday.org | lesson plans

Subjecttoclimate.org | teacher-guides: human impacts on the environment lesson plans

Human Impact | Environment | Biology | FuseSchool (YouTube)

Biodiversity and human impacts | Khan Academy (YouTube)

Cycles in Ecosystems

Activities/Videos

Greens School Yards | Forest lessons

Green School Yards|The Carbon Cycle and Climate Literacy

Monitoring Biodiversity with Environmental DNA

Cycles of Matter - Water, Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Cycles Explained (YouTube)