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Nature Dectective Loan Box

 The Nature Detectives Loan Box helps ESL/ELL students to use their senses to discover nature while becoming familiar with the English language. 

Suggested Grades - 5
Weight  25 lbs.
Dimensions 26" L x 16" W x 14" H

Standards Explored

NGSS
K-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity
K-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
2-PS1-1 Matter and its Interactions
2-LS4-1 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
3-LS4-3 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
4-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
4-LS1-2 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
5-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity
5-PS1-3 Matter and Its Interactions

Contents

Activity Binder
Hue hunt
Touch and seek
Do you see what I see?
Flash card fun
Memory cards
Super sniffer scientists
Bat and moth

Loose
Caterpillar puppet (2)
No-peeking bag (2)
Lost in the Woods, Sams & Stoick
Poster, Arboles de Illinois

Box 1
Acorns 
Birds nest (2) 
Birds egg (2) 
Nature biofacts (bark, pinecone, shell, walnut)
Seeds (milkweed, sweetgum, walnut)
Snake skin
Sticks
Turtle shell

Box 2
Frames (30)
Flagging tape

Box 3
Scent canisters
Replacements

Box 4
A natural match (cards)
Antler (2)
Beaver chew
Colored squares
Hand lenses (5)
Laminated picture cards
Picnic basket (2)
Plastic cup (2)
Sun glasses (2)
Umbrella

Box 5
English/Spanish adjectives list
English/Spanish basic vocab puzzle cards
Memory cards in English (2)
Memory cards in Spanish (2)
Nature detectives cards in English (2)
Nature detectives cards in Spanish